Status CLI

Additional tools for DApps developers. These tools allows to speed up the process of developing DApps for Status.

Requirements

1. adb (from Android SDK);
2. Node.js;
3. NPM;
4. Watchman (https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html).

Installing

npm i -g status-dev-cli

Command Line

Common additional parameters:

• --ip <device-ip> to specify your device's IP address.

1. Adding a contact (DApp or bot)

status-dev-cli add [contact]

• contact — JSON containing contact information. It is not required if you develop a DApp and this DApp contains package.json file. Otherwise, this map should contain whisper-identity, name and dapp-url or bot-url fields (see the example in Scenario section)

You can additionally specify --dapp-port <port> if your DApp uses port other than 8080 and you don't specify a dappJSON.

2. Removing a contact (DApp or bot)

status-dev-cli remove [contact]

• dapp — JSON containing whisper-identity field. It is not required if you develop a DApp and this DApp contains package.json file.

3. Refreshing a DApp automatically

status-dev-cli watch [dir] [contact]

• dir — dir that should be observed. Not required;
• contact — JSON containing whisper-identity field. It is not required if you develop a DApp and this DApp contains package.json file.

4. Refreshing a DApp manually

Requires status-dev-cli 2.2.1+!

This command simply reloads the DApp

status-dev-cli refresh [dapp]

• dapp — JSON containing whisper-identity field. It is not required if your DApp contains package.json file.

5. Switching network

Requires Status 0.9.4+ & status-dev-cli 2.2.0+!

Typically when developing DApps, a developer uses his own private chain or a simulator. Status inserts its own web3 object into the DApp, however, this web3 object is connected to a different network than the development one. This command allows to switch a network. Next time you login the network will be switched back.

status-dev-cli switch-node <url>

• url (required) — the network that will be used instead of http://localhost:8545

Library

  var StatusDev = require('status-dev-cli');
  var statusDev = new StatusDev({ip: 'you-device-ip'});

dappData

  dataData = {
    "whisper-identity": "dapp-MyAppName",
    "dapp-url": "http://your-server-ip:port",
    "name": "My App Name"
  }

1. Adding a DApp

  statusDev.addDapp(dappData, function(error, result) {});

2. Refreshing a DApp

  statusDev.refreshDapp(dappData, function(error, result) {});

3. Removing a DApp

  statusDev.removeDapp(dappData, function(error, result) {});

4. Switching network

  statusDev.switchNode(rpcUrl, function(error, result) {});

DApp development

To make debugging work we run a web server on your device. It runs on port 5561 on both iOS and Android, but only if you need it.

To start a server you need to:

1. Connect your device to computer;
2. In the case you're developing for Android, you need to use a port forwarding. Execute adb forward tcp:5561 tcp:5561;
3. Open Status application and log in;
4. Open Console chat and execute /debug command providing "On" as the argument.

You can also easily turn the server off from here.

Note: if you turn the server on, it will start automatically the next time you log in.

Scenario

Imagine you are developing a DApp on your computer. You have a directory where all DApp files are placed, and there is a server running on your computer. Let's say it is running on port 8080, so you can access your DApp by typing http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

1. Add a DApp to Status by executing status-dev-cli add '{"whisper-identity": "dapp-test", "dapp-url": "http://localhost:8080/", "name": "My Dapp"}';
2. Open the "My Dapp" on your device;
3. Optional: Execute status-dev-cli watch-dapp . '{"whisper-identity": "dapp-test"}' to start automatically refreshing your DApp in Status browser when you change the DApp's code.