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Communication APIs | C |
External API
Clef listens to HTTP requests on http.addr
:http.port
(or to IPC on ipcpath
), with the same JSON-RPC standard as Geth. The messages are expected to be JSON-RPC 2.0 standard.
Some of these calls can require user interaction. Clients must be aware that responses may be delayed significantly or may never be received if a user decides to ignore the confirmation request.
The External API is untrusted: it does not accept credentials, nor does it expect that requests have any authority.
Internal UI API
Clef has one native console-based UI, for operation without any standalone tools. However, there is also an API to communicate with an external UI. To enable that UI, the signer needs to be executed with the --stdio-ui
option, which allocates stdin
/ stdout
for the UI API.
An example (insecure) proof-of-concept of has been implemented in pythonsigner.py
.
The model is as follows:
- The user starts the UI app (
pythonsigner.py
). - The UI app starts
clef
with--stdio-ui
, and listens to the process output for confirmation-requests. clef
opens the external HTTP API.- When the
signer
receives requests, it sends a JSON-RPC request viastdout
. - The UI app prompts the user accordingly, and responds to
clef
. clef
signs (or not), and responds to the original request.
More resoruces
- Changelog for External API
- Changelog for UI API
- Documentation about Datatypes
External API
See the external API changelog for information about changes to this API.
Encoding
- number: positive integers that are hex encoded
- data: hex encoded data
- string: ASCII string
All hex encoded values must be prefixed with 0x
.
account_new
Create new password protected account
The signer will generate a new private key, encrypt it according to web3 keystore spec and store it in the keystore directory.
The client is responsible for creating a backup of the keystore. If the keystore is lost there is no method of retrieving lost accounts.
Arguments
None
Result
- address [string]: account address that is derived from the generated key
Sample call
{
"id": 0,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_new",
"params": []
}
Response
{
"id": 0,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": "0xbea9183f8f4f03d427f6bcea17388bdff1cab133"
}
account_list
List available accounts
List all accounts that this signer currently manages
Arguments
None
Result
- array with account records:
- account.address [string]: account address that is derived from the generated key
Sample call
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_list"
}
Response
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
"0xafb2f771f58513609765698f65d3f2f0224a956f",
"0xbea9183f8f4f03d427f6bcea17388bdff1cab133"
]
}
account_signTransaction
Sign transactions
Signs a transaction and responds with the signed transaction in RLP-encoded and JSON forms. Supports both legacy and EIP-1559-style transactions.
Arguments
- transaction object (legacy):
from
[address]: account to send the transaction fromto
[address]: receiver account. If omitted or0x
, will cause contract creation.gas
[number]: maximum amount of gas to burngasPrice
[number]: gas pricevalue
[number:optional]: amount of Wei to send with the transactiondata
[data:optional]: input datanonce
[number]: account nonce
- transaction object (1559):
from
[address]: account to send the transaction fromto
[address]: receiver account. If omitted or0x
, will cause contract creation.gas
[number]: maximum amount of gas to burnmaxPriorityFeePerGas
[number]: maximum priority fee per unit of gas for the transactionmaxFeePerGas
[number]: maximum fee per unit of gas for the transactionvalue
[number:optional]: amount of Wei to send with the transactiondata
[data:optional]: input datanonce
[number]: account nonce
- method signature [string:optional]
- The method signature, if present, is to aid decoding the calldata. Should consist of
methodname(paramtype,...)
, e.g.transfer(uint256,address)
. The signer may use this data to parse the supplied calldata, and show the user. The data, however, is considered totally untrusted, and reliability is not expected.
