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Ethereum Quick Start - Opensea (Medium)

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Ethereum Quick Start - Opensea (Medium)

Welcome to our comprehensive step-by-step guide dedicated to constructing a SubQuery indexer tailored for the OpenSea marketplace. OpenSea has emerged as a global epicenter for NFTs, establishing itself as a vibrant ecosystem for creators, collectors, and traders alike.

This guide is designed to seamlessly lead you through the steps of configuring your personal OpenSea SubQuery indexer.

It's important to note that the indexing process discussed here is designed specifically for the Opensea protocol known as Seaport. Seaport represents a groundbreaking web3 marketplace protocol engineered for the secure and efficient buying and selling of NFTs. It's essential to recognize that this protocol extends its utility not solely to OpenSea but to all NFT builders, creators, and collectors. Its core smart contract adheres to open-source principles and operates with inherent decentralization.

Setting Up the Indexer

In this Seaport indexing project, our main goal is to set up the indexer to only collect information from one smart contract: 0x00000000006c3852cbef3e08e8df289169ede581, the SeaportExchange contractopen in new window.

For a more comprehensive understanding of how these fundamental protocol mechanisms operate, you can consult the official Seaport documentationopen in new window.

Important

We suggest starting with the Ethereum Gravatar example. The Ethereum PancakeSwap project is a lot more complicated and introduces some more advanced concepts

In the earlier Quickstart section , you should have taken note of three crucial files. To initiate the setup of a project from scratch, you can proceed to follow the steps outlined in the initialisation description.

As a prerequisite, you will need to generate types from the ABI files of each smart contract. Additionally, you can kickstart your project by using the EVM Scaffolding approach (detailed here). You'll find all the relevant events to be scaffolded in the documentation for each type of smart contract.

For instance, you can locate the ABI for the main Seaport smart contract at the bottom of this pageopen in new window. Additionally, you can kickstart your project by using the EVM Scaffolding approach (detailed here). You'll find all the relevant events to be scaffolded in the documentation for each type of smart contract.

Note

The code snippets provided further have been simplified for clarity. You can find the full and detailed code hereopen in new window to see all the intricate details.

Your Project Manifest File

The Project Manifest file is an entry point to your project. It defines most of the details on how SubQuery will index and transform the chain data.

For EVM chains, there are three types of mapping handlers (and you can have more than one in each project):

  • BlockHanders: On each and every block, run a mapping function
  • TransactionHandlers: On each and every transaction that matches optional filter criteria, run a mapping function
  • LogHanders: On each and every log that matches optional filter criteria, run a mapping function

You only need to set up one handler to index a specific type of log from this contract, which is the OrderFulfilled log. Update your manifest file to look like this:

{
  dataSources: [
    {
      kind: EthereumDatasourceKind.Runtime,
      startBlock: 14946474,

      options: {
        // Must be a key of assets
        abi: "SeaportExchange",
        address: "0x00000000006c3852cbef3e08e8df289169ede581",
      },
      assets: new Map([
        ["SeaportExchange", { file: "./abis/SeaportExchange.abi.json" }],
        ["ERC165", { file: "./abis/ERC165.json" }],
        ["NftMetadata", { file: "./abis/NftMetadata.json" }],
      ]),
      mapping: {
        file: "./dist/index.js",
        handlers: [
          {
            kind: EthereumHandlerKind.Event,
            handler: "handleOrderFulfilled",
            filter: {
              topics: [
                "OrderFulfilled(bytes32,address,address,address,(uint8,address,uint256,uint256)[],(uint8,address,uint256,uint256,address)[])\n",
              ],
            },
          },
        ],
      },
    },
  ],
}

Note

Check out our Manifest File documentation to get more information about the Project Manifest (project.ts) file.

Update Your GraphQL Schema File

The schema.graphql file determines the shape of your data from SubQuery due to the mechanism of the GraphQL query language. Hence, updating the GraphQL Schema file is the perfect place to start. It allows you to define your end goal right at the start.

