Asset Namespace

The asset namespace provides methods to discover and find token assets from registries on the Canton Network. In v1, the asset namespace introduces a dedicated API for asset discovery and management.

Key changes from v0 to v1

v0 required accessing asset information through the token standard service or by manually querying registries. v1 introduces a dedicated asset namespace with a clean API for asset discovery. This enables:

Simplified asset discovery from multiple registries
Type-safe asset information retrieval
Centralized asset registry management
Built-in error handling for asset not found scenarios

Availability and extensibility

The asset namespace is an extended namespace that requires configuration. You can initialize it either during SDK creation or later using the extend() method. Option 1: Initialize during SDK creation

const sdk = await SDK.create({
    auth: authConfig,
    ledgerClientUrl: 'http://localhost:2975',
    asset: {
        auth: assetAuthConfig,
        registries: [new URL('http://localhost:2000/api/registry')]
    }
})

// asset namespace is now available
const assetList = sdk.asset.list

Option 2: Add asset namespace later using extend()

// Create basic SDK first
const basicSDK = await SDK.create({
    auth: authConfig,
    ledgerClientUrl: 'http://localhost:2975'
})

// Extend with asset namespace when needed
const extendedSDK = await basicSDK.extend({
    asset: {
        auth: assetAuthConfig,
        registries: [new URL('http://localhost:2000/api/registry')]
    }
})

// Now asset namespace is available
const assetList = extendedSDK.asset.list

Configuration

The AssetConfig type defines the configuration for the asset namespace:

type AssetConfig = {
    auth: TokenProviderConfig
    registries: URL[]
}

auth: Authentication configuration for accessing registries
registries: Array of registry URLs to fetch assets from

You can preview the example config here:

Example LocalNet namespace configs

import { JSContractEntry } from '@canton-network/core-ledger-client'
import {
    TokenProviderConfig,
    localNetStaticConfig,
} from '@canton-network/wallet-sdk'
import {
    TokenConfig,
    AmuletConfig,
    AssetConfig,
} from '@canton-network/wallet-sdk'

export function getActiveContractCid(entry: JSContractEntry) {
    if ('JsActiveContract' in entry) {
        return entry.JsActiveContract.createdEvent.contractId
    }
}

export const TOKEN_PROVIDER_CONFIG_DEFAULT: TokenProviderConfig = {
    method: 'self_signed',
    issuer: 'unsafe-auth',
    credentials: {
        clientId: localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_USER_ID,
        clientSecret: 'unsafe',
        audience: 'https://canton.network.global',
        scope: '',
    },
}
export const TOKEN_NAMESPACE_CONFIG: TokenConfig = {
    validatorUrl: localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_APP_VALIDATOR_URL,
    registries: [localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_REGISTRY_API_URL],
    auth: TOKEN_PROVIDER_CONFIG_DEFAULT,
}

export const AMULET_NAMESPACE_CONFIG: AmuletConfig = {
    validatorUrl: localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_APP_VALIDATOR_URL,
    scanApiUrl: localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_SCAN_API_URL,
    auth: TOKEN_PROVIDER_CONFIG_DEFAULT,
    registryUrl: localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_REGISTRY_API_URL,
}

export const ASSET_CONFIG: AssetConfig = {
    registries: [localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_REGISTRY_API_URL],
    auth: TOKEN_PROVIDER_CONFIG_DEFAULT,
}

Listing assets

The asset namespace provides a list getter to retrieve all assets from configured registries.

// v0 - manually fetch from token standard service
const tokenStandardService = new TokenStandardService(
    provider, logger, auth, false
)
const assetList = await tokenStandardService.registriesToAssets(
    registries.map((url) => url.href)
)

const assetList = sdk.asset.list

Finding a specific asset

The find method allows you to search for a specific asset by ID, optionally filtering by registry URL.

// v0 - manually filter assets
const tokenStandardService = new TokenStandardService(
    provider, logger, auth, false
)
const assets = await tokenStandardService.registriesToAssets(
    registries.map((url) => url.href)
)
const amuletAsset = assets.find(
    (asset) => asset.id === 'Amulet'
)

const amuletAsset = await sdk.asset.find('Amulet')

Finding an asset with a specific registry

When multiple registries contain assets with the same ID, you can specify the registry URL to disambiguate:

const amuletAsset = await sdk.asset.find(
    'Amulet',
    new URL('https://registry.example.com')
)

Error handling

The asset namespace includes built-in error handling for common scenarios: Asset not found If an asset with the specified ID does not exist in any registry:

try {
    const unknownAsset = await sdk.asset.find('NonExistentAsset')
} catch (error) {
    // SDKError with type 'NotFound'
    // message: 'Asset with id NonExistentAsset not found'
}

