Terra Manifest File

SubQuery TeamAbout 5 min

Terra Manifest File

The Manifest project.yaml file can be seen as an entry point of your project and it defines most of the details on how SubQuery will index and transform the chain data. It clearly indicates where we are indexing data from, and to what on chain events we are subscribing to.

The Manifest can be in either YAML or JSON format. In this document, we will use YAML in all the examples.

Below is a standard example of a basic project.yaml.

specVersion: 1.0.0
name: terra-subql-starter
version: 0.0.1
runner:
  node:
    name: "@subql/node-terra"
    version: latest
  query:
    name: "@subql/query"
    version: latest
description: "This project can be use as a starting point for developing your Terra based SubQuery project"
repository: https://github.com/subquery/terra-subql-starter
schema:
  file: ./schema.graphql
network:
  chainId: columbus-5
  # This endpoint must be a public non-pruned archive node
  # Public nodes may be rate limited, which can affect indexing speed
  # When developing your project we suggest getting a private API key
  # You can get them from OnFinality for free https://app.onfinality.io
  # https://documentation.onfinality.io/support/the-enhanced-api-service
  endpoint: https://terra-columbus-5.beta.api.onfinality.io
  # Optionally provide the HTTP endpoint of a full chain dictionary to speed up processing
  dictionary: https://api.subquery.network/sq/subquery/terra-columbus-5-dictionary
  # Strongly suggested to provide a mantlemint endpoint to speed up processing
  mantlemint: https://mantlemint.terra-columbus-5.beta.api.onfinality.io
dataSources:
  - kind: terra/Runtime
    startBlock: 4724001 # Block to start indexing from
    mapping:
      file: ./dist/index.js
      handlers:
        - handler: handleBlock
          kind: terra/BlockHandler
        - handler: handleTransaction
          kind: terra/TransactionHandler
        - handler: handleEvent
          kind: terra/EventHandler
          filter:
            type: transfer
            messageFilter:
              type: /terra.wasm.v1beta1.MsgExecuteContract
              values:
                contract: terra1j66jatn3k50hjtg2xemnjm8s7y8dws9xqa5y8w
        - handler: handleMessage
          kind: terra/MessageHandler
          filter:
            type: /terra.wasm.v1beta1.MsgExecuteContract
            values:
              contract: terra1j66jatn3k50hjtg2xemnjm8s7y8dws9xqa5y8w

Overview

Top Level Spec

FieldTypeDescription
specVersionStringThe spec version of the manifest file
nameStringName of your project
versionStringVersion of your project
descriptionStringDiscription of your project
repositoryStringGit repository address of your project
schemaSchema SpecThe location of your GraphQL schema file
networkNetwork SpecDetail of the network to be indexed
dataSourcesDataSource SpecThe datasource to your project
templatesTemplates SpecAllows creating new datasources from this templates
runnerRunner SpecRunner specs info

Schema Spec

FieldTypeDescription
fileStringThe location of your GraphQL schema file

Network Spec

If you start your project by using the subql init command, you'll generally receive a starter project with the correct network settings. If you are changing the target chain of an existing project, you'll need to edit the Network Spec section of this manifest.

The chainId is the network identifier of the blockchain. Examples in Terra include bombay-12, or columbus-12.

Additionally you will need to update the endpoint. This defines the (HTTP or WSS) endpoint of the blockchain to be indexed - this must be a full archive node. This property can be a string or an array of strings (e.g. endpoint: ['rpc1.endpoint.com', 'rpc2.endpoint.com']). We suggest providing an array of endpoints as it has the following benefits:

  • Increased speed - When enabled with worker threads, RPC calls are distributed and parallelised among RPC providers. Historically, RPC latency is often the limiting factor with SubQuery.
  • Increased reliability - If an endpoint goes offline, SubQuery will automatically switch to other RPC providers to continue indexing without interruption.
  • Reduced load on RPC providers - Indexing is a computationally expensive process on RPC providers, by distributing requests among RPC providers you are lowering the chance that your project will be rate limited.

Public nodes may be rate limited which can affect indexing speed, when developing your project we suggest getting a private API key from a professional RPC provider.

