Filecoin Explorer (filecoin-explorer)

Filecoin block explorer

An open source Filecoin block explorer written in JavaScript.

Table of Contents

• Development
  • Install Node
  • Clone
  • Install Dependencies
  • Launch the Development Server
  • Linting
• Usage
  • Start a Filecoin Node
  • Launch the JavaScript Client
• Contribute
• License

Development

Check the docs for create-react-app

Install Node

The build process for filecoin-explorer requires at least Node version 8.0.0, which you can download here.

Clone

> git clone git@github.com:filecoin-project/filecoin-explorer.git

Install Dependencies

filecoin-explorer's dependencies are managed by Yarn, which you can download here. To install filecoin-explorer's build and development dependencies, run:

> cd filecoin-explorer
> yarn install

Launch the Development Server

During development, the filecoin-explorer is served from a locally running webpack-dev-server. The development server is configured to automatically reload source files as they are changed. To launch the server, run:

> yarn start

Important: Access-Control-Allow-Origin Headers

By default, HTTP responses from the go-filecoin node will have their Access-Control-Allow-Origin header set to http://localhost:8080. If want to serve the filecoin-explorer from a different host or port, you'll need to reconfigure the go-filecoin daemon accordingly.

Linting

This project uses StandardJS for linting and code-formatting. To use StandardJS, run:

> yarn lint

If you want starndard to fix your issues for you, run:

> yarn lint-fix

Usage

Start a Filecoin Node

The Filecoin Explorer JavaScript application communicates via HTTP requests with a locally-running Filecoin node. For instructions on building a Filecoin node, review the go-filecoin README. Then, run:

> ./go-filecoin daemon

Launch the JavaScript Client

With the development server running (see Launch the Development Server, above), open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080. From here, you can explore the Filecoin blockchain.

Contribute

See the contribute file.

If editing the readme, please conform to the standard-readme specification.

License

The Filecoin Project is dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and MIT terms:

• Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)