Multiple assets found If multiple assets with the same ID exist across different registries and no registry URL is provided:

try {
    const duplicateAsset = await sdk.asset.find('CommonAsset')
} catch (error) {
    // SDKError with type 'BadRequest'
    // message: 'Multiple assets found, please provide a registryUrl'
}

Usage example

In the below example you can find the usage of the find method:

Full example: find assets in an OTC trade flow

import pino from 'pino'
import { localNetStaticConfig, SDK } from '@canton-network/wallet-sdk'
import path from 'path'
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
import fs from 'fs/promises'
import { KeyPair } from '@canton-network/core-signing-lib'
import { ASSET_CONFIG } from './utils/index.js'
import { GenerateTransactionResponse } from '@canton-network/core-ledger-client'
import {
    TOKEN_NAMESPACE_CONFIG,
    TOKEN_PROVIDER_CONFIG_DEFAULT,
    AMULET_NAMESPACE_CONFIG,
} from './utils/index.js'

const logger = pino({ name: 'v1-token-standard-allocation', level: 'info' })

type PartyInfo = Omit<GenerateTransactionResponse, 'topologyTransactions'> & {
    topologyTransactions?: string[] | undefined
    keyPair: KeyPair
}

const sdk = await SDK.create({
    auth: TOKEN_PROVIDER_CONFIG_DEFAULT,
    ledgerClientUrl: localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_APP_USER_LEDGER_URL,
    token: TOKEN_NAMESPACE_CONFIG,
    amulet: AMULET_NAMESPACE_CONFIG,
    asset: ASSET_CONFIG,
})

// This example needs uploaded .dar for splice-token-test-trading-app
// It's in files of localnet, but it's not uploaded to participant, so we need to do this in the script
// Adjust if to your .localnet location
const PATH_TO_LOCALNET = '../../../../.localnet'
const PATH_TO_DAR_IN_LOCALNET = '/dars/splice-token-test-trading-app-1.0.0.dar'
const TRADING_APP_PACKAGE_ID =
    'e5c9847d5a88d3b8d65436f01765fc5ba142cc58529692e2dacdd865d9939f71'

const here = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))

const tradingDarPath = path.join(
    here,
    PATH_TO_LOCALNET,
    PATH_TO_DAR_IN_LOCALNET
)

//upload dar
const darBytes = await fs.readFile(tradingDarPath)
await sdk.ledger.dar.upload(darBytes, TRADING_APP_PACKAGE_ID)

//allocate parties
const allocatedParties = await Promise.all(
    ['v1-04-alice', 'v1-04-bob', 'v1-04-venue'].map(async (partyHint) => {
        const partyKeys = sdk.keys.generate()
        const party = await sdk.party.external
            .create(partyKeys.publicKey, {
                partyHint,
            })
            .sign(partyKeys.privateKey)
            .execute()

        return [
            partyHint,
            {
                partyId: party.partyId,
                publicKeyFingerprint: party.publicKeyFingerprint,
                multiHash: party.multiHash,
                topologyTransactions: party.topologyTransactions,
                keyPair: partyKeys,
            },
        ] as const
    })
)

const partyInfo: Map<string, PartyInfo> = new Map(allocatedParties)

const sender = partyInfo.get('v1-04-alice')!
const recipient = partyInfo.get('v1-04-bob')!
const venue = partyInfo.get('v1-04-venue')!

// Mint holdings for alice

const [amuletTapCommand, amuletTapDisclosedContracts] = await sdk.amulet.tap(
    sender.partyId,
    '2000000'
)

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: sender.partyId,
        commands: amuletTapCommand,
        disclosedContracts: amuletTapDisclosedContracts,
    })
    .sign(sender.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: sender.partyId })

// Mint holdings for bob

const [amuletTapCommandBob, amuletTapDisclosedContractsBob] =
    await sdk.amulet.tap(recipient.partyId, '2000000')

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: recipient.partyId,
        commands: amuletTapCommandBob,
        disclosedContracts: amuletTapDisclosedContractsBob,
    })
    .sign(recipient.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: recipient.partyId })

//Alice creates OTCTradeProposal

const amuletAsset = await sdk.asset.find(
    'Amulet',
    localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_REGISTRY_API_URL
)

const transferLegs = {
    leg0: {
        sender: sender.partyId,
        receiver: recipient.partyId,
        amount: '100',
        instrumentId: { admin: amuletAsset.admin, id: 'Amulet' },
        meta: { values: {} },
    },
    leg1: {
        sender: recipient.partyId,
        receiver: sender.partyId,
        amount: '20',
        instrumentId: { admin: amuletAsset.admin, id: 'Amulet' },
        meta: { values: {} },
    },
}

const createProposal = {
    CreateCommand: {
        templateId:
            '#splice-token-test-trading-app:Splice.Testing.Apps.TradingApp:OTCTradeProposal',
        createArguments: {
            venue: venue.partyId,
            tradeCid: null,
            transferLegs,
            approvers: [sender.partyId],
        },
    },
}