Now, let's think about what information we can get from this smart contract for later searching.

type Marketplace @entity {
  " Smart contract address of the protocol's main contract (Factory, Registry, etc) "
  id: ID!
  " Number of collections listed on the marketplace. "
  collectionCount: Int!
  ...
  " Sum of marketplaceRevenueETH and creatorRevenueETH. "
  totalRevenueETH: Float!
  " Cumulative unique traders "
  cumulativeUniqueTraders: Int!
}

type Collection @entity {
  " Contract address. "
  id: ID!
  " Collection name, mirrored from the smart contract. Leave null if not available. "
  name: String
  " Collection symbol, mirrored from the smart contract. Leave null if not available. "
  symbol: String
  ...
  " Buyer count. "
  buyerCount: Int!
  " Seller count. "
  sellerCount: Int!
  " Trades of the collection. "
  trades: [Trade!]! @derivedFrom(field: "collection")
}

" Trades exist such as a combination of taker/order and bid/ask. "
type Trade @entity {
  " { Transaction hash }-{ Log index }-{ (optional) ID within bundle } "
  id: ID!
  " Event transaction hash. "
  transactionHash: String!
  ...
  " Collection involved "
  collection: Collection!
  " Stretegy that the trade is executed. "
  strategy: SaleStrategy!
  " Seller account address "
  seller: String!
}

type MarketplaceDailySnapshot @entity {
  " { Contract address }-{# of days since Unix epoch time} "
  id: ID!
  " The marketplace that this snapshot belongs to. "
  marketplace: Marketplace!
  ...
  " Number of traded collections of the day "
  dailyTradedCollectionCount: Int!
  " Number of traded items of the day "
  dailyTradedItemCount: Int!
}

type CollectionDailySnapshot @entity {
  " { Contract address }-{# of days since epoch unix time } "
  id: ID!
  " The collection that this snapshot belongs to. "
  collection: Collection!
  " Block number where the snapshot is taken. "
  blockNumber: BigInt!
  ...
  " Number of traded items of the day "
  dailyTradedItemCount: Int!
}

" A helper entity that maps a trade's order fulfillment method"
type _OrderFulfillment @entity {
  id: ID!
  " The trade being fulfilled"
  trade: Trade!
  " The order filfillment method"
  orderFulfillmentMethod: String
}

" A helper utility entity that works as a set for deduplication purpose. "
type _Item @entity {
  id: ID!
}

From the single log we're working with, there's a wealth of information to extract. Notably, there's the Trade entity, which signifies the buying and selling activities within a protocol. This entity, as shown in the schema, serves as a link to other entities like Collection and SaleStrategy. Furthermore, we've included statistical entities, such as CollectionDailySnapshot and MarketplaceDailySnapshot, to streamline the overall analysis of the protocol's economic dynamics.

Note

Importantly, these relationships can not only establish one-to-many connections but also extend to include many-to-many associations. To delve deeper into entity relationships, you can refer to this section. If you prefer a more example-based approach, our dedicated Hero Course Module can provide further insights.

SubQuery simplifies and ensures type-safety when working with GraphQL entities, smart contracts, events, transactions, and logs. The SubQuery CLI will generate types based on your project's GraphQL schema and any contract ABIs included in the data sources.

yarn
yarn codegen

This action will generate a new directory (or update the existing one) named src/types. Inside this directory, you will find automatically generated entity classes corresponding to each type defined in your schema.graphql. These classes facilitate type-safe operations for loading, reading, and writing entity fields. You can learn more about this process in the GraphQL Schema section.

It will also generate a class for every contract event, offering convenient access to event parameters, as well as information about the block and transaction from which the event originated. You can find detailed information on how this is achieved in the EVM Codegen from ABIs section. All of these types are stored in the src/types/abi-interfaces and src/types/contracts directories.

