Orbit

Orbit is a GraphQL server wrapper around @ton-community/sandbox, designed to provide a mini TON Blockchain Server. Its purpose is to offer an easily launchable Blockchain environment (similar to testnet) for seamless and thorough project testing before deploying to mainnet. The Rift framework will leverage Orbit to provide a multi-contract testing framework for TON development.

Why Use Orbit?

While Sandbox itself is a valuable tool, it lacks direct persistence of Blockchain state and transactions, and is primarily tailored for node.js environments. Orbit serves as a complementary tool, addressing these limitations by providing enhanced functionalities. As a local server, it ensures privacy and offers maximum flexibility before the project's initial launch on testnet or mainnet.

What's Next?

Currently, Orbit provides a GraphQL server for making calls. We have plans to support ton-api-v4, which will minimize code changes required during integration.

How to Use

To get started with Orbit, follow these steps:

1. Ensure you have a node environment set up.

2. Install Orbit globally by running the following command:

   npm install -g @sky-ring/orbit

3. Open up a terminal and type:

   orbit

If everything is okay, you will see a successful launch message.

4. You can now send GraphQL queries to localhost:29194 or navigate to the GraphiQL page at localhost:29194/graphql.

GraphQL Definitions

Here are the GraphQL definitions for Query and Mutation along with brief descriptions:

type Mutation {
  spawn(id: String!): Boolean # Launches a blockchain instance with the specified ID
  sendBoc(id: String!, boc64: String!): [Tx] # Sends a BOC message to the specified network
  bringDown(params: BringDownInput!): Boolean # Shuts down a blockchain instance with removal capability
  createWallet(id: String!, walletId: String!, balance: String!): String # Creates a wallet with the specified name on the network with the given balance
  charge(id: String!, address: String!, value: String!): Boolean # Tops up the balance for the specified account on the network
}

type Query {
  version: Version # Retrieves the version of Orbit
  snapshots: [String] # Retrieves the list of stored snapshots of blockchains
  account(id: String!, address: String!): AccountInfo # Retrieves account information for the specified ID and address
}

Feel free to explore and utilize these GraphQL endpoints to interact with the Orbit server.