This is a simple client application for the asset-transfer smart contract, built using the Fabric Gateway client API for Fabric v2.4+.
The client application requires Node.js 16 or later.
The following steps prepare the client application for execution:
- Ensure the asset-transfer smart contract is deployed to a running Fabric network.
- Run
npm install
to download dependencies and compile the application code.
Note: After making any code changes to the application, be sure to recompile the application code. This can be done by explicitly running
npm install
again, or you can leavenpm run build:watch
running in a terminal window to automatically rebuild the application on any code change.
The client application uses environment variables to supply configuration options. You must set the following environment variables when running the application:
ENDPOINT
- endpoint address for the Gateway service to which the client will connect in the form hostname:port. Depending on your environment, this can be the address of a specific peer within the user's organization, or an ingress endpoint that dispatches to any available peer in the user's organization.MSP_ID
- member service provider ID for the user's organization.CERTIFICATE
- PEM file containing the user's X.509 certificate.PRIVATE_KEY
- PEM file containing the user's private key.
The following environment variables are optional and can be set if required by your environment:
CHANNEL_NAME
- Channel to which the chaincode is deployed. (Default:mychannel
)CHAINCODE_NAME
- Channel to which the chaincode is deployed. (Default:asset-transfer
)TLS_CERT
- PEM file containing the CA certificate used to authenticate the TLS connection to the Gateway peer. Only required if using a TLS connection and a private CA.HOST_ALIAS
- the name of the Gateway peer as it appears in its TLS certificate. Only required if the endpoint address used by the client does not match the address in the Gateway peer's TLS certificate.
The sample application is run as a command-line application, and is lauched using npm start <command> [<arg> ...]
. The following commands are available:
npm start create <assetId> <ownerName> <color>
to create a new asset.npm start delete <assetId>
to delete an existing asset.npm start getAllAssets
to list all assets.npm start listen
to listen for chaincode events emitted by transaction functions. Interrupt the listener using Control-C.npm start read <assetId>
to view an existing asset.npm start transact
to create some random assets and perform some random operations on those assets.npm start transfer <assetId> <ownerName> <ownerMspId>
to transfer an asset to a new owner within an organization MSP ID.