- The method signature, if present, is to aid decoding the calldata. Should consist of
Result
- raw [data]: signed transaction in RLP encoded form
- tx [json]: signed transaction in JSON form
Sample call (legacy)
{
"id": 2,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_signTransaction",
"params": [
{
"from": "0x1923f626bb8dc025849e00f99c25fe2b2f7fb0db",
"gas": "0x55555",
"gasPrice": "0x1234",
"input": "0xabcd",
"nonce": "0x0",
"to": "0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0",
"value": "0x1234"
}
]
}
Response
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"result": {
"raw": "0xf88380018203339407a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe080a44401a6e4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001226a0223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20ea02aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663",
"tx": {
"nonce": "0x0",
"gasPrice": "0x1234",
"gas": "0x55555",
"to": "0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0",
"value": "0x1234",
"input": "0xabcd",
"v": "0x26",
"r": "0x223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20e",
"s": "0x2aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663",
"hash": "0xeba2df809e7a612a0a0d444ccfa5c839624bdc00dd29e3340d46df3870f8a30e"
}
}
}
Sample call (1559)
{
"id": 2,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_signTransaction",
"params": [
{
"from": "0xd1a9C60791e8440AEd92019a2C3f6c336ffefA27",
"to": "0x8A8eAFb1cf62BfBeb1741769DAE1a9dd47996192",
"gas": "0x33333",
"maxPriorityFeePerGas": "0x174876E800",
"maxFeePerGas": "0x174876E800",
"nonce": "0x0",
"value": "0x10",
"data": "0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012"
}
]
}
Response
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"result": {
"raw": "0x02f891018085174876e80085174876e80083033333948a8eafb1cf62bfbeb1741769dae1a9dd4799619210a44401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012c080a0c8b59180c6e0c154284402b52d772f1afcf8ec2d245cf75bfb3212ebe676135ba02c660aaebf92d5e314fc2ba4c70f018915d174c3c1fc6e4e38d00ebf1a5bb69f",
"tx": {
"type": "0x2",
"nonce": "0x0",
"gasPrice": null,
"maxPriorityFeePerGas": "0x174876e800",
"maxFeePerGas": "0x174876e800",
"gas": "0x33333",
"value": "0x10",
"input": "0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012",
"v": "0x0",
"r": "0xc8b59180c6e0c154284402b52d772f1afcf8ec2d245cf75bfb3212ebe676135b",
"s": "0x2c660aaebf92d5e314fc2ba4c70f018915d174c3c1fc6e4e38d00ebf1a5bb69f",
"to": "0x8a8eafb1cf62bfbeb1741769dae1a9dd47996192",
"chainId": "0x1",
"accessList": [],
"hash": "0x8e096eb11ea89aa83900e6816fb182ff0adb2c85d270998ca2dd2394ec6c5a73"
}
}
}
Sample call with ABI-data
{
"id": 67,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_signTransaction",
"params": [
{
"from": "0x694267f14675d7e1b9494fd8d72fefe1755710fa",
"gas": "0x333",
"gasPrice": "0x1",
"nonce": "0x0",
"to": "0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0",
"value": "0x0",
"data": "0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012"
},
"safeSend(address)"
]
}
Response
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 67,
"result": {
"raw": "0xf88380018203339407a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe080a44401a6e4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001226a0223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20ea02aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663",
"tx": {
"nonce": "0x0",
"gasPrice": "0x1",
"gas": "0x333",
"to": "0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0",
"value": "0x0",
"input": "0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012",
"v": "0x26",
"r": "0x223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20e",
"s": "0x2aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663",
"hash": "0xeba2df809e7a612a0a0d444ccfa5c839624bdc00dd29e3340d46df3870f8a30e"
}
}
}
Bash example:
> curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"account_signTransaction","params":[{"from":"0x694267f14675d7e1b9494fd8d72fefe1755710fa","gas":"0x333","gasPrice":"0x1","nonce":"0x0","to":"0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0", "value":"0x0", "data":"0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012"},"safeSend(address)"],"id":67}' http://localhost:8550/
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":67,"result":{"raw":"0xf88380018203339407a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe080a44401a6e4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001226a0223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20ea02aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663","tx":{"nonce":"0x0","gasPrice":"0x1","gas":"0x333","to":"0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0","value":"0x0","input":"0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012","v":"0x26","r":"0x223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20e","s":"0x2aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663","hash":"0xeba2df809e7a612a0a0d444ccfa5c839624bdc00dd29e3340d46df3870f8a30e"}}}
account_signData
Sign data
Signs a chunk of data and returns the calculated signature.
Arguments
- content type [string]: type of signed data
text/validator
: hex data with custom validator defined in a contractapplication/clique
: clique headerstext/plain
: simple hex data validated byaccount_ecRecover
- account [address]: account to sign with
- data [object]: data to sign
Result
- calculated signature [data]
Sample call
{
"id": 3,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_signData",
"params": [
"data/plain",
"0x1923f626bb8dc025849e00f99c25fe2b2f7fb0db",
"0xaabbccdd"
]
}
Response
{
"id": 3,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": "0x5b6693f153b48ec1c706ba4169960386dbaa6903e249cc79a8e6ddc434451d417e1e57327872c7f538beeb323c300afa9999a3d4a5de6caf3be0d5ef832b67ef1c"
}
account_signTypedData
Sign data
Signs a chunk of structured data conformant to EIP-712 and returns the calculated signature.
