Solana Data Program V0

Solana Data Program is a program that allows users to initialize a data account, read and modify its data, and optionally finalize it.

✨ Key Features

• Allows System owned accounts to create (if not done already) and initialize a data account and metadata account that is linked to the authority (but owned by the Data Program) to store data of any format (JSON, IMG, HTML, Custom, etc.)
• Allows the authority of the data account to modify the data_type and/or data
• Optionally allows data account to be dynamic i.e., realloc's the data account on every update instruction to ensure no additional storage is wasted
• Allows the authority to update the data starting at a particular offset
• Allows the authority to verify that the data is of the same data type as expected by the data_type field by passing in a verify_flag: bool
• Allows the authority to update the authority field but requires the new authority to also be a signer so that there is no accidental authority transfer
• Allows the authority to finalize the data in the data account - finalized data can no longer be updated
• Allows the authority to close both the data account and metadata account to reclaim SOL

Account Overview

📄 Metadata PDA Account

The Metadata PDA Account stores information about the data account. It is created and initialized by InitializeDataAccount and is updated by all other instructions.

Field	Offset	Size	Description
data_status	0	1	Status of the data. Initially set to INITIALIZED. FinalizeDataAccount sets this to FINALIZED.
serialization_status	1	1	Status of the data serialization. Initially set to UNVERIFIED. UpdateDataAccount with a set verify_flag updates this.
authority	2	32	PubKey of the authority of the data account.
is_dynamic	34	1	bool to determine if the data account is dynamic (can realloc) or static. Set initially via InitializeDataAccount.
data_version	35	1	u8 to keep track of the version of the Data Program used.
data_type	36	1	u8 to store the Data Type of the data.
bump_seed	37	1	u8 to store the bump seed.

📄 Data Account

The Data Account stores the data as a raw data byte array.

Field	Offset	Size	Description
data	0	~	The data to be stored in the account.

Instruction Overview

📄 InitializeDataAccount

This instruction creates and initializes the Metadata PDA Account and optionally creates a Data Account.

Accounts

Name	Writable	Signer	Description
feepayer	✅	✅	Payer of the transaction.
data	✅	✅	The account that will contain the data. Can be created prior to this instruction.
pda	✅		The PDA account that will be created and initialized by this instruction to hold the metadata.
system_program			The Solana System Program ID.

Arguments

Argument	Offset	Size	Description
authority	0	32	The PubKey of the data account authority.
space	32	64	The initial space taken by the data account. If the data account is created prior to this instruction, this value will be ignored.
is_dynamic	96	1	The flag that sets the data account to be dynamic or static. A dynamic data account can realloc up or down.
is_created	97	1	The flag that determines whether the data account would need to be created in this instruction.
debug	98	1	The flag that determines whether the instruction should output debug logs.

📄 UpdateDataAccount

This instruction updates the data_type field in the Metadata PDA Account and the data in the Data Account.

Accounts

Name	Writable	Signer	Description
authority	✅	✅	The Authority of the Data Account.
data	✅		The account that contains the data.
pda	✅		The PDA account that contains the metadata.
system_program			The Solana System Program ID.

Arguments

Argument	Offset	Size	Description
data_type	0	1	The data type of the data.
data	1	~	The new data (stored as Vec<u8>) to be written. Note: since the data field is an array of variable length, the byte position of any field that follows cannot be guaranteed.
offset	~	64	The offset from where to start writing the new data.
realloc_down	~	1	The flag that determines whether the data account should realloc down if the writing of the new data leads to unused space. This value is ignored if the data account is static.
verify_flag	~	1	The flag that determines whether the data should be verified that it conforms to its data_type. If the data type can be verified, the serialization_status will be set to VERIFIED or FAILED depending on the verification result. Otherwise it is set to UNVERIFIED.
debug	~	1	The flag that determines whether the instruction should output debug logs.

📄 UpdateDataAccountAuthority

This instruction updates the authority of the Data Account by updating the value in the Metadata PDA Account. It requires both the old and new authority to be signers to prevent accidental transfers

Accounts

Name	Writable	Signer	Description
old_authority		✅	The old Authority of the Data Account.
data			The account that contains the data.
pda	✅		The PDA account that contains the metadata.
new_authority		✅	The new Authority of the Data Account.

Arguments

Argument	Offset	Size	Description
debug	0	1	The flag that determines whether the instruction should output debug logs.

📄 FinalizeDataAccount

This instruction finalizes the data in the Data Account by setting the data_status in the Metadata PDA Account to be FINALIZED. Finalized data can no longer be updated.

Accounts

Name	Writable	Signer	Description
authority		✅	The Authority of the Data Account.
data			The account that contains the data.
pda	✅		The PDA account that contains the metadata.

Arguments

Argument	Offset	Size	Description
debug	0	1	The flag that determines whether the instruction should output debug logs.

📄 CloseDataAccount

This instruction closes the Data Account and the Metadata PDA Account and transfers the lamports to the authority.

Accounts

Name	Writable	Signer	Description
authority	✅	✅	The Authority of the Data Account.
data	✅		The account that contains the data.
pda	✅		The PDA account that contains the metadata.

Arguments

Argument	Offset	Size	Description
debug	0	1	The flag that determines whether the instruction should output debug logs.

🧑‍💻 Getting Started

Typescript SDK

• Follow the instructions in the package directory on how to install and use the solana-data-program SDK
• tl;dr:
  • Installation:

    npm i solana-data-program

  • Usage:

    import { DataProgram } from "solana-data-program";

CLI

1. Navigate to the js directory and install all dependencies using npm install
2. Create a .env file and add the following to it:

CONNECTION_URL=https://api.devnet.solana.com # if deployed on devnet
AUTHORITY_PRIVATE=<REPLACE WITH PRIVATE KEY OF AUTHORITY WALLET>

3. To view details about a Data Account, run:

npx ts-node src/index.ts --view --account <REPLACE WITH DATA ACCOUNT PUBKEY>

• This displays the parsed metadata and data
• If you want to view the raw metadata and data, include the --debug flag

4. To upload a file from your file system, run:

npx ts-node src/index.ts --upload <REPLACE WITH FILEPATH>

• This creates a new static Data Account, initializes it and uploads the file to the Data Account in chunks
• If you already have an existing Data Account, you can upload to it by including the --account <REPLACE WITH DATA ACCOUNT PUBKEY> flag
• If you want the Data Account to be dynamic, include the --dynamic flag

📈 Flow Diagram

🚀 Examples

• The examples directory contains example projects that build on top of the Data Program to showcase stuff that can be built using it
• Follow in the instructions in the examples README to try them out for yourself! ;)