hub-monorepo/packages/hub-nodejs/docs/Client.md

Client

A Client established a connection with a Farcaster Hub and can be used to send and receive messages. It is initialized with the IP address and gRPC port of the Hub. Once connected, a Client instance can:

• Query for messages by user or type.
• Query for on-chain Farcaster Contracts state.
• Subscribe to changes by type.
• Upload new messages.

Constructor

getInsecureHubRpcClient returns a Hub RPC Client. Use getSSLHubRpcClient if the server you're using supports SSL.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  // If the Hub does not use SSL, call the getInsecureHubRpcClient method instead
  // const insecureClient = getInsecureHubRpcClient('https://testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');
})();

Returns

Type	Description
Client	A new Client instance.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
address	string	Address and RPC port string (e.g. https://testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283)

Authentication

Some Hubs require authentication to submit messages which is done with basic auth over SSL. Clients will automatically negotiate an SSL connection if possible, and you'll need to provide the username and password when calling submitMessage.

Methods

Clients expose methods grouped into logical services. Each method returns an async Result object and may support pagination.

• Signers
  • getSigner
  • getSignersByFid
  • getAllSignerMessagesByFid
• UserData
  • getUserData
  • getUserDataByFid
  • getAllUserDataMessagesByFid
• Casts
  • getCast
  • getCastsByFid
  • getCastsByMention
  • getCastsByParent
  • getAllCastMessagesByFid
• Reactions
  • getReaction
  • getReactionsByCast
  • getReactionsByFid
  • getAllReactionMessagesByFid
• Verifications
  • getVerification
  • getVerificationsByFid
  • getAllVerificationMessagesByFid
• Events
  • subscribe
• Submit
  • submitMessage
• Contracts
  • getIdRegistryEvent
  • getNameRegistryEvent

Results

Methods are async and return a HubAsyncResult<T>, a wrapper around neverthrow's Result, which contains either a successful response of type <T> or an error value. There are three types of return values across all our methods:

• MessageResult
• MessagesResult
• FidsResult

Results always return an object of type Message instead of a more specific type like CastAddMessage due to a quick of the protobuf-generated types. This can be easily remedied by passing responses through a typeguard:

import { isCastAddMessage } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

// See getCast documentation below for more details on this
const castResult = await client.getCast({ fid: 2, hash: castHashBytes });

if (castResult.isOk()) {
  const cast = castResult.value; // cast is of type Message

  if (isCastAddMessage(cast)) {
    console.log(cast); // cast is now a CastAddMessage
  }
}

Pagination

Methods that return multiple values support pagination in requests with a pageSize and pageToken property.

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, HubResult, MessagesResponse } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  let nextPageToken: Uint8Array | undefined = undefined;
  let isNextPage = true;

  while (isNextPage) {
    const castsResult: HubResult<MessagesResponse> = await client.getCastsByFid({
      fid: 2,
      pageSize: 10,
      pageToken: nextPageToken,
    });

    if (castsResult.isErr()) {
      break;
    }

    const castsResponse: MessagesResponse = castsResult.value;
    castsResponse.messages.map((cast) => console.log(cast?.data?.castAddBody?.text));

    nextPageToken = castsResponse.nextPageToken;
    isNextPage = !!nextPageToken && nextPageToken.length > 0;
  }
})();

Method Request Documentation

getSigner

Returns an active signer message given an fid and the public key of the signer.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, hexStringToBytes } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const signerPubKeyHex = '5feb9e21f3df044197e634e3602a594a3423c71c6f208876074dc5a3e0d7b9ce';

  const signer = hexStringToBytes(signerPubKeyHex)._unsafeUnwrap(); // Safety: signerPubKeyHex is known and can't error

  const signerResult = await client.getSigner({
    fid: 2,
    signer,
  });

  signerResult.map((signerAdd) => console.log(signerAdd));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessageResult<SignerAddMessage>	A SignerAdd message.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
signer	string	The public key of the signer.

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getSignersByFid

Returns all active signers created by an fid in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const signersResult = await client.getAllSignerMessagesByFid({ fid: 2 });

  signersResult.map((signers) => console.log(signers.messages));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessagesResult<SignerAddMessage>	One or more SignerAdd messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getAllSignerMessagesByFid

Returns all active and inactive signers created by an fid in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const signersResult = await client.getAllSignerMessagesByFid({ fid: 2 });

  signersResult.map((signers) => console.log(signers.messages));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessagesResult<(SignerAddMessage | SignerRemoveMessage)>	Zero or more SignerAdd or SignerRemove messages

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getUserData

Returns a specific piece of metadata about the user.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, UserDataType } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const userDataResult = await client.getUserData({ fid: 2, userDataType: UserDataType.DISPLAY });

  userDataResult.map((userData) => console.log(userData));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessageResult<UserDataAddMessage>	The UserDataAdd message.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
type	UserDataType	The type of user metadata.

