Processing Flare On-Chain Data with Chainbase Manuscript

Setup:

Visit the Chainbase Labs Manuscript core repo on GitHub and find the manuscript-cli link to install Manuscript CLI using the automated script. Make sure your Docker engine is running.

Use Manuscript CLI:

Install manuscript-cli
Open your terminal and enter manuscript-cli to see available commands.
Enter manuscript-cli init to start the interactive manuscript creator.
Enter the default base directory for manuscripts, then enter your manuscript name (e.g., flare_launch).
Choose your network; for Flare, enter 9.
Select your data output target; default is Postgresql.

The system will create containers, and you can access your manuscript at localhost:8081.

Access and Explore Data:

Visit localhost:8081 in your browser to see the Apache Flink web dashboard. Initially, no jobs will be running.
After you see a new job running, access the GraphQL endpoint(localhost:8083), indicating data is being inserted into the database. Initially, it will report “no queries available.” Please close the page and reopen it.
Use manuscript-cli ls to check if your manuscript (flare_launch) is running.
Open the GraphQL interface to explore different queries, like transaction counts in blocks.

Use a GraphQL query like this to get a list of blocks:

query myQuery {
  blocks(limit: 10) {
    hash
    number
    timestamp
    transactions {
      hash
    }
  }
}

Use tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek to help generate GraphQL queries, specifying that you want to input the query from the terminal.

Command Line Data Access:

Use curl to access the GraphQL endpoint from the terminal. For example, to get block sizes, use this command:
```
curl -X POST -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{“query”:“query { blocks { size } }“}’ localhost:8081/graphql
```
which will streams block size data to your terminal.

Learn more with our tutorial video:

About Chainbase

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It has designed a novel dual-consensus technology architecture that bridges the programmability and composability of crypto data, which supports high throughput, low latency, and eventual determinism, as well as higher cybersecurity through a dual staking model. With Chainbase, people can truly enjoy the benefits of the open internet era.

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About Flare

Flare, the blockchain for data, offers developers and users secure, decentralized access to high-integrity data from other chains and the internet.

Flare uniquely supports enshrined data protocols at the network layer, making it the only EVM-compatible Layer 1 optimized for decentralized data acquisition, including price and time-series data, blockchain event and state data, and Web2 API data.

By providing broad data access at scale and minimal cost, Flare delivers a full-stack solution for building the next generation of interoperable use cases.

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Processing Flare On-Chain Data with Chainbase Manuscript

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