Casper Go SDK


The Casper Go SDK provides a convenient way to interact with the Casper Network using the Go.
Get started
go get github.com/make-software/casper-go-sdk
Base usage
RPC client
Package rpc provides access to the exported methods of RPC Client and data structures where serialized response.
See more details here
Example:
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"net/http"
"github.com/make-software/casper-go-sdk/casper"
)
func main() {
handler := casper.NewRPCHandler("https://casper-node-proxy.dev.make.services/rpc", http.DefaultClient)
client := casper.NewRPCClient(handler)
deployHash := "62972eddc6fdc03b7ec53e52f7da7e24f01add9a74d68e3e21d924051c43f126"
deploy, err := client.GetDeploy(context.Background(), deployHash)
if err != nil {
return
}
fmt.Println(deploy.Deploy.Hash)
}
SSE
SSE package provide basic functionality to work with Casper events that streamed by SSE server.
See more details here
Example:
package main
import (
"context"
"log"
"github.com/make-software/casper-go-sdk/sse"
)
func main() {
client := sse.NewClient("https://casper-node-proxy.dev.make.services/events/main")
defer client.Stop()
client.RegisterHandler(
sse.DeployProcessedEventType,
func(ctx context.Context, rawEvent sse.RawEvent) error {
deploy, err := rawEvent.ParseAsDeployProcessedEvent()
if err != nil {
return err
}
log.Printf("Deploy hash: %s", deploy.DeployProcessed.DeployHash)
return nil
})
lastEventID := 1234
client.Start(context.TODO(), lastEventID)
}
Work with Casper types
SDK implements base functionality that allows to work with native Casper types.
- High-level types declaration and the base functions to construct them. details
- Low level types (CLValue) with base functionality details
- Identifiers, hashes and related functions details
- Cryptography public and private keys functionality details
Example how to construct deploy and push it to the network:
package main
import (
"context"
"encoding/hex"
"log"
"math/big"
"net/http"
"github.com/make-software/casper-go-sdk/casper"
"github.com/make-software/casper-go-sdk/types/clvalue"
)
func main() {
accountPublicKey, err := casper.NewPublicKey("012488699f9a31e36ecf002675cd7186b48e6a735d10ec1b308587ca719937752c")
if err != nil { return }
amount := big.NewInt(100000000)
session := casper.ExecutableDeployItem{
ModuleBytes: &casper.ModuleBytes{
ModuleBytes: hex.EncodeToString([]byte("<<<Contract Wasm>>>")),
Args: (&casper.Args{}).
AddArgument("target", clvalue.NewCLByteArray(accountPublicKey.AccountHash().Bytes())).
AddArgument("amount", *clvalue.NewCLUInt512(amount)),
},
}
payment := casper.StandardPayment(amount)
deployHeader := casper.DefaultHeader()
deployHeader.Account = accountPublicKey
deployHeader.ChainName = "test-net"
newDeploy, err := casper.MakeDeploy(deployHeader, payment, session)
handler := casper.NewRPCHandler("https://casper-node-proxy.dev.make.services/rpc", http.DefaultClient)
client := casper.NewRPCClient(handler)
result, err := client.PutDeploy(context.Background(), *newDeploy)
log.Println(result.DeployHash)
}
Advanced usage
It is crucial to have a clear understanding of the concept in order to avoid common mistakes or misuse of functionality. The SDK consists of several packages that have strict dependencies.
If we were to present the packages in different layers, the structure would be as follows (in ascending order, from low to high):
- Lowest layer:
cltype
and keypair
key
clvalue
types
- Services
rpc
and sse
- Higher level is a Facade to popular interfaces
casper
The Dependency tree can help to visualise:

Links to package documentation and examples:
cltype
examples
clvalue
doc | examples
keypair
doc | examples
types
doc | examples
rpc
doc | examples
sse
doc | examples
Lint and test
Install go tools:
go install -v github.com/incu6us/goimports-reviser/v3@latest
go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.50.1
Run linters:
go fmt ./...
go vet ./...
goimports-reviser ./...
golangci-lint run
Run tests:
go test ./...