Arguments
- account [address]: account to sign with
- data [object]: data to sign
Result
- calculated signature [data]
Sample call
{
"id": 68,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_signTypedData",
"params": [
"0xcd2a3d9f938e13cd947ec05abc7fe734df8dd826",
{
"types": {
"EIP712Domain": [
{
"name": "name",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "version",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "chainId",
"type": "uint256"
},
{
"name": "verifyingContract",
"type": "address"
}
],
"Person": [
{
"name": "name",
"type": "string"
},
{
"name": "wallet",
"type": "address"
}
],
"Mail": [
{
"name": "from",
"type": "Person"
},
{
"name": "to",
"type": "Person"
},
{
"name": "contents",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"primaryType": "Mail",
"domain": {
"name": "Ether Mail",
"version": "1",
"chainId": 1,
"verifyingContract": "0xCcCCccccCCCCcCCCCCCcCcCccCcCCCcCcccccccC"
},
"message": {
"from": {
"name": "Cow",
"wallet": "0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826"
},
"to": {
"name": "Bob",
"wallet": "0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB"
},
"contents": "Hello, Bob!"
}
}
]
}
Response
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": "0x4355c47d63924e8a72e509b65029052eb6c299d53a04e167c5775fd466751c9d07299936d304c153f6443dfa05f40ff007d72911b6f72307f996231605b915621c"
}
account_ecRecover
Recover the signing address
Derive the address from the account that was used to sign data with content type text/plain
and the signature.
Arguments
- data [data]: data that was signed
- signature [data]: the signature to verify
Result
- derived account [address]
Sample call
{
"id": 4,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_ecRecover",
"params": [
"0xaabbccdd",
"0x5b6693f153b48ec1c706ba4169960386dbaa6903e249cc79a8e6ddc434451d417e1e57327872c7f538beeb323c300afa9999a3d4a5de6caf3be0d5ef832b67ef1c"
]
}
Response
{
"id": 4,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": "0x1923f626bb8dc025849e00f99c25fe2b2f7fb0db"
}
account_version
Get external API version
Get the version of the external API used by Clef.
Arguments
None
Result
- external API version [string]
Sample call
{
"id": 0,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "account_version",
"params": []
}
Response
{
"id": 0,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": "6.0.0"
}
UI API
These methods needs to be implemented by a UI listener.
By starting the signer with the switch --stdio-ui-test
, the signer will invoke all known methods, and expect the UI to respond with
denials. This can be used during development to ensure that the API is (at least somewhat) correctly implemented.
See pythonsigner
, which can be invoked via python3 pythonsigner.py test
to perform the 'denial-handshake-test'.
All methods in this API use object-based parameters, so that there can be no mixup of parameters: each piece of data is accessed by key.
See the ui API changelog for information about changes to this API.
OBS! A slight deviation from json
standard is in place: every request and response should be confined to a single line.
Whereas the json
specification allows for linebreaks, linebreaks should not be used in this communication channel, to make
things simpler for both parties.
ApproveTx / ui_approveTx
Invoked when there's a transaction for approval.
Sample call
Here's a method invocation:
curl -i -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"account_signTransaction","params":[{"from":"0x694267f14675d7e1b9494fd8d72fefe1755710fa","gas":"0x333","gasPrice":"0x1","nonce":"0x0","to":"0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0", "value":"0x0", "data":"0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012"},"safeSend(address)"],"id":67}' http://localhost:8550/
Results in the following invocation on the UI:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "ui_approveTx",
"params": [
{
"transaction": {
"from": "0x0x694267f14675d7e1b9494fd8d72fefe1755710fa",
"to": "0x0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0",
"gas": "0x333",
"gasPrice": "0x1",
"value": "0x0",
"nonce": "0x0",
"data": "0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012",
"input": null
},
"call_info": [
{
"type": "WARNING",
"message": "Invalid checksum on to-address"
},
{
"type": "Info",
"message": "safeSend(address: 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000012)"
}
],
"meta": {
"remote": "127.0.0.1:48486",
"local": "localhost:8550",
"scheme": "HTTP/1.1"
}
}
]
}
The same method invocation, but with invalid data:
curl -i -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"account_signTransaction","params":[{"from":"0x694267f14675d7e1b9494fd8d72fefe1755710fa","gas":"0x333","gasPrice":"0x1","nonce":"0x0","to":"0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0", "value":"0x0", "data":"0x4401a6e40000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012"},"safeSend(address)"],"id":67}' http://localhost:8550/
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "ui_approveTx",
"params": [
{
"transaction": {
"from": "0x0x694267f14675d7e1b9494fd8d72fefe1755710fa",
"to": "0x0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0",
"gas": "0x333",
"gasPrice": "0x1",
"value": "0x0",
"nonce": "0x0",
"data": "0x4401a6e40000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012",
"input": null
},
"call_info": [
{
"type": "WARNING",
"message": "Invalid checksum on to-address"
},
{
"type": "WARNING",
"message": "Transaction data did not match ABI-interface: WARNING: Supplied data is stuffed with extra data. \nWant 0000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012\nHave 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012\nfor method safeSend(address)"
}
],
"meta": {
"remote": "127.0.0.1:48492",
"local": "localhost:8550",
"scheme": "HTTP/1.1"
}
}
]
}
One which has missing to
, but with no data
:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 3,
"method": "ui_approveTx",
"params": [
{
"transaction": {
"from": "",
"to": null,
"gas": "0x0",
"gasPrice": "0x0",
"value": "0x0",
"nonce": "0x0",
"data": null,
"input": null
},
"call_info": [
{
"type": "CRITICAL",
"message": "Tx will create contract with empty code!"