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: sender.partyId,
        commands: createProposal,
        disclosedContracts: [],
    })
    .sign(sender.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: sender.partyId })

logger.info(
    'OTC Trade Proposal created by Alice, ready for Bob to accept OTCTradeProposal'
)

// Bob accepts OTCTradeProposal

const activeTradeProposals = await sdk.ledger.acsReader.readJsContracts({
    templateIds: [
        '#splice-token-test-trading-app:Splice.Testing.Apps.TradingApp:OTCTradeProposal',
    ],
    parties: [recipient.partyId],
    filterByParty: true,
})

const otcpCid = activeTradeProposals[0].contractId

if (otcpCid === undefined) {
    throw new Error('Unexpected lack of OTCTradeProposal contract')
}
const acceptCmd = [
    {
        ExerciseCommand: {
            templateId:
                '#splice-token-test-trading-app:Splice.Testing.Apps.TradingApp:OTCTradeProposal',
            contractId: otcpCid,
            choice: 'OTCTradeProposal_Accept',
            choiceArgument: { approver: recipient.partyId },
        },
    },
]

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: recipient.partyId,
        commands: acceptCmd,
        disclosedContracts: [],
    })
    .sign(recipient.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: recipient.partyId })

logger.info('Bob accepted OTCTradeProposal')

//Venue initiates settlement of OTCTradeProposal

const activeTradeProposals2 = await sdk.ledger.acsReader.readJsContracts({
    templateIds: [
        '#splice-token-test-trading-app:Splice.Testing.Apps.TradingApp:OTCTradeProposal',
    ],
    parties: [venue.partyId],
    filterByParty: true,
})

const now = new Date()
const prepareUntil = new Date(now.getTime() + 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()
const settleBefore = new Date(now.getTime() + 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()

const otcpCid2 = activeTradeProposals2[0].contractId

const initiateSettlementCmd = [
    {
        ExerciseCommand: {
            templateId:
                '#splice-token-test-trading-app:Splice.Testing.Apps.TradingApp:OTCTradeProposal',
            contractId: otcpCid2,
            choice: 'OTCTradeProposal_InitiateSettlement',
            choiceArgument: { prepareUntil, settleBefore },
        },
    },
]

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: venue.partyId,
        commands: initiateSettlementCmd,
        disclosedContracts: [],
    })
    .sign(venue.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: venue.partyId })

logger.info('Venue initated settlement of OTCTradeProposal')

const otcTrades = await sdk.ledger.acsReader.readJsContracts({
    templateIds: [
        '#splice-token-test-trading-app:Splice.Testing.Apps.TradingApp:OTCTrade',
    ],
    parties: [venue.partyId],
    filterByParty: true,
})

const otcTradeCid = otcTrades[0].contractId
if (!otcTradeCid) throw new Error('OTCTrade not found for venue')

logger.info({ otcTradeCid }, `OtcTrades were found`)

const pendingAllocationRequestsAlice =
    await sdk.token.allocation.request.pending(sender.partyId)

const allocationRequestViewAlice =
    pendingAllocationRequestsAlice?.[0].interfaceViewValue!

const legIdAlice = Object.keys(allocationRequestViewAlice.transferLegs).find(
    (key) =>
        allocationRequestViewAlice.transferLegs[key].sender === sender.partyId
)!
if (!legIdAlice) throw new Error(`No leg found for Alice`)

const legAlice = allocationRequestViewAlice.transferLegs[legIdAlice]

const specAlice = {
    settlement: allocationRequestViewAlice.settlement,
    transferLegId: legIdAlice,
    transferLeg: legAlice,
}

//TODO: go over if we should pass in expectedAdmin or instrumentId/registryUrl

const [allocateCmdAlice, allocateDisclosedAlice] =
    await sdk.token.allocation.instruction.create({
        allocationSpecification: specAlice,
        asset: amuletAsset,
    })

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: sender.partyId,
        commands: allocateCmdAlice,
        disclosedContracts: allocateDisclosedAlice,
    })
    .sign(sender.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: sender.partyId })

logger.info('Alice created Allocation for her TransferLeg')

const pendingAllocationRequestsBob = await sdk.token.allocation.request.pending(
    recipient.partyId
)

const allocationRequestViewBob =
    pendingAllocationRequestsBob?.[0].interfaceViewValue!

