nirvanactl

nirvanactl

nirvanactl is an RPC client for nirvanad.

Requirements

Go 1.19 or later.

Build from Source

• Install Go according to the installation instructions here: http://golang.org/doc/install

• Ensure Go was installed properly and is a supported version:

go version

• Run the following commands to obtain and install nirvanad including all dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/Nirvana-Chain/nirvanad
cd nirvanad/cmd/nirvanactl
go install .

• nirvanactl should now be installed in $(go env GOPATH)/bin. If you did not already add the bin directory to your system path during Go installation, you are encouraged to do so now.

Usage

The full nirvanactl configuration options can be seen with:

nirvanactl --help

But the minimum configuration needed to run it is:

nirvanactl <REQUEST_JSON>

For example:

nirvanactl '{"getBlockDagInfoRequest":{}}'

For a list of all available requests check out the RPC documentation