didc

Candid CLI

A multi-purpose tool for Candid.

didc 0.1.0

USAGE:
    didc <SUBCOMMAND>

SUBCOMMANDS:
    check     Type check Candid file
    bind      Binding for different languages
    test      Generate test suites for different languages
    encode    Encode Candid value
    decode    Decode Candid binary data
    random    Generate random Candid values
    diff      Diff two Candid values

Examples

$ didc encode '(42, vec {1;2;-3})'
4449444c016d7c027c002a0301027d

$ didc encode '(42, vec {1;2;-3})' -t '(nat, vec int32)' -f pretty
Length: 24 (0x18) bytes
0000:   44 49 44 4c  01 6d 75 02  7d 00 2a 03  01 00 00 00   DIDL.mu.}.*.....
0010:   02 00 00 00  fd ff ff ff                             ........

$ didc encode '("text")' -d hello.did -m greet
4449444c0001710474657874

$ didc encode '("text")' -d list.did -t '(list)'
Error: type mismatch: "text" can not be of type opt node

$ didc decode '4449444c016d7c027c002a0301027d'
(42, vec { 1; 2; -3; })

$ didc decode '4449444c016d7c027c002a0301027d' -t '(int)'
(42)

$ didc diff '(record{1;2;3}, 42)' '(record{1;5;9}, 42)'
record { edit { 1 put { 5 } }; edit { 2 put { 9 } }; }
skip

$ didc bind hello.did -t js
export const idlFactory = ({ IDL }) => {
  return IDL.Service({ 'greet' : IDL.Func([IDL.Text], [IDL.Text], []) });
}

$ didc random -t '(int, text)'
(-72_594_379_354_493_140_610_202_928_640_651_761_468, "_J`:t7^>")

$ didc random -t '(int, text)' -c '{ range = Some [-10, +10], text = "name" }'
(-6, "Cindy Klocko")

$ didc random -d service.did -m method -f random.dhall -a '("seed argument")' -l js
[new BigNumber('-4'), 'Marcus Kris']