Configuration

TLDR

Run ctc setup on the command line to create the config. Run it again to edit the config.

ctc uses a simple configuration file to control its behavior.

Config Parameters

The ctc config consists of key-value pairs. Keys include:

• config_spec_version: the ctc version used to create the config

• data_dir: the directory where ctc stores its data

• providers: metadata about RPC providers

• networks: metadata about custom networks including their names and chain_id’s

• network_defaults: specification of the default provider to use for each network, and the default network

• db_configs: database configuration information

The main parameters of interest will usually be providers and network defaults.

An exact specification for the config can be found in the config typedefs file.

Setting Config Parameters

By default ctc will looks for a config file at ~/.config/ctc/config.json. But if the CTC_CONFIG_PATH environment variable is set, it will use that path instead.

Users do not need to directly create or edit ctc config files. Instead, all config parameters can be adjusted by using the setup wizard, activated by entering ctc setup on the command line. This can be used both for creating new configs and modifying the current config.

Reading Config Parameters

On the command line, using ctc config will print information about the config including its location on the filesystem and its current values.

In python, the ctc.config module has many functions for getting the current config path and its values:

from ctc import config

config_path = config.get_config_path()
data_dir = config.get_data_dir()
providers = config.get_providers()

Example Config

{
    'config_spec_version': '0.2.10',
    'data_dir': '/home/storm/ctc_data',
    'networks': {},
    'providers': {
        'alchemy_mainnet': {
            'name': 'alchemy_mainnet',
            'network': 'mainnet',
            'protocol': 'http',
            'url': 'https://some-mainnet-rpc-url',
            'session_kwargs': {},
            'chunk_size': None,
        },
        'alchemy_arbitrum': {
            'name': 'alchemy_arbitrum',
            'network': 'arbitrum',
            'protocol': 'http',
            'url': 'https://some-mainnet-rpc-url',
            'session_kwargs': {},
            'chunk_size': None,
        },
    },
    'network_defaults': {
        'default_network': 'mainnet',
        'default_providers': {
            'mainnet': 'alchemy_mainnet',
            'arbitrum': 'alchemy_arbitrum',
        },
    },
    'db_configs': {
        'main': {'dbms': 'sqlite', 'path': '/home/storm/ctc_data/ctc.db'}
    },
}