Your first ink! smart contract

Audience

Developers who want to learn how to:

use the Pop CLI tool to speed up development
deploy smart contracts to Pop Network

Learning Objectives

On completion of this tutorial, developers will be able to:

create, build, test, and deploy ink! smart contracts
deploy smart contracts to Pop Network locally and on Paseo (Polkadot's Test Network)
interact with the deployed contract

Prerequisites

On completion of this tutorial, developers will be able to:

create, build, test, and deploy ink! smart contracts
deploy smart contracts to Pop Network locally and on Paseo (Polkadot's Test Network)
interact with the deployed contract

Installing Pop CLI

Let's install the powerful Pop CLI tool which will be used throughout this tutorial.

cargo install --force --locked pop-cli

Make sure the Pop CLI tool has been installed correctly by running the pop command in your terminal.

pop --help

Getting Started

Questions:

What are ink! smart contracts?
What are the benefits of using the ink! programming language?
Why use ink! to develop smart contracts?
What makes ink! so nice?

Take 10 minutes to skim over the ink! documentation and answer the above questions.

ink! contracts are smart(er)

ink! allows you to write smart contracts using Rust. That means you get all the benefits of the Rust programming language:

The ink! embedded domain-specific language (eDSL) retro-fits your Rust code with powerful features that enhance smart contract development. In doing so, ink! improves the developer ergonomics when it comes to using Rust for writing smart contracts.

Let's create a simple ink! smart contract:

pop new contract flipper

┌   Pop CLI : Generating new contract "flipper"!
│
◇  Smart contract created! Located in the following directory "/flipper"
│
└  cd into "flipper" and enjoy hacking! 🚀

By default, when we generate an ink! smart contract using the command above, we get a template (the "flipper" template). It serves as a good starting point for contract development.

Pop CLI supports several templates. If you would like to know what templates are available you can run the following command to see a list: pop new contract --help

Let's look at our first bit of ink! code.

You will see the following in this directory:

flipper
  └─ lib.rs
  └─ Cargo.toml
  └─ .gitignore

Inside lib.rs you will find all the contract logic.

Take a moment to get familiar with the ink! programming language:

Building the ink! smart contract

Let's build flipper! Make sure you are inside the flipper directory and run the following command:

pop build

┌   Pop CLI : Building a contract
│
 [==] Checking clippy linting rules
   Compiling proc-macro2 v1.0.79
   Compiling unicode-ident v1.0.12
   Compiling syn v1.0.109
   Compiling equivalent v1.0.1
   Compiling hashbrown v0.14.3
   Compiling winnow v0.5.40
   ....
   Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 21.17s
   Running `target/ink/release/metadata-gen`
 [==] Generating bundle
◆  
│  Original wasm size: 21.3K, Optimized: 1.6K
│  
│  The contract was built in RELEASE mode.
│  
│  Your contract artifacts are ready. You can find them in:
│  /Users/bruno/src/flipper/target/ink
│  
│    - flipper.contract (code + metadata)
│    - flipper.wasm (the contract's code)
│    - flipper.json (the contract's metadata)
│  
└  Build completed successfully!

For Pop CLI versions <0.3.0 the pop build command is pop build contract

Awesome, your contract is built!

With Pop CLI, you can also run your smart contract tests.

Run your ink! smart contract unit tests

pop test contract

┌   Pop CLI : Building a contract
│
 [==] Checking clippy linting rules
   Compiling proc-macro2 v1.0.79
   ....
   Compiling flipper v0.1.0 (/Users/bruno/src/pop-cli/flipper)
    Finished test [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 8.06s
     Running unittests lib.rs (target/debug/deps/flipper-ff1505839f6873de)

running 2 tests
test flipper::tests::it_works ... ok
test flipper::tests::default_works ... ok

test result: ok. 2 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s

   Doc-tests flipper

running 0 tests

test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s

└  Unit testing complete

Okay, so you contract builds, your contract passes the tests. We can now deploy the contract.

Deploy your contract locally

In order to deploy an ink! smart contract locally we need to spin up a local instance of Pop Network.

Pop Network is a parachain meaning that it runs on the Polkadot Relay chain.

To take a deep dive into how Parachains and the Relay chain work, go here.

We will use Pop CLI to spin up a live network locally on our machine.

In a separate directory, let's create the configuration file for our local test network.

./network.toml

[relaychain]
chain = "rococo-local"

[[relaychain.nodes]]
name = "alice"
validator = true

[[relaychain.nodes]]
name = "bob"
validator = true

[[parachains]]
id = 1000
chain = "asset-hub-rococo-local"

[[parachains.collators]]
name = "asset-hub"

[[parachains]]
id = 4385
default_command = "pop-node"

[[parachains.collators]]
name = "pop"
args = ["-lruntime::contracts=debug"]

We can now use the configuration file to spin up the network.

pop up parachain -f ./network.toml

┌   Pop CLI : Deploy a parachain
│
▲  The following missing binaries are required: polkadot-parachain-v1.14.0
│  
◆  Would you like to source them automatically now?
│  ● Yes  / ○ No 
│
⚙  They will be cached at /Users/bruno/Library/Caches/pop
│  
◐  Sourcing polkadot-parachain-v1.14.0...