You can conveniently import all these types:

// Import entity types generated from the GraphQL schema
import {
  Collection,
  CollectionDailySnapshot,
  Marketplace,
  MarketplaceDailySnapshot,
  _OrderFulfillment,
  Trade,
  _Item,
  _OrderFulfillmentMethod,
  NftStandard,
} from "../types";
import { OrderFulfilledLog } from "../types/abi-interfaces/SeaportExchangeAbi";

Add a Mapping Function

Mapping functions define how blockchain data is transformed into the optimised GraphQL entities that we previously defined in the schema.graphql file.

Note

For more information on mapping functions, please refer to our Mappings documentation.

Writing mappings for this smart contract is a straightforward process. To provide better context, we've included this handler in a separate file mapping.ts within the src/mappings directory. Let's start by importing the necessary modules.

import { OrderFulfilledLog } from "../types/abi-interfaces/SeaportExchangeAbi";
import {
  Collection,
  CollectionDailySnapshot,
  Marketplace,
  MarketplaceDailySnapshot,
  _OrderFulfillment,
  Trade,
  _Item,
  _OrderFulfillmentMethod,
  NftStandard,
} from "../types";
import {
  SpentItemStructOutput,
  ReceivedItemStructOutput,
} from "../types/contracts/SeaportExchange";
import { ERC165__factory } from "../types/contracts/factories/ERC165__factory";

Trade, Collection and other models were created in a previous step. On the other hand, OrderFulfilledLog is a TypeScript model automatically generated by the SubQuery SDK to make it easier to work with events.

As a reminder from the configuration step outlined in the Manifest File, we have a single handler called handleOrderFulfilled. In the context of Seaport indexing, the following code segment illustrates how trade events are handled:

export async function handleOrderFulfilled(
  event: OrderFulfilledLog,
): Promise<void> {
  // Assert event parameters
  assert(event.args);

  // Extract relevant event data
  const offerer = event.args.offerer;
  const recipient = event.args.recipient;
  const offer = event.args.offer;
  const consideration = event.args.consideration;

  // Attempt to retrieve trade details
  const saleResult = tryGetSale(
    event,
    offerer,
    recipient,
    offer,
    consideration,
  );
  if (!saleResult) {
    return;
  }

  // Calculate trade-related values
  const isBundle = saleResult.nfts.tokenIds.length > 1;
  const collectionAddr = saleResult.nfts.collection.toString();
  const collection = await getOrCreateCollection(collectionAddr);
  const buyer = saleResult.buyer.toString();
  const seller = saleResult.seller.toString();
  const royaltyFee =
    (saleResult.fees.creatorRevenue / saleResult.money.amount) *
    BIGDECIMAL_HUNDRED;
  const totalNftAmount = saleResult.nfts.amounts.reduce(
    (acc, curr) => acc + BigInt(curr.toString()),
    BIGINT_ZERO,
  );
  const volumeETH = saleResult.money.amount / MANTISSA_FACTOR;
  const priceETH = volumeETH / Number(totalNftAmount);

  // Process each trade within the event
  const nNewTrade = saleResult.nfts.tokenIds.length;
  for (let i = 0; i < nNewTrade; i++) {
    const tradeID = isBundle
      ? event.transaction.hash
          .toString()
          .concat("-")
          .concat(event.logIndex.toString())
          .concat("-")
          .concat(i.toString())
      : event.transaction.hash
          .toString()
          .concat("-")
          .concat(event.logIndex.toString());

    // Create a 'Trade' entity for each trade
    const trade = Trade.create({
      // ... Trade details ...
    });
    trade.save();

    // Save trade fulfillment details
    const orderFulfillment = _OrderFulfillment.create({
      // ... Order fulfillment details ...
    });
    orderFulfillment.save();
  }

  // Update collection and marketplace entities
  collection.tradeCount += nNewTrade;
  collection.royaltyFee = royaltyFee;

  // ... (Additional collection and marketplace updates) ...