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getUserDataByFid

Returns all metadata about the user.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const userDataResult = await client.getAllUserDataMessagesByFid({ fid: 2 });

  userDataResult.map((userData) => userData.messages.map((message) => console.log(message)));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessagesResult<UserDataAddMessage>	Zero or more UserDataAdd messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getAllUserDataMessagesByFid

An alias for getUserDataByFid

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getCast

Returns an active cast for a user.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, hexStringToBytes } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const castHashHex = '460a87ace7014adefe4a2944fb62833b1bf2a6be';
  const castHashBytes = hexStringToBytes(castHashHex)._unsafeUnwrap(); // Safety: castHashHex is known and can't error

  const castResult = await client.getCast({ fid: 2, hash: castHashBytes });

  castResult.map((cast) => console.log(cast));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessageResult<CastAddMessage>	The CastAdd message

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
hash	string	The hash of the cast.

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getCastsByFid

Returns active casts for a user in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const castsResult = await client.getCastsByFid({ fid: 2 });

  castsResult.map((casts) => console.log(casts.messages));
})();

Returns

Value	Description
MessagesResult<CastAddMessage>	Zero or more CastAdd messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getCastsByMention

Returns all active casts that mention an fid in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const castsResult = await client.getCastsByMention({ fid: 2 });

  castsResult.map((casts) => console.log(casts.messages));
})();

Returns

Value	Description
MessagesResult<CastAddMessage>	Zero or more CastAdd messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid that is mentioned in the casts.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getCastsByParent

Returns all active casts that are replies to a specific cast in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, hexStringToBytes } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const castHashHex = 'ee04762bea3060ce3cca154bced5947de04aa253';
  const castHashBytes = hexStringToBytes(castHashHex)._unsafeUnwrap(); // Safety: castHashHex is known

  const castsResult = await client.getCastsByParent({ castId: { fid: 2, hash: castHashBytes } });

  castsResult.map((casts) => console.log(casts.messages));
})();

Returns

Value	Description
MessagesResult<CastAddMessage>	Zero or more CastAdd messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
parent	CastId	The CastId of the parent cast.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getAllCastMessagesByFid

Returns all active and inactive casts for a user in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const castsResult = await client.getAllCastMessagesByFid({ fid: 2 });
  castsResult.map((casts) => console.log(casts.messages));
})();

Returns

Value	Description
MessagesResult<(CastAddMessage|CastRemoveMessage)>	Zero or more CastAdd or CastRemove messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getReaction

Returns an active reaction of a particular type made by a user to a cast.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, hexStringToBytes, ReactionType } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const castHashHex = 'ee04762bea3060ce3cca154bced5947de04aa253'; // Cast to fetch reactions for
  const castHashBytes = hexStringToBytes(castHashHex)._unsafeUnwrap(); // Safety: castHashHex is known and can't error

  const reactionsResult = await client.getReaction({
    fid: 8150,
    reactionType: ReactionType.LIKE,
    castId: {
      fid: 2,
      hash: castHashBytes,
    },
  });

  reactionsResult.map((reaction) => console.log(reaction));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessageResult<ReactionAddMessage>	A ReactionAdd message.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
type	ReactionType	The type of the reaction.
cast	CastId	The cast id.

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getReactionsByCast

Returns all active reactions made by users to a cast.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, hexStringToBytes, ReactionType } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const castHashHex = 'ee04762bea3060ce3cca154bced5947de04aa253'; // Cast to fetch reactions for
  const castHashBytes = hexStringToBytes(castHashHex)._unsafeUnwrap(); // Safety: castHashHex is known and can't error

  const reactionsResult = await client.getReactionsByCast({
    reactionType: ReactionType.LIKE,
    castId: {
      fid: 2,
      hash: castHashBytes,
    },
  });

  reactionsResult.map((reaction) => console.log(reaction.messages));
})();

Returns

Value	Description
MessagesResult<ReactionAddMessage>	Zero or more ReactionAdd messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
cast	CastId	The cast id.
type?	ReactionType	(optional) The type of the reaction.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getReactionsByFid

Returns all active reactions made by a user in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, ReactionType } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const reactionsResult = await client.getReactionsByFid({ fid: 2, reactionType: ReactionType.LIKE });

  reactionsResult.map((reaction) => console.log(reaction.messages));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessagesResult<ReactionAddMessage>	Zero or more ReactionAdd messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user
reactionType?	ReactionType	The type of the reaction
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

---

getAllReactionMessagesByFid

Returns all active and inactive reactions made by a user in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const reactionsResult = await client.getAllReactionMessagesByFid({ fid: 2 });

  reactionsResult.map((reaction) => console.log(reaction.messages));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessagesResult<ReactionAddMessage|ReactionRemoveMessage>	Zero or more ReactionAdd or ReactionRemove messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getVerification

Returns an active verification for a specific Ethereum address made by a user.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, hexStringToBytes } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const addressHex = '0x2D596314b27dcf1d6a4296e95D9a4897810cE4b5';
  const addressBytes = hexStringToBytes(addressHex)._unsafeUnwrap(); // Safety: addressHex is known and can't error

  const verificationResult = await client.getVerification({ fid: 2, address: addressBytes });

  verificationResult.map((verification) => console.log(verification));
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessageResult<VerificationAddEthAddressMessage>	A VerificationAddEthAddress message.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
address	string	The Ethereum address being verified.