}
],
"meta": {
"remote": "signer binary",
"local": "main",
"scheme": "in-proc"
}
}
]
}
ApproveListing / ui_approveListing
Invoked when a request for account listing has been made.
Sample call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 5,
"method": "ui_approveListing",
"params": [
{
"accounts": [
{
"url": "keystore:///home/bazonk/.ethereum/keystore/UTC--2017-11-20T14-44-54.089682944Z--123409812340981234098123409812deadbeef42",
"address": "0x123409812340981234098123409812deadbeef42"
},
{
"url": "keystore:///home/bazonk/.ethereum/keystore/UTC--2017-11-23T21-59-03.199240693Z--cafebabedeadbeef34098123409812deadbeef42",
"address": "0xcafebabedeadbeef34098123409812deadbeef42"
}
],
"meta": {
"remote": "signer binary",
"local": "main",
"scheme": "in-proc"
}
}
]
}
ApproveSignData / ui_approveSignData
Sample call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 4,
"method": "ui_approveSignData",
"params": [
{
"address": "0x123409812340981234098123409812deadbeef42",
"raw_data": "0x01020304",
"messages": [
{
"name": "message",
"value": "\u0019Ethereum Signed Message:\n4\u0001\u0002\u0003\u0004",
"type": "text/plain"
}
],
"hash": "0x7e3a4e7a9d1744bc5c675c25e1234ca8ed9162bd17f78b9085e48047c15ac310",
"meta": {
"remote": "signer binary",
"local": "main",
"scheme": "in-proc"
}
}
]
}
ApproveNewAccount / ui_approveNewAccount
Invoked when a request for creating a new account has been made.
Sample call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 4,
"method": "ui_approveNewAccount",
"params": [
{
"meta": {
"remote": "signer binary",
"local": "main",
"scheme": "in-proc"
}
}
]
}
ShowInfo / ui_showInfo
The UI should show the info (a single message) to the user. Does not expect response.
Sample call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 9,
"method": "ui_showInfo",
"params": [
"Tests completed"
]
}
ShowError / ui_showError
The UI should show the error (a single message) to the user. Does not expect response.
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "ui_showError",
"params": [
"Something bad happened!"
]
}
OnApprovedTx / ui_onApprovedTx
OnApprovedTx
is called when a transaction has been approved and signed. The call contains the return value that will be sent to the external caller. The return value from this method is ignored - the reason for having this callback is to allow the ruleset to keep track of approved transactions.
When implementing rate-limited rules, this callback should be used.
TLDR; Use this method to keep track of signed transactions, instead of using the data in ApproveTx
.
Example call:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "ui_onApprovedTx",
"params": [
{
"raw": "0xf88380018203339407a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe080a44401a6e4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001226a0223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20ea02aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663",
"tx": {
"nonce": "0x0",
"gasPrice": "0x1",
"gas": "0x333",
"to": "0x07a565b7ed7d7a678680a4c162885bedbb695fe0",
"value": "0x0",
"input": "0x4401a6e40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012",
"v": "0x26",
"r": "0x223a7c9bcf5531c99be5ea7082183816eb20cfe0bbc322e97cc5c7f71ab8b20e",
"s": "0x2aadee6b34b45bb15bc42d9c09de4a6754e7000908da72d48cc7704971491663",
"hash": "0xeba2df809e7a612a0a0d444ccfa5c839624bdc00dd29e3340d46df3870f8a30e"
}
}
]
}
OnSignerStartup / ui_onSignerStartup
This method provides the UI with information about what API version the signer uses (both internal and external) as well as build-info and external API, in k/v-form.
Example call:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "ui_onSignerStartup",
"params": [
{
"info": {
"extapi_http": "http://localhost:8550",
"extapi_ipc": null,
"extapi_version": "2.0.0",
"intapi_version": "1.2.0"
}
}
]
}
OnInputRequired / ui_onInputRequired
Invoked when Clef requires user input (e.g. a password).
Example call:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "ui_onInputRequired",
"params": [
{
"title": "Account password",
"prompt": "Please enter the password for account 0x694267f14675d7e1b9494fd8d72fefe1755710fa",
"isPassword": true
}
]
}