The first time you run this command it will take some time. Grab some coffee.

Once complete, you will get some output:

....
◇  Sourcing complete.
│
◇  🚀 Network launched successfully - ctrl-c to terminate
│  ⛓️ rococo-local
│       alice:
│         portal: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws://127.0.0.1:53296#/explorer
│         logs: tail -f /var/folders/vl/txnq6gdj22s9rn296z0md27w0000gn/T/zombie-77a4cb5d-1214-4365-958e-6b32b35265a3/alice/alice.log
│       bob:
│         portal: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws://127.0.0.1:53300#/explorer
│         logs: tail -f /var/folders/vl/txnq6gdj22s9rn296z0md27w0000gn/T/zombie-77a4cb5d-1214-4365-958e-6b32b35265a3/bob/bob.log
│  ⛓️ asset-hub-rococo-local: 1000
│       asset-hub:
│         portal: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws://127.0.0.1:53304#/explorer
│         logs: tail -f /var/folders/vl/txnq6gdj22s9rn296z0md27w0000gn/T/zombie-77a4cb5d-1214-4365-958e-6b32b35265a3/asset-hub/asset-hub.log
│  ⛓️ pop-devnet: 4385
│       pop:
│         portal: https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws://127.0.0.1:53308#/explorer
│         logs: tail -f /var/folders/vl/txnq6gdj22s9rn296z0md27w0000gn/T/zombie-77a4cb5d-1214-4365-958e-6b32b35265a3/pop/pop.log
│

You now have the following running locally on your machine:

rococo-local
this is the Polkadot "Test" Relay chain
two validator nodes (alice & bob) to run the rococo-local Relay chain
asset-hub-rococo-local
this is the Asset Hub system parachain that manages assets in Polkadot
one collator node is running for this system chain
it is useful to have a second parachain like this one to test cross-chain capabilities
pop-devnet
this is the Pop Network parachain
one collator node is running for the Pop Network parachain

Confirm that the Pop Network parachain is producing blocks by opening the PolkadotJS link in your browser:

https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws://127.0.0.1:4385#/explorer

Replace the port number with the port number for the Pop Network parachain that is outputted in your terminal

Cool. Now that we have Pop Network running we can now deploy our contract.

Keep the PolkadotJs App window open, specifically to see the recent events. After we deploy the contract, we will see the events displayed there.

You will need to know the RPC URL for Pop Network which was outputted in the terminal when you ran the pop up command.

pop up contract -p ./flipper --constructor new --args "false" --suri //Alice --url ws://127.0.0.1:4385

┌   Pop CLI : Deploy a smart contract
│
◐  Doing a dry run to estimate the gas...                                                                                                    ●  Gas limit Weight { ref_time: 264725731, proof_size: 16689 }
│  
◇  Contract deployed and instantiated: The Contract Address is "5CLPm1CeUvJhZ8GCDZCR7nWZ2m3XXe4X5MtAQK69zEjut36A"
│
└  Deployment complete

The contract has been deployed!

Save the contract address as we will be used in the next step to interact with the contract.

You can also confirm that the contract was deployed in the recent events in Polkadot JS:

Interacting with our contract

Now that the contract is live, we can start interacting with it.

Grab the contract address that was outputted from the previous step.

If you lost the address, you can always pull up PolkadotJs Apps and check the chain state for the contract address.

pop call contract -p ./flipper --contract 5CLPm1CeUvJhZ8GCDZCR7nWZ2m3XXe4X5MtAQK69zEjut36A --message get --suri //Alice --url ws://127.0.0.1:4385

┌   Pop CLI : Calling a contract
│
◐  Calling the contract...                                                                                                                   ⚙  Result: Ok(false)
│  
▲  Your call has not been executed.
│  
▲  To submit the transaction and execute the call on chain, add -x/--execute flag to the command.
│  
└  Call completed successfully!

The result here is false meaning that value in the flipper storage is set to false.

Let's try flipping it.

pop call contract -p ./flipper --contract 5CLPm1CeUvJhZ8GCDZCR7nWZ2m3XXe4X5MtAQK69zEjut36A --message flip --suri //Alice --url ws://127.0.0.1:4385 -x

┌   Pop CLI : Calling a contract
│
◐  Doing a dry run to estimate the gas...                                                                                                    
⚙  Gas limit Weight { ref_time: 382198493, proof_size: 18636 }
│  
◓  Calling the contract...                                                                                                                   
⚙        Events
│         Event Balances ➜ Withdraw
│           who: 5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY
│           amount: 1.550397502mUNIT
│         Event Contracts ➜ Called
│           caller: Signed(5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY)
│           contract: 5CLPm1CeUvJhZ8GCDZCR7nWZ2m3XXe4X5MtAQK69zEjut36A
│         Event TransactionPayment ➜ TransactionFeePaid
│           who: 5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY
│           actual_fee: 1.550397502mUNIT
│           tip: 0UNIT
│         Event System ➜ ExtrinsicSuccess
│           dispatch_info: DispatchInfo { weight: Weight { ref_time: 1302708493, proof_size: 9064 }, class: Normal, pays_fee: Yes }
│  
└  Call completed successfully!

