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Transaction Preview

A modular UI for previewing a single or set of unsigned Ethereum transactions.

Transaction Preview Flow image

Try Transaction Preview

Preview Vitalik swapping 100 UNI tokens for ETH using Transaction Preview

Full Simulation Platform API documentation can be found here

Install

Usage with Web3-Onboard Core package

Transaction Preview Flow gif

To use the Transaction Preview package with web3-onboard all a developer needs to do is initialize web3-onboard with their Blocknative API key and pass in the module as shown below.

ts
        import Onboard from '@web3-onboard/core'
import injectedModule from '@web3-onboard/injected'
import transactionPreviewModule from '@web3-onboard/transaction-preview'

const injected = injectedModule()
const transactionPreview = transactionPreviewModule(
  // Optional initialization object
  // {
    // Optional: Require balance change approval prior to sending transaction to wallet
    // Defaults to true
    // requireTransactionApproval?: false

    //  i18n?: i18nOptions - Internationalization options
  // }
)

const onboard = Onboard({
  transactionPreview,
  apiKey: 'xxx387fb-bxx1-4xxc-a0x3-9d37e426xxxx'
  wallets: [injected],
  chains: [
    {
      id: '0x1',
      token: 'ETH',
      label: 'Ethereum',
      rpcUrl: 'https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/17c1e1500e384acfb6a72c5d2e67742e'
    }
  ]
  // ... other Onboard options
})

// Transaction code here using Ether.js or Web3.js or custom
// The transaction will automatically be picked up and simulated with a UI displaying in the upper right corner

      

Standalone Usage

To use the Transaction Preview package without web3-onboard all a developer needs to do is:

  • Execute the entry function from the @web3-onboard/transaction-preview package and optional params
  • Run the returned init function with their Blocknative API key, an initialized instance of their Blocknative SDK and a containerElement string with the html ID of the target element to append the visualization to
  • Finally pass a transaction meant for a wallet provider (created using libraries like Ethers or Web3)

With the above steps a UI will be rendered with the balance changes and gas used.

ts
        import transactionPreviewModule from '@web3-onboard/transaction-preview'

const {init, previewTransaction} = transactionPreviewModule({
  // Optional: Require balance change approval prior to sending transaction to wallet
  // Defaults to true
  // requireTransactionApproval?: false

  //  i18n?: i18nOptions - Internationalization options
})
await init({
/**
 * Blocknative API key (https://explorer.blocknative.com/account)
 */
apiKey: string
/**
 * Your Blocknative SDK instance
 * */
sdk: SDK
/**
 * Optional dom query string to mount UI to
 * */
containerElement: string})

// Transaction code here using Ether.js or Web3.js or construct your own transactions
const simulate = async provider => {
  // if using ethers v6 this is:
  // ethersProvider = new ethers.BrowserProvider(wallet.provider, 'any')
  const ethersProvider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(provider, 'any')

  const signer = ethersProvider.getSigner()
  const addressFrom = '0xcxxxxxx11111999991111'

  // Uniswap V2
  const CONTRACT_ADDRESS = '0x7a250d5630b4cf539739df2c5dacb4c659f2488d'
  const erc20_interface = [
    'function approve(address _spender, uint256 _value) public returns (bool success)',
    'function transferFrom(address sender, address recipient, uint256 amount) external returns (bool)',
    'function balanceOf(address owner) view returns (uint256)'
  ]

  const uniswapV2router_interface = [
    'function swapExactTokensForETH(uint amountIn, uint amountOutMin, address[] calldata path, address to, uint deadline) external returns (uint[] memory amounts)'
  ]

  const weth = '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2'
  const oneInch = '0x111111111117dc0aa78b770fa6a738034120c302'
  let swapTxData
  let approveTxData
  const swapContract = new ethers.Contract(
    CONTRACT_ADDRESS,
    uniswapV2router_interface
  )
  const erc20_contract = new ethers.Contract(oneInch, erc20_interface)
  const oneEther = ethers.BigNumber.from('9000000000000000000')
  approveTxData = await erc20_contract.populateTransaction.approve(
    CONTRACT_ADDRESS,
    oneEther
  )

  const amountOutMin = 0
  const amountOutMinHex = ethers.BigNumber.from(amountOutMin).toHexString()

  const path = [oneInch, weth]
  const deadline = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 60 * 1 // 1 minutes from the current Unix time

  const inputAmountHex = oneEther.toHexString()

  swapTxData = await swapContract.populateTransaction.swapExactTokensForETH(
    inputAmountHex,
    amountOutMinHex,
    path,
    addressFrom,
    deadline
  )
  const uniswapV2Router = '0x7a250d5630B4cF539739dF2C5dAcb4c659F2488D'

  const popApproveTransaction = await signer.populateTransaction(approveTxData)
  const popTransaction = await signer.populateTransaction(swapTxData)
  const transactions = [
    { ...popApprovedTransaction, value: 0 },
    {
      ...popTransaction,
      from: addressFrom,
      to: uniswapV2Router,
      value: 0
    }
  ]
  await previewTransaction(transactions)
}

  return await previewTransaction(transactions)
}

const simData = simulate(ethereumProvider)
console.log(simData)

