taraxa-cli v1.5.55

Taraxa CLI

Install

Install from NPM

npm install -g taraxa-cli

Usage

taraxa --help
taraxa config --help
taraxa rpc --help

Generate a Config File

Public Testnet

To join the public Testnet: Generate a config for a new testnet node

$ taraxa config -n testnet
Created node config for:
    network: testnet
    chain id: 55555
    address: 0x942FBF4f9D0CbE737e4f83C597D991ffA38fe42c
    id: 04a58a7add71a5c973e36fa754f5ddd00f3b15404677f3d20ac4fa02f808857c0d497e20ea95ffd5e3a516fac90693f4f3016291d353f7cf863457bcb834769c75

Wrote config to: /home/user1/.taraxa-node/conf/testnet.json

Note: This file contains private keys. Secure it properly.

Private Testnet

Alternatively, generate a config for a new private network boot node

$ taraxa config
Created node config for:
    network: private
    chain id: 4444
    address: 0x942FBF4f9D0CbE737e4f83C597D991ffA38fe42c
    id: 04a58a7add71a5c973e36fa754f5ddd00f3b15404677f3d20ac4fa02f808857c0d497e20ea95ffd5e3a516fac90693f4f3016291d353f7cf863457bcb834769c75

Wrote config to: /home/user1/.taraxa-node/conf/private.json

Note: This file contains private keys. Secure it properly.

Generate a config to join an existing private network by specifying one or more boot nodes by repeating the -b option

taraxa config -n private -c 4444 -b 127.0.0.1:10002/04a58a7add71a5c973e36fa754f5ddd00f3b15404677f3d20ac4fa02f808857c0d497e20ea95ffd5e3a516fac90693f4f3016291d353f7cf863457bcb834769c75

Run an RPC Command

Using taraxa-js to make RPC calls

$ taraxa rpc getBlockByNumber 0

Create an account

Create an account with private key, address, mnemonic.

Useful for setting up faucets, etc.

$ taraxa account
address: 0xad8e3b38552d2afaf3c92bcc5ed703ac8eca23fc
public key: 0x047cf9de972914851dd24493e75c1251e3807fbfc72298030824cf027ea9e73e285e7342ac10f705ebd500fcfe45db0260e64b737c532970e4b689f9ed1d34aeff
private key: 0x2be664bae0e365a0fd362798870f79c52d565ed7a512f5c57575b12e65d7ab02
mnemonic: cloud myth drink saddle avoid blind provide twist answer online erupt note