This PR will will break existing UIs, since it changes all calls like ApproveSignTransaction to be on the form ui_approveSignTransaction. This is to make it possible for the UI to reuse the json-rpc library from go-ethereum, which uses this convention. Also, this PR removes some unused structs, after import/export were removed from the external api (so no longer needs internal methods for approval) One more breaking change is introduced, removing passwords from the ApproveSignTxResponse and the likes. This makes the manual interface more like the rulebased interface, and integrates nicely with the credential storage. Thus, the way it worked before, it would be tempting for the UI to implement 'remember password' functionality. The way it is now, it will be easy instead to tell clef to store passwords and use them. If a pw is not found in the credential store, the user is prompted to provide the password.
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Changelog for internal API (ui-api)
6.0.0
Removed password
from responses to operations which require them. This is for two reasons,
- Consistency between how rulesets operate and how manual processing works. A rule can
Approve
but require the actual password to be stored in the clef storage. With this change, the same stored password can be used even if rulesets are not enabled, but storage is. - It also removes the usability-shortcut that a UI might otherwise want to implement; remembering passwords. Since we now will not require the
password on every
Approve
, there's no need for the UI to cache it locally.- In a future update, we'll likely add
clef_storePassword
to the internal API, so the user can store it via his UI (currently only CLI works).
- In a future update, we'll likely add
Affected datatypes:
SignTxResponse
SignDataResponse
NewAccountResponse
If clef
requires a password, the OnInputRequired
will be used to collect it.
5.0.0
Changed the namespace format to adhere to the legacy ethereum format: name_methodName
. Changes:
ApproveTx
->ui_approveTx
ApproveSignData
->ui_approveSignData
ApproveExport
->removed
ApproveImport
->removed
ApproveListing
->ui_approveListing
ApproveNewAccount
->ui_approveNewAccount
ShowError
->ui_showError
ShowInfo
->ui_showInfo
OnApprovedTx
->ui_onApprovedTx
OnSignerStartup
->ui_onSignerStartup
OnInputRequired
->ui_onInputRequired
4.0.0
-
Bidirectional communication implemented, so the UI can query
clef
via the stdin/stdout RPC channel. Methods implemented are:clef_listWallets
clef_listAccounts
clef_listWallets
clef_deriveAccount
clef_importRawKey
clef_openWallet
clef_chainId
clef_setChainId
clef_export
clef_import
-
The type
Account
was modified (the json-fieldtype
was removed), to consist of
type Account struct {
Address common.Address `json:"address"` // Ethereum account address derived from the key
URL URL `json:"url"` // Optional resource locator within a backend
}
3.2.0
- Make
ShowError
,OnApprovedTx
,OnSignerStartup
be json-rpc notifications:
A Notification is a Request object without an "id" member. A Request object that is a Notification signifies the Client's lack of interest in the corresponding Response object, and as such no Response object needs to be returned to the client. The Server MUST NOT reply to a Notification, including those that are within a batch request.
Notifications are not confirmable by definition, since they do not have a Response object to be returned. As such, the Client would not be aware of any errors (like e.g. "Invalid params","Internal error"
3.1.0
- Add
ContentType
string
toSignDataRequest
to accommodate the latest EIP-191 and EIP-712 implementations.
3.0.0
- Make use of
OnInputRequired(info UserInputRequest)
for obtaining master password during startup
2.1.0
- Add
OnInputRequired(info UserInputRequest)
to internal API. This method is used when Clef needs user input, e.g. passwords.
The following structures are used:
UserInputRequest struct {
Prompt string `json:"prompt"`
Title string `json:"title"`
IsPassword bool `json:"isPassword"`
}
UserInputResponse struct {
Text string `json:"text"`
}
### 2.0.0
* Modify how `call_info` on a transaction is conveyed. New format:
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "ApproveTx", "params": [ { "transaction": { "from": "0x82A2A876D39022B3019932D30Cd9c97ad5616813", "to": "0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0", "gas": "0x333", "gasPrice": "0x123", "value": "0x10", "nonce": "0x0", "data": "0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012", "input": null }, "call_info": [ { "type": "WARNING", "message": "Invalid checksum on to-address" }, { "type": "WARNING", "message": "Tx contains data, but provided ABI signature could not be matched: Did not match: test (0 matches)" } ], "meta": { "remote": "127.0.0.1:54286", "local": "localhost:8550", "scheme": "HTTP/1.1" } } ] }
#### 1.2.0
* Add `OnStartup` method, to provide the UI with information about what API version
the signer uses (both internal and external) aswell as build-info and external api.
Example call:
```json
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "OnSignerStartup",
"params": [
{
"info": {
"extapi_http": "http://localhost:8550",
"extapi_ipc": null,
"extapi_version": "2.0.0",
"intapi_version": "1.2.0"
}
}
]
}
1.1.0
- Add
OnApproved
method
1.0.0
Initial release.
Versioning
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