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SteemRubyTutorial

All examples from this tutorial can be found as fully functional scripts on GitHub:

• SteemRubyTutorial
• radiator sample code: Steem-Print-SCC-Metrics.rb.

radiator

• Project Name: Radiator
• Repository: https://github.com/inertia186/radiator
• Official Documentation: https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/radiator
• Official Tutorial: https://developers.steem.io/tutorials-ruby/getting_started

Steem Engine

• Project Name: Steem Engine
• Home Page: https://steem-engine.com
• Repository: https://github.com/harpagon210/steem-engine
• Official Documentation: https://github.com/harpagon210/sscjs (JavaScript only)
• Official Tutorial: N/A

What Will I Learn?

This tutorial shows how to interact with the Steem blockchain, Steem database and Steem Engine using Ruby. When accessing Steem Engine using Ruby their only one APIs available to chose: radiator.

In this particular chapter you learn how to read the current exchange rates for steem engine token.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Ruby programming is needed. It is necessary to install at least Ruby 2.5 as well as the following ruby gems:

gem install bundler
gem install colorize
gem install contracts
gem install radiator

Difficulty

For reader with programming experience this tutorial is basic level.

Tutorial Contents

Implementation using radiator

SCC/Steem_Engine.rb

Base class for all steem engine classes. This class holds general constants and a lazy initialization to the contracts API.

module SCC
   class Steem_Engine < Radiator::Type::Serializer
      include Contracts::Core
      include Contracts::Builtin

      attr_reader :key, :value

Amount of rows read from database in a single query. If the overall results exceeds this limit then make multiple queries. 1000 seem to be the standard for Steem queries.

      QUERY_LIMIT = 1000

To query all rows of an table an empty query and not a nil must be provided.

      QUERY_ALL = {}

Provide an instance to access the Steem Engine API. The attribute is lazy initialized when first used and the script will abort when this fails. Note that this is only ok for simple scripts. If you write a complex web app you spould implement a more elaborate error handler.

      class << self
         attr_reader :QUERY_ALL, :QUERY_LIMIT
         @api = nil

         ##
         # Access to contracts interface
         #
         # @return [Radiator::SSC::Contracts]
         #     the contracts API.
         #
         Contract None => Radiator::SSC::Contracts
         def contracts_api
            if @api == nil then
               @api = Radiator::SSC::Contracts.new
            end

            return @api
         rescue => error
            # I am using Kernel::abort so the code snipped
            # including error handler can be copy pasted into other
            # scripts

            Kernel::abort("Error creating contracts API :\n".red + error.to_s)
         end #contracts
      end # self
   end # Token
end # SCC

Hint: Follow this link to Github for the complete script with comments and syntax highlighting : SCC/Steem_Engine.rb.

SCC/Metric.rb

Most of the actual functionality is part of a new SCC:Metric class so it can be reused in further parts of the tutorial.

require 'pp'
require 'colorize'
require 'contracts'
require 'radiator'
require 'json'

require_relative 'Steem_Engine'

module SCC
   ##
   # Holds the metrics of Steem Engine Token that is the
   # recent prices a steem engine token was traded.
   #
   class Metric < SCC::Steem_Engine
      include Contracts::Core
      include Contracts::Builtin

      attr_reader :key, :value,
                  :symbol,
                  :volume,
                  :volume_expiration,
                  :last_price,
                  :lowestAsk,
                  :highest_bid,
                  :last_day_price,
                  :last_day_price_expiration,
                  :price_change_steem,
                  :price_change_percent,
                  :loki

      public

The class contructor create instance form Steem Engine JSON object. Numeric data in strings are converted floating point values.

         Contract Any => nil
         def initialize(metric)
            super(:symbol, metric.symbol)

            @symbol                    = metric.symbol
            @volume                    = metric.volume.to_f
            @volume_expiration         = metric.volumeExpiration
            @last_price                = metric.lastPrice.to_f
            @lowest_ask                = metric.lowestAsk.to_f
            @highest_bid               = metric.highestBid.to_f
            @last_day_price            = metric.lastDayPrice.to_f
            @last_day_price_expiration = metric.lastDayPriceExpiration
            @price_change_steem        = metric.priceChangeSteem.to_f
            @price_change_percent      = metric.priceChangePercent
            @loki                      = metric["$loki"]

            return
         end

Create a colorized string showing the current STEEMP value of the token. STEEMP us a steem engie token that can be exchanged 1:1, minus a 1% transaction fee, to STEEM. It's STEEMP which gives the token on Steem Engine it's value.

