Does parity include a console?

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I can run geth console to get a command line interface spawned after launching geth. Similar also works for eth.

I tried parity console but that didn't work out.

 ~ $ parity console
Invalid arguments.

Usage:
  parity daemon <pid-file> [options]
  parity account (new | list) [options]
  parity [options]

Is there anything like that available for parity?

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 24 '16 at 02:44

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In March 2016, Gav Wood wrote:

we don't yet have a javascript interface, however it should be possible to use eth console or geth console to connect to a running parity client

i haven't tried that yet, though...

edited Apr 24 '16 at 02:44

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answered Apr 23 '16 at 20:22

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '16 at 14:24

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running parity --geth allows to use eth attach or geth attach to spawn a console.

answered Jul 08 '16 at 14:24

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Please note that you do not need to run parity --geth. You can attach console to a vanilla parity without geth compatibility mode, at least in 1.6.5. – Mikko Ohtamaa Apr 11 '17 at 20:35
Doesn't seem to work, it complains: Fatal: Unable to attach to remote geth: dial unix /Users/jikkujose/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc: connect: no such file or directory. Do I need to specify custom path? – Jikku Jose Jun 19 '17 at 04:09
Yes, you need to add the parity IPC path after geth attach. – q9f Jun 19 '17 at 08:01

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 25 '16 at 05:42

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Not yet possible as this issue here suggests.

ethconsole depends on IPC, which will be available as of Civility (1.1).

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answered Apr 25 '16 at 00:55

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 14 '18 at 07:22

geth attach only lets you use webjs methods at the moment. By using nodejs console with @parity/api package you can access parity methods.

Install package globally and launch concole :

$ npm install @parity/api
$ node

On node console use parity package :

>// import the actual Api class
>const Api = require("@parity/api");

>// do the setup
>const provider = new Api.Provider.Http('http://localhost:8545');
>const api = new Api(provider);

// eg. use api.parity.addReservedPeer method
>api.parity.addReservedPeer("enode://d64d5f74b1715c525dc88e87a52eca1574c09593ed29401d205ecfef9fbfe52fa308f966bab3a5966da1bb74212fecdb328cddceb572c38b536c597166784347@203080240034.static.ctinets.com:35423").then((data)=> {console.log(data)})

Does parity include a console?

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