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getVerificationsByFid

Returns all active verifications for Ethereum addresses made by a user in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const verificationsResult = await client.getVerificationsByFid({ fid: 2 });

  verificationsResult.map((verificationsResponse) =>
    verificationsResponse.messages.map((v) => {
      console.log(v);
    })
  );
})();

Returns

Value	Description
MessagesResult<VerificationAddEthAddressMessage>	Zero or more VerificationAddEthAddress messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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getAllVerificationMessagesByFid

Returns all active and inactive verifications for Ethereum addresses made by a user in reverse chronological order.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const verificationsResult = await client.getAllVerificationMessagesByFid({ fid: 2 });

  verificationsResult.map((verificationsResponse) =>
    verificationsResponse.messages.map((v) => {
      console.log(v);
    })
  );
})();

Returns

Type	Description
MessagesResult<VerificationAddEthAddressMessage|VerificationRemoveMessage>	Zero or more VerificationAddEthAddress or VerificationRemove messages.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.
pageSize?	number	Number of results per page.
pageToken?	Uint8Array	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.
reverse?	boolean	Reverses the chronological ordering.

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subscribe

Returns a gRPC Stream object which emits HubEvents in real-time.

Streams emit events from the current timestamp onwards and gRPC guarantees ordered delivery. If a Client is disconnected, it can request the stream to begin from a specific Event Id. Hubs maintain a short cache of events which helps with recovery when clients get disconnected temporarily.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient, HubEventType } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const subscribeResult = await client.subscribe({
    eventTypes: [HubEventType.MERGE_MESSAGE],
  });

  if (subscribeResult.isOk()) {
    const stream = subscribeResult.value;

    for await (const event of stream) {
      console.log(event);
    }
  }
})();

Returns

Value	Description
HubResult<ClientReadableStream<HubEvent>>	A stream that emits HubEvents.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
eventTypes	HubEventType	Events to listen for.
fromId?	number	EventId to start streaming from.

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submitMessage

Submits a new message to the Hub. A Hub can choose to require basic authentication or enforce IP-based rate limits for messages accepted over this endpoint from clients.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const message; // Any valid message constructed with a Builder

  const authMetadata = getAuthMetadata('username', 'password'); // Only necessary if the hubble instance requires auth
  const submitResult = await client.submitMessage(message, authMetadata);

  const submitResult = await client.submitMessage(message);
  console.log(submitResult);
})();

Returns

Value	Description
MessageResult<T>	The message that was submitted.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
message	Message	The message being submitted
metadata?	string	(optional) Username and password metadata for authentication

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getIdRegistryEvent

Returns the on-chain event most recently associated with changing an fid's ownership.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const idrResult = await client.getIdRegistryEvent({ fid: 2 });

  idrResult.map((event) => console.log(event));
})();

Returns

Value	Description
HubAsyncResult<IdRegistryEvent>	An IdRegistryEvent.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fid	number	The fid of the user.

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getNameRegistryEvent

Returns the on-chain event most recently associated with changing an fname's ownership.

Usage

import { getInsecureHubRpcClient } from '@farcaster/hub-nodejs';

(async () => {
  const client = getSSLHubRpcClient('testnet1.farcaster.xyz:2283');

  const fnameBytes = new TextEncoder().encode('v');
  const nrResult = await client.getNameRegistryEvent({ name: fnameBytes });

  nrResult.map((event) => console.log(event));
})();

Returns

Value	Description
HubAsyncResult<NameRegistryEvent>	A NameRegistryEvent.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fname	string	The fname of the user.

Method Response Documentation

MessageResult

A documentation alias for HubAsyncResult<Message> where the success value contains a single message.

Message are of the type requested but this is an implicit guarantee since ts-proto does not generate bindings correctly to reflect this in the returned types.

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MessagesResult

A documentation alias for HubAsyncResult<MessagesResponse> where the success value contains a MessagesResponse object.

Messages are of the type requested but this is an implicit guarantee since ts-proto does not generate bindings correctly to reflect this in the returned types.

Name	Type	Description
messages	Message[]	Messages that were a response to the query.
nextPageToken?	Uint8Array | undefined	Token used to fetch the next page, if it exists.

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