FieldTypeDescription
chainIdStringA network identifier for the blockchain
endpointStringDefines the wss or ws endpoint of the blockchain to be indexed - This must be a full archive node.
portNumberOptional port number on the endpoint to connect to
dictionaryStringIt is suggested to provide the HTTP endpoint of a full chain dictionary to speed up processing - read how a SubQuery Dictionary works.
bypassBlocksArrayBypasses stated block numbers, the values can be a range(e.g. "10- 50") or integer, see Bypass Blocks

Runner Spec

FieldTypeDescription
nodeRunner node specDescribe the node service use for indexing
queryRunner query specDescribe the query service

Runner Node Spec

FieldTypeDescription
nameString@subql/node-terra
versionStringVersion of the indexer Node service, it must follow the SEMVERopen in new window rules or latest, you can also find available versions in subquery SDK releasesopen in new window

Runner Query Spec

FieldTypeDescription
nameStringWe currently support @subql/query
versionStringVersion of the Query service, available versions can be found hereopen in new window, it also must follow the SEMVER rules or latest.

Datasource Spec

Defines the data that will be filtered and extracted and the location of the mapping function handler for the data transformation to be applied.

FieldTypeDescription
kindStringterra/Runtime
startBlockIntegerThis changes your indexing start block, set this higher to skip initial blocks with less data
mappingMapping Spec

Mapping Spec

FieldTypeDescription
handlers & filtersDefault handlers and filtersList all the mapping functions and their corresponding handler types, with additional mapping filters.

Data Sources and Mapping

In this section, we will talk about the default Terra runtime and its mapping. Here is an example:

dataSources:
  - kind: terra/Runtime # Indicates that this is default runtime
    startBlock: 1 # This changes your indexing start block, set this higher to skip initial blocks with less data
    mapping:
      file: dist/index.js # Entry path for this mapping

Mapping Handlers and Filters

The following table explains filters supported by different handlers.

Your SubQuery project will be much more efficient when you only use TransactionHandler, MessageHandler, or EventHandler handlers with appropriate mapping filters (e.g. NOT a BlockHandler).

HandlerSupported filter
terra/BlockHandlermodulo, timestamp
terra/TransactionHandlerNo filters
terra/MessageHandlertype, values*
terra/EventHandlertype, messageFilter*

Default runtime mapping filters are an extremely useful feature to decide what block, event, or extrinsic will trigger a mapping handler.

Only incoming data that satisfies the filter conditions will be processed by the mapping functions. Mapping filters are optional but are highly recommended as they significantly reduce the amount of data processed by your SubQuery project and will improve indexing performance.

For Cosmos and Terra message and event handlers, you can filter by all the keys that exist in the message type provided by the filter. If the call is /terra.wasm.v1beta1.MsgExecuteContract or /cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgExecuteContract then you can also specify the name of the called function. An example of this is below:

# Example filter from EventHandler
filter:
  type: transfer
  messageFilter:
    type: "/terra.wasm.v1beta1.MsgExecuteContract"
    # contractCall field can be specified here too
    values: # A set of key/value pairs that are present in the message data
      contract: "terra1j66jatn3k50hjtg2xemnjm8s7y8dws9xqa5y8w"

# Example filter from MessageHandler
filter:
  type: "/terra.wasm.v1beta1.MsgExecuteContract"
  # Filter to only messages with the provide_liquidity function call
  contractCall: "provide_liquidity" # The name of the contract function that was called
  values: # A set of key/value pairs that are present in the message data
    contract: "terra1j66jatn3k50hjtg2xemnjm8s7y8dws9xqa5y8w"

The modulo filter allows handling every N blocks, which is useful if you want to group or calculate data at a set interval. The following example shows how to use this filter.

filter:
  modulo: 50 # Index every 50 blocks: 0, 50, 100, 150....

Bypass Blocks

Bypass Blocks allows you to skip the stated blocks, this is useful when there are erroneous blocks in the chain or when a chain skips a block after an outage or a hard fork. It accepts both a range or single integer entry in the array.

When declaring a range use an string in the format of "start - end". Both start and end are inclusive, e.g. a range of "100-102" will skip blocks 100, 101, and 102.

network:
  chainId: columbus-5
  endpoint: https://terra-columbus-5.beta.api.onfinality.io
  dictionary: https://api.subquery.network/sq/subquery/terra-columbus-5-dictionary
  mantlemint: https://mantlemint.terra-columbus-5.beta.api.onfinality.io
  bypassBlocks: [1, 2, 3, "105-200", 290]

Validating

You can validate your project manifest by running subql validate. This will check that it has the correct structure, valid values where possible and provide useful feedback as to where any fixes should be made.