web3.js Roadmap – November 2022 – Discussion thread

[steveluscher]

What do you want to see accomplished in @solana/web3.js in the month of November 2022?

Milestone: https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/milestone/202

[ProfMoo]

Hi! Please let me know if this isn't the correct forum for this ask :).

It seems like some important JSON RPC parameters are missing from the library. Most impactful off the top of my head would be the transactionDetails configuration for the getBlock call. Without this, it's impossible to use TypeScript to get block information without receiving every transaction in the block. Receiving every transaction is burdensome, especially for a language without native concurrency. Would be great if these types of important JSON RPC parameters were included.

For example, I'm unable to do this:

await connection.getBlock(164000050, {
  maxSupportedTransactionVersion: 0,
  transactionDetails: 'none'
});

Currently, the above code throws an error.

Also, please let me know if I am simply in error and there actually is a way to do this :)

[steveluscher]

Absolutely the right place! You've caught me fixing bugs this week, so I'll do this now, #28999.

[ProfMoo]

Wow thanks for the quick response! While you're working on this, it might be worthwhile adding other optional params for getBlock, such as the rewards config option. As is, this is the type:

  export type GetVersionedBlockConfig = {
    /** The level of finality desired */
    commitment?: Finality;
    /** The max transaction version to return in responses. If the requested transaction is a higher version, an error will be returned */
    maxSupportedTransactionVersion?: number;
  };

It's missing a few options from the JSON-RPC endpoint: https://docs.solana.com/developing/clients/jsonrpc-api#getblock.

Of course, the additional asks don't need to be in the same fix/issue, but wanted to give a heads up :)

[steveluscher]

Yeah. I'm on it. The whole thing is a bigger mess than I could have imagined.

[ProfMoo]

Yeah. I'm on it. The whole thing is a bigger mess than I could have imagined.

Thanks! It makes sense there are some additional considerations. After I posted this request, I tried to @ts-ignore and force the request through, but ran into various deserialization errors. Looking forward to this PR getting merged in, I'll be able to use it immediately 👍

[steveluscher]

Alright, on to December! https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/milestone/203