Use watch
to listen for events emitted by a smart contract method. You can define functions to be executed when certain events are caught.
Usage
let contract = await tronWeb.contract.at('contractAddress');
contract.eventMethod().watch((err, event) => {
if (err){
return console.error('Error with "method" event:', err);
}
if (event) {
// some function
}
});
Parameters
No need to pass parameters
Returns
Object
Example
//Example 1
async function triggercontract(){
try {
let instance = await tronWeb.contract().at('TQQg4EL8o1BSeKJY4MJ8TB8XK7xufxFBvK');
instance.Transfer().watch((err, eventResult) => {
if (err) {
return console.error('Error with "method" event:', err);
}
if (eventResult) {
console.log('eventResult:',eventResult);
}
});
let res = await instance.transfer('TWbcHNCYzqAGbrQteKnseKJdxfzBHyTfuh',500).send({
feeLimit:100_000_000,
callValue:0,
shouldPollResponse:true
});
console.log(res);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
}
triggercontract();
//Example 2
async function triggercontract(){
try {
let instance = await tronWeb.contract().at('TQQg4EL8o1BSeKJY4MJ8TB8XK7xufxFBvK');
instance["Transfer"]().watch((err, eventResult) => {
if (err) {
return console.error('Error with "method" event:', err);
}
if (eventResult) {
console.log('eventResult:',eventResult);
}
});
let res = await instance.transfer('TWbcHNCYzqAGbrQteKnseKJdxfzBHyTfuh',500).send({
feeLimit:100_000_000,
callValue:0,
shouldPollResponse:true
});
console.log(res);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
}
triggercontract();
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
err | Error |
event | Event Name emitted from the Smart Contract. |
Filters
You can set filters in the contract.method().watch()
function to only listen for events that produce specific, desired output values. Set them like:
contract.method().watch({filters: {"_filter1": "value1", "_filter2": "value2"}},
(err, res) => {})
Below is an example of how to implement filters:
//Filter_address is an event with 4112e621d5577311998708f4d7b9f71f86dae138b55
let watchTest = contract.method().watch({filters: {"_address": "0x12e621d5577311998708f4d7b9f71f86dae138b55"}}, (err, res) => {
if(res) {
assert.equal(res.result._sender, accounts.hex[3])
assert.equal(res.result._receiver, accounts.hex[4])
assert.equal(res.result._amount, 4000)
watchTest.stop()
}
})
In the above example, the developer is only listening for events that produce an "_address" value of "0x12e621d5577311998708f4d7b9f71f86dae138b5", If it is an address type, need to replace 41 with 0x and convert hex format address to lower case .