@remix-project/remix-debug NPM

Remix Debug`

@remix-project/remix-debug is a tool to debug Ethereum transactions on different Remix environments (VM, testnet etc.). It works underneath Remix IDE "DEBUGGER" plugin which is used to analyse step-to-step execution of a transaction to debug it.

Installation

@remix-project/remix-debug is an NPM package and can be installed using NPM as:

yarn add @remix-project/remix-debug

How to use

@remix-project/remix-debug can be used as:

var Debugger = require('remix-debug').EthDebugger
var BreakpointManager = require('remix-debug').BreakpointManager

var debugger = new Debugger({
  compilationResult: () => {
    return compilationResult // that helps resolving source location
  }
})

debugger.addProvider(web3, 'web3')
debugger.switchProvider('web3')

var breakPointManager = new remixCore.code.BreakpointManager(this.debugger, (sourceLocation) => {
    // return offsetToLineColumn
})
debugger.setBreakpointManager(breakPointManager)
breakPointManager.add({fileName, row})
breakPointManager.add({fileName, row})

debugger.debug(<tx_hash>)

// this.traceManager.getCurrentCalledAddressAt

debugger.event.register('newTraceLoaded', () => {
  // start doing basic stuff like retrieving step details
  debugger.traceManager.getCallStackAt(34, (error, callstack) => {})
})

debugger.callTree.register('callTreeReady', () => {
  // start doing more complex stuff like resolving local variables
  breakPointManager.jumpNextBreakpoint(true)
  
  var storageView = debugger.storageViewAt(38, <contract address>, 
  storageView.storageSlot(0, (error, storage) => {})
  storageView.storageRange(error, storage) => {}) // retrieve 0 => 1000 slots

  debugger.extractStateAt(23, (error, state) => {
    debugger.decodeStateAt(23, state, (error, decodedState) => {})
  })
  
  debugger.sourceLocationFromVMTraceIndex(<contract address>, 23, (error, location) => {
    debugger.decodeLocalsAt(23, location, (error, decodedlocals) => {})
  })
  
  debugger.extractLocalsAt(23, (null, locals) => {})
  
})

It exports:

{
  init,
  traceHelper,
  sourceMappingDecoder,
  EthDebugger,
  TransactionDebugger,
  BreakpointManager,
  SolidityDecoder,
  storage: {
    StorageViewer: StorageViewer,
    StorageResolver: StorageResolver
  },
  CmdLine
}

Some of the class details are as:

BreakpointManager

constructor({ traceManager, callTree, solidityProxy, locationToRowConverter }) : create a new instance

jumpNextBreakpoint(defaultToLimit) : start looking for the next breakpoint

jumpPreviousBreakpoint(defaultToLimit) : start looking for the previous breakpoint

jump(direction, defaultToLimit) : start looking for the previous or next breakpoint

hasBreakpointAtLine((fileIndex, line) : check the given pair fileIndex/line against registered breakpoints

hasBreakpoint() : return true if current manager has breakpoint

add(sourceLocation) : add a new breakpoint to the manager

remove(sourceLocation) : remove a breakpoint from the manager

StorageViewer

constructor (_context, _storageResolver, _traceManager) : create a new instance

storageRange(defaultToLimit) : return the storage for the current context (address and vm trace index)

storageSlot(defaultToLimit) : return a slot value for the current context (address and vm trace index)

isComplete(direction, defaultToLimit) : return True if the storage at @arg address is complete

initialMappingsLocation((fileIndex, line) : return all the possible mappings locations for the current context (cached) do not return state changes during the current transaction

mappingsLocation() : return all the possible mappings locations for the current context (cached) and current mapping slot. returns state changes during the current transaction

extractMappingsLocationChanges(sourceLocation) : retrieve mapping location changes from the storage changes.

StorageResolver

constructor (options) : create a new instance

storageRange(tx, stepIndex, address, callback) : return the storage for the current context (address and vm trace index)

initialPreimagesMappings(tx, stepIndex, address, callback) : return a slot value for the current context (address and vm trace index)

storageSlot(slot, tx, stepIndex, address, callback) : return True if the storage at @arg address is complete

isComplete(address) : return all the possible mappings locations for the current context (cached) do not return state changes during the current transaction