SSV - Exporter
Overview
Exporter (AKA Fullnode) node is responsible for collecting and exporting information from the network to external systems such as the Explorer.
Usage
In order to run an exporter, add the following in the config.yaml:
p2p:
Subnets: 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
MaxPeers: 150 # recommended but not a must
WebSocketAPIPort: 15000
In case the node misses messages, you can increase the amount of goroutines that handles incoming messages by:
ssv:
ValidatorOptions:
MsgWorkersCount: 2048 # default is 1024
With environment variables:
SUBNETS=0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
WS_API_PORT=15000
P2P_MAX_PEERS=150 # recommended but not a must
APIs
Exporter Node provides WebSocket endpoints for reading the collected data.
There are 2 types of end-points:
stream
- exporter pushes live data (decided messages) to the active sockets
query
- initiated by the consumer on demand to fetch historical data
Message Structure
Request holds a filter
for making queries of specific data
and a type
to distinguish between messages:
{
"type": "decided"
"filter": {
"from": number,
"to": number,
"role": "ATTESTER" | "AGGREGATOR" | "PROPOSER",
"publicKey": string
}
}
Response extends the Request with a data
section that contains the corresponding results:
{
"type": "decided"
"filter": {
"from": number,
"to": number,
"role": "ATTESTER" | "AGGREGATOR" | "PROPOSER",
"publicKey": string
}
"data": DecidedMessage[]
}
In addition, response might reflect an error, see Error Handling:
{
"type": "error",
"data": string[]
}
Data Model
The following objects will be used by the API:
Decided Messages
{
"message": {
"type": 3,
"round": 1,
"identifier": "...",
"seq_number": 23,
"value": "..."
},
"signature": "...",
"signer_ids": [2, 1, 3]
}
End Points
Stream
/stream
is an API that allows consumers to get live data that is collected by the exporter, which will push the information it receives from SSV nodes.
For example, exporter will push a message for a new decided message that was broadcast-ed in the network:
{
"type": "decided",
"filter": {"publicKey": "...", "role": "ATTESTER", "from": 2341, "to": 2341 },
"data": [{ ... }]
}
Query
/query
is an API that allows some consumer to request data, by specifying filter.
Example request:
{ "type": "decided", "filter": { "publicKey": "...", "role": "ATTESTER", "from": 2, "to": 4 } }
The corresponding response:
{ "type": "decided", "filter": { "publicKey": "...", "role": "ATTESTER", "from": 2, "to": 4 }, "data":[...] }
Error Handling
In case of bad request or some internal error, the response will be of type
"error".
Some examples:
- Bad input (corrupted JSON) produces:
{
"type": "error",
"filter": {
"from": 0,
"to": 0
},
"data": [
"could not parse network message"
]
}
- Unknown message type results:
{
"type": "error",
"filter": {
"from": 0,
"to": 0
},
"data": [
"bad request - unknown message type 'foo'"
]
}
Explore API
Use a tool for WebSockets (such as wscat) to interact with the API.
wscat -c ws://ws-exporter.stage.ssv.network/query
Once connection is ready, type your query:
> { "type": "decided", "filter": { "publicKey": "...", "role": "ATTESTER", "from": 2, "to": 4 } }
The expected results contains a list of desired decided messages, in our case in index [2, 4]
< { "type": "decided", "filter": { "publicKey": "...", "role": "ATTESTER", "from": 2, "to": 4 }, "data":[...] }