  // Prepare for updating daily traded item counts
  let newDailyTradedItem = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < nNewTrade; i++) {
    // ... Create and save daily traded item entities ...
    newDailyTradedItem++;
  }

  // Take collection and marketplace snapshots
  const collectionSnapshot = await getOrCreateCollectionDailySnapshot(
    collectionAddr,
    event.block.timestamp,
  );

  // ... (Additional snapshot updates) ...

  const marketplaceSnapshot = await getOrCreateMarketplaceDailySnapshot(
    event.block.timestamp,
  );

  // ... (Additional snapshot updates) ...
}

This code snippet demonstrates how trade events within the Seaport marketplace are processed and indexed. It covers data extraction, calculation, entity creation, and updates to both collection and marketplace entities. This indexing process is essential for tracking and analyzing trade activity within the Seaport protocol.

🎉 At this stage, we have successfully incorporated all the desired entities that can be retrieved from Seaport smart contracts. For each of these entities, we've a single mapping handler to structure and store the data in a queryable format.

Note

Check the final code repository hereopen in new window to observe the integration of all previously mentioned configurations into a unified codebase.

Build Your Project

Next, build your work to run your new SubQuery project. Run the build command from the project's root directory as given here:

yarn
yarn build

Important

Whenever you make changes to your mapping functions, you must rebuild your project.

Now, you are ready to run your first SubQuery project. Let’s check out the process of running your project in detail.

Whenever you create a new SubQuery Project, first, you must run it locally on your computer and test it and using Docker is the easiest and quickiest way to do this.

Run Your Project Locally with Docker

The docker-compose.yml file defines all the configurations that control how a SubQuery node runs. For a new project, which you have just initialised, you won't need to change anything.

However, visit the Running SubQuery Locally to get more information on the file and the settings.

Run the following command under the project directory:

yarn
yarn start:docker

Note

It may take a few minutes to download the required images and start the various nodes and Postgres databases.

Query your Project

Next, let's query our project. Follow these three simple steps to query your SubQuery project:

  1. Open your browser and head to http://localhost:3000.

  2. You will see a GraphQL playground in the browser and the schemas which are ready to query.

  3. Find the Docs tab on the right side of the playground which should open a documentation drawer. This documentation is automatically generated and it helps you find what entities and methods you can query.

Try the following queries to understand how it works for your new SubQuery starter project. Don’t forget to learn more about the GraphQL Query language.

Trades

Request

query {
  trades {
    nodes {
      id
      priceETH
      collectionId
      tokenId
      amount
      buyer
      seller
      logIndex
      transactionHash
      strategy
      timestamp
    }
  }
}

Response

{
  "data": {
    "trades": {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "id": "0x7f828a396d0a0e20c51b0447866170c7d95a6e19201287966c1ddbe267e618b2-279",
          "priceETH": 0.8,
          "collectionId": "0x75e46bdc52d4A2064dc8850EE0f52EE93BFe337c",
          "tokenId": "5403",
          "amount": "1",
          "buyer": "0x9f62Cb344c26847A28193DA9b78D356330b08Fa1",
          "seller": "0xd14018Ce9Ebe0D66607aa7D0B27748A68AdED64D",
          "logIndex": 279,
          "transactionHash": "0x7f828a396d0a0e20c51b0447866170c7d95a6e19201287966c1ddbe267e618b2",
          "strategy": "STANDARD_SALE",
          "timestamp": "1695861647"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
Collections

Request

query {
  collections {
    nodes {
      id
      name
      nftStandard
      tradeCount
      totalSupply
      totalRevenueETH
      royaltyFee
      tradeCount
      cumulativeTradeVolumeETH
    }
  }
}

Response

{
  "data": {
    "collections": {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "id": "0x75e46bdc52d4A2064dc8850EE0f52EE93BFe337c",
          "name": "QUADHASH : Lion",
          "nftStandard": "ERC721",
          "tradeCount": 1,
          "totalSupply": 8725,
          "totalRevenueETH": 0.02,
          "royaltyFee": 2.5,
          "cumulativeTradeVolumeETH": 0.8
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

What's next?

Congratulations! You have now a locally running SubQuery project that accepts GraphQL API requests for transferring data.

Tip

Find out how to build a performant SubQuery project and avoid common mistakes in Project Optimisation.

Click here to learn what should be your next step in your SubQuery journey.