path: root/cmd/utils/client.go

// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package utils

import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"

    "github.com/codegangsta/cli"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
)

// NewRemoteRPCClient returns a RPC client which connects to a running geth instance.
// Depending on the given context this can either be a IPC or a HTTP client.
func NewRemoteRPCClient(ctx *cli.Context) (rpc.Client, error) {
    if ctx.Args().Present() {
        endpoint := ctx.Args().First()
        return NewRemoteRPCClientFromString(endpoint)
    }
    // use IPC by default
    return rpc.NewIPCClient(node.DefaultIPCEndpoint())
}

// NewRemoteRPCClientFromString returns a RPC client which connects to the given
// endpoint. It must start with either `ipc:` or `rpc:` (HTTP).
func NewRemoteRPCClientFromString(endpoint string) (rpc.Client, error) {
    if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "ipc:") {
        return rpc.NewIPCClient(endpoint[4:])
    }
    if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "rpc:") {
        return rpc.NewHTTPClient(endpoint[4:])
    }
    if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "http://") {
        return rpc.NewHTTPClient(endpoint)
    }
    if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "ws:") {
        return rpc.NewWSClient(endpoint)
    }
    return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid endpoint")
}