      

Options & Types

        export type TransactionPreviewModule = (options: TransactionPreviewOptions) => TransactionPreviewAPI

export type FullPreviewOptions = TransactionPreviewOptions & TransactionPreviewInitOptions

export type TransactionPreviewAPI = {
  /**
   * This Method accepts a standard EIP1193 provider
   * (such as an injected wallet from window.ethereum)
   * and it will be patched to allow for transaction previewing
   */
  patchProvider: (provider: PatchedEIP1193Provider) => PatchedEIP1193Provider

  /**
   * This Method accepts:
   * apiKey: string - Blocknative API key (https://explorer.blocknative.com/)
   * sdk: instance of an initialized bnc-sdk (www.npmjs.com/package/bnc-sdk)
   * containerElement: string of an html id selector (e.g. "#my-html-el")
   */
  init: (initializationOptions: TransactionPreviewInitOptions) => void

  /**
   * This method accepts a transaction meant for a wallet provider
   * (created using libraries like Ethers or Web3),
   * simulates the transaction and generates a corresponding UI and
   * return a response from the Blocknative Transaction Preview API.
   * Note: the package will need to initialized with the `init`
   * function prior to usage
   */
  previewTransaction: (transaction: TransactionForSim[]) => Promise<MultiSimOutput>
}

export type PatchedEIP1193Provider = EIP1193Provider & { simPatched: boolean }

export interface ProviderReq {
  method: string
  params?: Array<unknown>
}

export type RequestOptions = Pick<TransactionPreviewInitOptions, 'apiKey'>

export type TransactionPreviewInitOptions = {
  /**
   * Blocknative API key (https://explorer.blocknative.com/account)
   */
  apiKey: string
  /**
   * Your Blocknative SDK instance (https://www.npmjs.com/package/bnc-sdk)
   * */
  sdk: SDK
  /**
   * Optional dom query string to mount UI to
   * */
  containerElement: string
}

export type TransactionPreviewOptions = {
  /**
   * Optional requirement for user to accept transaction balance changes
   * prior to sending the transaction to the wallet
   * Defaults to true
   * */
  requireTransactionApproval?: boolean
  /**
   * An optional internationalization object that defines the display
   * text for different locales. Can also be used to override the default text.
   * To override the default text, pass in a object for the en locale
   */
  i18n?: i18nOptions
}

export type Locale = string
export type i18nOptions = Record<Locale, i18n>
export type i18n = typeof en

export type DeviceNotBrowser = {
  type: null
  os: null
  browser: null
}

export type TransactionForSim = SimulationTransaction & {
  data?: string
}

export interface SimulationTransaction {
  from: string
  to: string
  value: number
  gas: number
  input: string
  // Either Type 1 Gas (gasPrice) or Type 2 Gas (maxPriorityFeePerGas & maxFeePerGas)
  // must be included in the payload
  gasPrice?: number
  maxPriorityFeePerGas?: number
  maxFeePerGas?: number
}

export type MultiSimOutput = {
  id?: string
  contractCall: ContractCall[]
  error?: any
  gasUsed: number[]
  internalTransactions: InternalTransaction[][]
  netBalanceChanges: NetBalanceChange[][]
  network: Network
  simDetails: SimDetails
  serverVersion: string
  system: System
  status: Status
  simulatedBlockNumber: number
  transactions: InternalTransaction[]
}

export interface ContractCall {
  contractType?: string
  contractAddress?: string
  contractAlias?: string
  methodName: string
  params: Record<string, unknown>
  contractName?: string
  contractDecimals?: number
  decimalValue?: string
}

export interface InternalTransaction {
  type: string
  from: string
  to: string
  input: string
  gas: number
  gasUsed: number
  value: string
  contractCall: ContractCall
  error?: string
  errorReason?: string
}

export interface NetBalanceChange {
  address: string
  balanceChanges: BalanceChange[]
}

export interface BalanceChange {
  delta: string
  asset: Asset
  breakdown: BreakDown[]
}

export interface Asset {
  type: string
  symbol: string
  contractAddress: string
}

export interface BreakDown {
  counterparty: string
  amount: string
}

export interface InternalTransaction {
  type: string
  from: string
  to: string
  input: string
  gas: number
  gasUsed: number
  value: string
  contractCall: ContractCall
}

export type System = 'bitcoin' | 'ethereum'
export type Network =
  | 'main'
  | 'testnet'
  | 'ropsten'
  | 'rinkeby'
  | 'goerli'
  | 'kovan'
  | 'xdai'
  | 'bsc-main'
  | 'matic-main'
  | 'fantom-main'
  | 'matic-mumbai'
  | 'local'

export type Status =
  | 'pending'
  | 'confirmed'
  | 'speedup'
  | 'cancel'
  | 'failed'
  | 'dropped'
  | 'simulated'

export interface SimDetails {
  blockNumber: number
  e2eMs: number
  performanceProfile: any
}

      

Build Environments

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