在即将正式发布的Hyperledger Fabric SDK 1.0中,Hyperledger Fabric经过gRPC提供服务接口以取代现有的REST API。本文介绍了如何使用Node.JS访问Hyperledger Fabric的gRPC服务。node
Hyperledger Fabric的gRPC服务接口能够经过安装Hyperledger fabric Client (HFC)获取。npm
在工做目录下运行以下npm
命令以安装HFC。api
npm install hfc
gRPC接口定义文件(.proto)都在HFC的lib\protos
下网络
api.proto ca.proto chaincode.proto chaincodeevent.proto devops.proto events.proto fabric.proto server_admin.proto
其中的api.proto
定义了名为Openchain
的服务, 该服务提供了若干个接口以获取Hyperledger Fabric区块网络的具体信息。数据结构
// Interface exported by the server. service Openchain { // GetBlockchainInfo returns information about the blockchain ledger such as // height, current block hash, and previous block hash. rpc GetBlockchainInfo(google.protobuf.Empty) returns (BlockchainInfo) {} // GetBlockByNumber returns the data contained within a specific block in the // blockchain. The genesis block is block zero. rpc GetBlockByNumber(BlockNumber) returns (Block) {} // GetBlockCount returns the current number of blocks in the blockchain data // structure. rpc GetBlockCount(google.protobuf.Empty) returns (BlockCount) {} // GetPeers returns a list of all peer nodes currently connected to the target // peer. rpc GetPeers(google.protobuf.Empty) returns (PeersMessage) {} }
如下代码使用GetBlockCount
接口获取区块总数。ui
var fs = require('fs'); var grpc = require('grpc'); var ProtoBuf = require("protobufjs"); var apiProto = grpc.load("./protos/api.proto").protos; var client = new apiProto.Openchain('192.168.99.100:7051', grpc.credentials.createInsecure()); client.getBlockCount({}, function(err, blockCount) { if (err) { console.log("Error :" + err); } else if (blockCount) { console.dir(blockCount, { depth: null }); } });
GetBlockCount
接口返回一个BlockCount
消息, 该消息包含一个count
成员, 也就是当前网络中的区块总数。google
message BlockCount { uint64 count = 1; }
如下代码则使用GetBlockByNumber
接口获取某个区块的信息。code
function callbackForBlock(blockNumber) { return function(err, block) { console.log("Block[" + blockNumber.number + "]"); if (err) { console.log("Error :" , err); } else if (block) { console.dir(block, { depth: null }); } console.log("======================="); }; } for (var n=0; n<blockCount.count; n++) { var blockNumber = { number : n }; client.getBlockByNumber(blockNumber, callbackForBlock(blockNumber)); }
GetBlockByNumber
接口须要一个输入参数, 用于指定区块号码,其返回消息则是一个Block
消息, 其数据结构定义在fabric.proto
中。orm
本文介绍了一个使用Node.JS访问Hyperledger Fabric gRPC服务的示例程序。server