status-go/services/subscriptions/README.md

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# Signal Subscriptions
This package implements subscriptions mechanics using [`signal`](../../signal) package.
It defines 3 new RPC methods in the `eth` namespace and 2 signals.
## Methods
###`eth_subscribeSignal`
Creates a new filter and subscribes to its changes via signals.
Parameters: receives the method name and parameters for the filter that is created.
Example 1:
```json
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "eth_subscribeSignal",
"params": ["eth_newPendingTransactionFilter", []]
}
```
Example 2:
```json
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "eth_subscribeSignal",
"params": [
"shh_newMessageFilter",
[{ "symKeyID":"abcabcabcabc", "topics": ["0x12341234"] }]
]
}
```
Supported filters: `shh_newMessageFilter`, `eth_newFilter`, `eth_newBlockFilter`, `eth_newPendingTransactionFilter`
(see [Ethereum documentation](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC) for respective parameters).
Returns: error or `subscriptionID`.
###`eth_unsubscribeSignal`
Unsubscribes and removes one filter by its ID.
NOTE: Unsubscribing from a filter removes it.
Parameters: `subscriptionID` obtained from `eth_subscribeSignal`
Returns: error if something went wrong while unsubscribing.
## Signals
1. Subscription data received
```json
{
"type": "subscriptions.data",
"event": {
"subscription_id": "shh_0x01",
"data": {
<whisper envelope 01>,
<whisper envelope 02>,
...
}
}
```
2. Subscription error received
```json
{
"type": "subscriptions.error",
"event": {
"subscription_id": "shh_0x01",
"error_message": "can not find filter with id: 0x01"
}
}
```