vocexplorer

README

Vochain Block Explorer

Deployed at https://explorer.vocdoni.net/ and https://explorer.dev.vocdoni.net/

Deps

Golang 1.14+

Running

Docker

Navigate to vocexplorer/docker/vocexplorer

docker-compose build
docker-compose up

That's it!

Manual

1. Frontend

On the commandline navigate into the directory ./frontend and run

env GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js go build -ldflags "-s -w" -trimpath -o ../static/main.wasm

to compile the frontend code into wasm.

2. Static files

Make a copy of the wasm_exec.js file from $GOROOT/misc/wasm/ directory and put it in the ./static directory. This must be from the same golang version that you used to build main.wasm.

Get back to the root path and run yarn to install and compile the required style assets.

If you want to renew the styles, run yarn gulp, or in case you wanna watch for changes, yarn gulp sass:watch.

There's also a gulp task for watching .go files changes in ./frontend files and regenerating the main.wasm file: yarn gulp go:watch.

You can watch both .go and .scss file changes by just using

yarn gulp watch

4. Backend

After steps 1, and 2, navigate back into vocexplorer and run

go run main.go

Then in your favorite web browser navigate to localhost at the specified port.

Options for main.go:

• --chain (string) vochain network to connect to (eg. main, dev (default "main")
• --dataDir (string) directory where data is stored (default "/Users/natewilliams/.vocexplorer")
• --disableGzip use to disable gzip compression on web server
• --hostURL (string) url to host block explorer (default "http://localhost:8081")
• --logLevel (string) log level <debug, info, warn, error> (default "error")
• --refreshTime (int) Number of seconds between each content refresh (default 10)
• --vochainCreateGenesis create own/testing genesis file on vochain
• --vochainGenesis (string) use alternative genesis file for the voting chain
• --vochainLogLevel (string) voting chain node log level (default "error")
• --vochainNodeKey (string) user alternative vochain private key (hexstring[64])
• --vochainP2PListen (string) p2p host and port to listent for the voting chain (default "0.0.0.0:26656")
• --vochainPeers (stringArray) comma separated list of p2p peers
• --vochainSeeds (stringArray) comma separated list of p2p seed nodes

Note: when updating to a new version of this program, you may need to refresh your data store:

rm -rf DBPATH

Where DBPATH by default is ~/.vocexplorer/CHAIN_ID and CHAIN_ID is the ID of the blockchain you're exploring, eg. vocdoni-release-06

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