feat: websockets rpc provider

src/domain/chainContext.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
   reorgDepth,
   reorgsTotal,
 } from "../utils/metrics";
-import { ConnectionInfo, hexZeroPad } from "ethers/lib/utils";
+import { hexZeroPad } from "ethers/lib/utils";
 import { FilterPolicy } from "../utils/filterPolicy";
 
 const WATCHDOG_FREQUENCY = 5 * 1000; // 5 seconds
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ export class ChainContext {
     options: RunSingleOptions,
     storage: DBService
   ): Promise<ChainContext> {
-    const { rpc, rpcUser, rpcPassword, deploymentBlock } = options;
+    const { rpc, deploymentBlock } = options;
 
-    const provider = getProvider(rpc, rpcUser, rpcPassword);
+    const provider = new providers.WebSocketProvider(rpc);
     const chainId = (await provider.getNetwork()).chainId;
 
     const registry = await Registry.load(
@@ -444,43 +444,6 @@ export class ChainContext {
   }
 }
 
-function getProvider(
-  rpc: string,
-  user?: string,
-  password?: string
-): providers.Provider {
-  const providerConfig: ConnectionInfo = { url: rpc };
-
-  if (user && password) {
-    if (rpc.startsWith("http")) {
-      // FIXME: Not a good idea to use HTTP and basic auth, but this is a temporary solution to support it (some RPCs are only exposes under HTTP and have basic auth)
-      // Only run it in our own infra
-      providerConfig.headers = {
-        Authorization: getAuthHeader({ user, password }),
-      };
-    } else {
-      // Set basic auth
-      providerConfig.user = user;
-      providerConfig.password = password;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return new providers.JsonRpcProvider(providerConfig);
-}
-
-/**
- * Helper method to create the basic AUTH header for the provider
- * In principle, ethersjs already deals with it, however i need to manually set it when using HTTP.
- *
- * Its not a good idea to use auth headers with HTTP, so this is a temporary solution.
- *
- * @param params user and password
- * @returns the basic auth header
- */
-function getAuthHeader({ user, password }: { user: string; password: string }) {
-  return "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${user}:${password}`).toString("base64");
-}
-
 /**
  * Process events in a block.
  * @param context of the chain who's block is being processed

src/index.ts

@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ const databasePathOption = new Option(
   .default(DEFAULT_DATABASE_PATH)
   .env("DATABASE_PATH");
 
-const CHAIN_CONFIG_PARAMS =
-  "<rpc>,<deploymentBlock>[,<watchdogTimeout>,<orderBookApi>,<filterPolicyConfig>,<rpcUser>,<rpcPassword>";
-const chainConfigHelp = `Chain configuration in the format of ${CHAIN_CONFIG_PARAMS}], e.g. http://erigon.dappnode:8545,12345678,30,https://api.cow.fi/mainnet,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cowprotocol/watch-tower/config/filter-policy-1.json`;
+const chainConfigHelp = `Chain configuration in the format of <rpc>,<deploymentBlock>[,<watchdogTimeout>,<orderBookApi>,<filterPolicyConfig>], e.g. http://erigon.dappnode:8545,12345678,30,https://api.cow.fi/mainnet,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cowprotocol/watch-tower/config/filter-policy-1.json`;
 const multiChainConfigOption = new Option(
   "--chain-config <chainConfig...>",
   chainConfigHelp
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@ function parseChainConfigOption(option: string): ChainConfigOptions {
   // Ensure there are at least two parts (rpc and deploymentBlock)
   if (parts.length < 2) {
     throw new InvalidArgumentError(
-      `Chain configuration must be in the format of ${CHAIN_CONFIG_PARAMS}], e.g. http://erigon.dappnode:8545,12345678,30,https://api.cow.fi/mainnet,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cowprotocol/watch-tower/config/filter-policy-1.json`
+      `Chain configuration must be in the format of <rpc>,<deploymentBlock>[,<watchdogTimeout>,<orderBookApi>,<filterPolicyConfig>], e.g. http://erigon.dappnode:8545,12345678,30,https://api.cow.fi/mainnet,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cowprotocol/watch-tower/config/filter-policy-1.json`
     );
   }
 
@@ -285,16 +283,8 @@ function parseChainConfigOption(option: string): ChainConfigOptions {
     );
   }
 
-  // If there is a sixth part, it is the rpcUser
-  const rpcUserConfig = parts.length > 5 && parts[5] ? parts[5] : undefined;
-
-  // If there is a seventh part, it is the rpcUser
-  const rpcPasswordConfig = parts.length > 6 && parts[6] ? parts[6] : undefined;
-
   return {
     rpc,
-    rpcUser: rpcUserConfig,
-    rpcPassword: rpcPasswordConfig,
     deploymentBlock,
     watchdogTimeout,
     orderBookApi,

src/types/index.ts

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export type ChainConfigOptions = {
   watchdogTimeout: number;
   orderBookApi?: string;
   filterPolicyConfig?: string;
-  rpcUser?: string;
-  rpcPassword?: string;
   // filterPolicyConfigAuthToken?: string; // TODO: Implement authToken
 };