web3.js/lib/web3/jsonrpc.js

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/** @file jsonrpc.js
 * @authors:
 *   Marek Kotewicz <marek@ethdev.com>
 *   Aaron Kumavis <aaron@kumavis.me>
 * @date 2015
 */

// Initialize Jsonrpc as a simple object with utility functions.
var Jsonrpc = {
    messageId: 0
};

/**
 * Should be called to valid json create payload object
 *
 * @method toPayload
 * @param {Function} method of jsonrpc call, required
 * @param {Array} params, an array of method params, optional
 * @returns {Object} valid jsonrpc payload object
 */
Jsonrpc.toPayload = function (method, params) {
    if (!method)
        console.error('jsonrpc method should be specified!');

    // advance message ID
    Jsonrpc.messageId++

    return {
        jsonrpc: '2.0',
        id: Jsonrpc.messageId,
        method: method,
        params: params || []
    };
};

/**
 * Should be called to check if jsonrpc response is valid
 *
 * @method isValidResponse
 * @param {Object}
 * @returns {Boolean} true if response is valid, otherwise false
 */
Jsonrpc.isValidResponse = function (response) {
    return !!response &&
        !response.error &&
        response.jsonrpc === '2.0' &&
        typeof response.id === 'number' &&
        response.result !== undefined; // only undefined is not valid json object
};

/**
 * Should be called to create batch payload object
 *
 * @method toBatchPayload
 * @param {Array} messages, an array of objects with method (required) and params (optional) fields
 * @returns {Array} batch payload
 */
Jsonrpc.toBatchPayload = function (messages) {
    return messages.map(function (message) {
        return Jsonrpc.toPayload(message.method, message.params);
    });
};

module.exports = Jsonrpc;