The current highest bid is printed green, the current lowest asking price us printed in red and the last price of an actual transaction is printed on blue.

Unless the value is close to 0, then the value is greyed out. Reminder: Never use equality for floating point values to 0. Always use some ε value.

         Contract None => String
         def to_ansi_s
            begin
               _retval = (
               "%1$-12s" +
                  " | " +
                  "%2$18.6f STEEM".colorize(
                     if @highest_bid > 0.000001 then
                        :green
                     else
                        :white
                     end
                  ) +
                  " | " +
                  "%3$18.6f STEEM".colorize(
                     if @last_price > 0.000001 then
                        :blue
                     else
                        :white
                     end
                  ) +
                  " | " +
                  "%4$18.6f STEEM".colorize(
                     if @lowest_ask > 0.000001 then
                        :red
                     else
                        :white
                     end) +
                  " | "
               ) % [
                  @symbol,
                  @highest_bid,
                  @last_price,
                  @lowest_ask
               ]
            rescue
               _retval = ""
            end

            return _retval
         end

Read the metric of a single token form the Steem Engine database and convert it into a SCC::Metric instance. The method Steem_Engine.contracts_api.find_one method is described in Part 13.

         class << self
            ##
            #
            #  @param [String] name
            #     name of symbol
            #  @return [Array<SCC::Metric>]
            #     metric found
            #
            Contract String => Or[SCC::Metric, nil]
            def symbol (name)
               _metric = Steem_Engine.contracts_api.find_one(
                  contract: "market",
                  table:    "metrics",
                  query:    {
                     "symbol": name
                  })

               raise KeyError, "Symbol «" + name + "» not found" if _metric == nil

               return SCC::Metric.new _metric
            end

Read the metrics of all tokens form the Steem Engine database and convert it into a SCC::Metric instance. The method Steem_Engine.contracts_api.find_one method is described in Part 14.

            ##
            #  Get all token
            #
            #  @return [SCC::Metric]
            #     metric found
            #
            Contract String => ArrayOf[SCC::Metric]

            def all
               _retval  = []
               _current = 0

               loop do
                  _metric = Steem_Engine.contracts_api.find(
                     contract:   "market",
                     table:      "metrics",
                     query:      Steem_Engine::QUERY_ALL,
                     limit:      Steem_Engine::QUERY_LIMIT,
                     offset:     _current,
                     descending: false)

                  # Exit loop when no result set is returned.
                  #
                  break if (not _metric) || (_metric.length == 0)
                  _retval += _metric.map do |_token|
                     SCC::Metric.new _token
                  end

                  # Move current by the actual amount of rows returned
                  #
                  _current = _current + _metric.length
               end

               return _retval
            end # all
         end # self
   end # Metric
end # SCC

Hint: Follow this link to Github for the complete script with comments and syntax highlighting : SCC/Metric.rb.

Steem-Print-SCC-Metrics.rb

With all the functionality in classes the actual implementation is just a few lines:

require_relative 'SCC/Metric'

_metrics = SCC::Metric.all

puts("Token        |               highes Bid |               last price |            lowest asking |")
puts("-------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+")

_metrics.each do |_metric|
   puts _metric.to_ansi_s
end

Hint: Follow this link to Github for the complete script with comments and syntax highlighting : Steem-Print-SCC-Metrics.rb.

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The output of the command looks like this:

Curriculum

First tutorial

• Using Steem-API with Ruby Part 1

Previous tutorial

• Using Steem-API with Ruby Part 14

Next tutorial

• Using Steem-API with Ruby Part 16

Proof of Work

• GitHub: SteemRubyTutorial Issue #17

Image Source

• Ruby symbol: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
• Steemit logo Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Steem Engine logo Steem Engine
• Screenshots: @krischik, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Beneficiary