Notice the -x flag at the end of the pop call command. This is needed because we are executing a transaction on the network and it will cost gas.

Did it work? Let's see if the value has been flipped.

pop call contract -p ./flipper --contract 5CLPm1CeUvJhZ8GCDZCR7nWZ2m3XXe4X5MtAQK69zEjut36A --message get --suri //Alice --url ws://127.0.0.1:4385

┌   Pop CLI : Calling a contract
│
◐  Calling the contract...                                                                                                                   ⚙  Result: Ok(true)
│  
▲  Your call has not been executed.
│  
▲  To submit the transaction and execute the call on chain, add -x/--execute flag to the command.
│  
└  Call completed successfully!

The value is now true.

Awesome we now know how to make calls to our smart contract.

Running end-to-end tests of your contract

Make sure you are in the flipper directory:

cd flipper

If you look at the flipper ink! smart contract, you will notice it has end-to-end tests at the end of the lib.rs file.

For ink! end-to-end testing, you will need to have a Substrate node with pallet contracts for the ink! e2e tests to run against. Pop CLI will download the substrate-contracts-node binary for this purpose.

Run the e2e tests:

pop test contract --e2e

┌   Pop CLI : Starting end-to-end tests
│
▲  ⚠️ The substrate-contracts-node binary is not found.
│  
◇  📦 Would you like to source it automatically now?
│  Yes 
│
◇  ✅ substrate-contracts-node successfully sourced. Cached at: /Users/bruno/Library/Caches/pop/substrate-contracts-node-v0.41.0
│
    Finished `test` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.98s
     Running unittests lib.rs (target/debug/deps/my_contract-3c35b5992ffebf0d)

running 5 tests
test flipper::e2e_tests::e2e_test_deployed_contract ... ignored
test flipper::tests::it_works ... ok
test flipper::tests::default_works ... ok
   Compiling toml_datetime v0.6.5
   Compiling toml_edit v0.20.2
   ....
   Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 9.03s
   Running `target/ink/release/metadata-gen`
test flipper::e2e_tests::default_works ... ok
test flipper::e2e_tests::it_works ... ok

test result: ok. 4 passed; 0 failed; 1 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 47.56s

   Doc-tests flipper

running 0 tests

test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.00s

└  End-to-end testing complete

Passed!

To read more about ink! end-to-end testing:

https://use.ink/4.x/basics/contract-testing#end-to-end-e2e-tests

Deploy on the Pop Network TestNet

Once you have battle-tested your smart contract using the armor of unit and e2e tests, you are ready to test your smart contract on a live network: the Pop Network TestNet.

Let's deploy.

The test network for Polkadot is Paseo.

You can find Pop Network running on Paseo here.

Use the Paseo faucet to fund Alice's Paseo account with some PAS tokens. PAS tokens are the equivalent of DOT on Polkadot.

Alice's account is: 5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY

Go to the Paseo faucet and request some PAS tokens for Alice.

Since Pop Network uses the Relay chain's native token as its native token, we will need to get the PAS tokens that is in your account on Paseo into Pop Network so we can deploy the contract.

We will need to add Alice to our PolkadotJs Wallet extension. We can do that by using Alice's secret seed: 0xe5be9a5092b81bca64be81d212e7f2f9eba183bb7a90954f7b76361f6edb5c0a

Remember this is for development purposes. In production you would already have an existing wallet to use.

Now that we have Alice's account in our PolkadotJs Wallet Extension, we can use the following for teleporting PAS tokens to Pop Network:

https://onboard.popnetwork.xyz

Cool! Now that you have some PAS tokens on Pop Network, we can deploy.

pop up contract --constructor new --args "false" --suri 0xe5be9a5092b81bca64be81d212e7f2f9eba183bb7a90954f7b76361f6edb5c0a --url wss://rpc1.paseo.popnetwork.xyz

┌   Pop CLI : Deploy a smart contract
│
◐  Doing a dry run to estimate the gas...                                                                                                    ●  Gas limit Weight { ref_time: 266641786, proof_size: 16689 }
│  
◇  Contract deployed and instantiated: The Contract Address is "5GE1BaqUsbh4ty1c6Ko1kkAp2AEZQCDhpvtKpJJ1Q3ex1xzC"
│
└  Deployment complete

You can now take the contract address and check the chain state to confirm that the contract exists

Let's add the contract to our Contracts UI in PolkadotJS Apps. Click on "add an existing contract".

Add the contract address along with the flipper.contract file found inside flipper/target/ink/flipper.contract

Save. You can now see your newly uploaded contract.

Done!

Resources

https://use.ink

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