const legIdBob = Object.keys(allocationRequestViewAlice.transferLegs).find(
    (key) =>
        allocationRequestViewAlice.transferLegs[key].sender ===
        recipient!.partyId
)!
if (!legIdBob) throw new Error(`No leg found for Bob`)

const legBob = allocationRequestViewAlice.transferLegs[legIdBob]

const specBob = {
    settlement: allocationRequestViewBob.settlement,
    transferLegId: legIdBob,
    transferLeg: legBob,
}

//TODO: go over if we should pass in expectedAdmin or instrumentId/registryUrl

const [allocateCmdBob, allocateDisclosedBlice] =
    await sdk.token.allocation.instruction.create({
        allocationSpecification: specBob,
        asset: amuletAsset,
    })

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: recipient.partyId,
        commands: allocateCmdBob,
        disclosedContracts: allocateDisclosedBlice,
    })
    .sign(recipient.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: recipient.partyId })

logger.info('Bob created Allocation for his TransferLeg')

// Once the legs have been allocated, venue settles the trade triggering transfer of holdings

const allocationsVenue = await sdk.token.allocation.pending(venue.partyId)

const settlementRefId = allocationRequestViewAlice.settlement.settlementRef.id
const relevantAllocations = allocationsVenue.filter(
    (a) =>
        a.interfaceViewValue.allocation.settlement.executor ===
            venue!.partyId &&
        a.interfaceViewValue.allocation.settlement.settlementRef.id ===
            settlementRefId
)

if (relevantAllocations.length === 0)
    throw new Error('No matching allocations for this trade')

const allocationEntries = await Promise.all(
    relevantAllocations.map(async (a) => {
        const cid = a.contractId
        const choiceContext = await sdk.token.allocation.context.execute({
            allocationCid: cid,
            registryUrl: localNetStaticConfig.LOCALNET_REGISTRY_API_URL,
        })

        return {
            cid,
            legId: a.interfaceViewValue.allocation.transferLegId,
            extraArgs: {
                context: {
                    values: choiceContext.choiceContextData?.values ?? {},
                },
                meta: { values: {} },
            },
            disclosedContracts: choiceContext.disclosedContracts ?? [],
        }
    })
)

const allocationsWithContext: Record<string, { _1: string; _2: any }> =
    Object.fromEntries(
        allocationEntries.map((e) => [e.legId, { _1: e.cid, _2: e.extraArgs }])
    )

const uniqueDisclosedContracts = Array.from(
    new Map(
        allocationEntries
            .flatMap((e) => e.disclosedContracts)
            .map((d: any) => [d.contractId, d])
    ).values()
)

const settleCmd = [
    {
        ExerciseCommand: {
            templateId:
                '#splice-token-test-trading-app:Splice.Testing.Apps.TradingApp:OTCTrade',
            contractId: otcTradeCid,
            choice: 'OTCTrade_Settle',
            choiceArgument: { allocationsWithContext },
        },
    },
]

await sdk.ledger
    .prepare({
        partyId: venue.partyId,
        commands: settleCmd,
        disclosedContracts: uniqueDisclosedContracts,
    })
    .sign(venue.keyPair.privateKey)
    .execute({ partyId: venue.partyId })

logger.info(
    'Venue settled the OTCTrade, holdings are transfered to Alice and Bob'
)

await sdk.token.utxos
    .list({
        partyId: sender.partyId,
    })
    .then((transactions) => {
        logger.info(
            transactions,
            'Token Standard Holding Transactions (Alice):'
        )
    })

await sdk.token.utxos
    .list({
        partyId: recipient.partyId,
    })
    .then((transactions) => {
        logger.info(transactions, 'Token Standard Holding Transactions (Bob):')
    })

await sdk.token.holdings({ partyId: recipient.partyId }).then((allHoldings) => {
    logger.info(allHoldings, 'List holding transactions (Bob)')
})

Migration reference

v0 approach	v1 method
`tokenStandardService.registriesToAssets()`	`sdk.asset.list`
Manual array filtering for specific asset	`asset.find(id, registryUrl?)`
Manual error handling for missing assets	Built-in error handling in `sdk.asset.find()`

Overview

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Development Tools

API Overview

Reference Projects

Key changes from v0 to v1

Availability and extensibility

Configuration

Listing assets

Finding a specific asset

Finding an asset with a specific registry

Error handling

Usage example

Migration reference

See also

​Key changes from v0 to v1

​Availability and extensibility

​Configuration

​Listing assets

​Finding a specific asset

​Finding an asset with a specific registry

​Error handling

​Usage example

​Migration reference

​See also

Key changes from v0 to v1

Availability and extensibility

Configuration

Listing assets

Finding a specific asset

Finding an asset with a specific registry

Error handling

Usage example

Migration reference

See also