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- Added detailed documentation for Solang Aqd, a CLI tool for interacting with smart contracts on Solana and Polkadot blockchains.
- Included instructions for installation, submitting extrinsics to the Polkadot on-chain, and interacting with Solana running programs on-chain.

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Interacting with smart contracts on the command line
====================================================
Solang Aqd (عَقد, meaning "contract" in Arabic), is a Command-Line Interface (CLI) tool
designed for easy interaction with smart contracts on Solana and Polkadot blockchains.
It simplifies the process of deploying smart contracts and executing specific functions on these contracts.
This documentation provides essential guidance for using ``solang-aqd`` effectively.


Installation
____________

To install `solang-aqd`, run this command:

.. code-block:: bash
cargo install --force --locked aqd
To update to the latest version, use the same command.


Submitting extrinsics to Polkadot on-chain
__________________________________________

The command line syntax for interacting with a program deployed on Polkadot is as follows:

aqd polkadot [SUBCOMMAND] [OPTIONS]... [FILE]

This means that the command line is ``aqd polkadot`` followed by a subcommand followed by any options described below,
followed by the filename. The filename could be ``.wasm file``, ``.contract`` bundle, or ``.json`` metadata file.

General Options (for all subcommands):
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

\-\-url *url*
The websockets URL for the substrate node. [default: ws://localhost:9944]

\-\-network *network*
Specify the network name to use.
You can either specify a network name or a URL, but not both.

Network:

rococo
Contracts (Rococo) (Equivalent to ``--url wss://rococo-contracts-rpc.polkadot.io``)

phala-po-c5
Phala PoC-5 (Equivalent to ``--url wss://poc5.phala.network/ws``)

astar-shiden
Astar Shiden (Kusama) (Equivalent to ``--url wss://rpc.shiden.astar.network``)

astar-shibuya
Astar Shibuya (Tokio) (Equivalent to ``--url wss://rpc.shibuya.astar.network``)

astar
Astar (Equivalent to ``--url wss://rpc.astar.network``)

aleph-zero-testnet
Aleph Zero Testnet (Equivalent to ``--url wss://ws.test.azero.dev``)

aleph-zero
Aleph Zero (Equivalent to ``--url wss://ws.azero.dev``)

t3rnt0rn
T3RN T0RN (Equivalent to ``--url wss://ws.t0rn.io``)

pendulum-testnet
Pendulum Testnet (Equivalent to ``--url wss://rpc-foucoco.pendulumchain.tech``)

-s, \-\-suri *suri*
Specifies the secret key URI used for deploying the contract (must be specified). For example:
For a development account: ``//Alice``

With a password: ``//Alice///SECRET_PASSWORD``

-x, \-\-execute
Specifies whether to submit the extrinsic for on-chain execution.

\-\-storage-deposit-limit *storage-deposit-limit*
Specifies the maximum amount of balance that can be charged from the caller to pay for the storage consumed.

\-\-output-json
Specifies whether to export the call output in JSON format.

\-\-help, -h
This displays a short description of all the options

Subcommands:
++++++++++++

Upload Subcommand
-----------------

This subcommand enables the uploading of contracts onto the Polkadot blockchain.

.. code-block:: bash
aqd polkadot upload --suri //Alice -x flipper.contract --output-json
Instantiate Subcommand
----------------------

This subcommand facilitates the instantiation of contracts on the Polkadot blockchain.

.. code-block:: bash
aqd polkadot instantiate --suri //Alice --args true -x --output-json --skip-confirm flipper.contract
Options specific to the ``instantiate`` subcommand:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

\-\-constructor *constructor*
Specifies the name of the contract constructor to call. [default: new]

\-\-args *<args>...*
Specifies the arguments of the contract constructor to call.

\-\-value *value*
Specifies the value to be transferred as part of the call. [default: 0]

\-\-gas *gas*
Specifies the maximum amount of gas to be used for this command.

\-\-proof-size *proof-size*
Specifies the maximum proof size for this instantiation.

\-\-salt *salt*
Specifies a salt used in the address derivation of the new contract.

-y, \-\-skip-confirm
When set, skips the interactive confirmation prompt.

Call Subcommand
---------------

This subcommand enables the calling of contracts on the Polkadot blockchain."

.. code-block:: bash
aqd polkadot call --contract 5EFYe3hkH2wFK1mLxD5VSqD88hfPZWihXAKeqozZELsL4Ueq --message get --suri //Alice flipper.contract --output-json --skip-confirm
Options specific to the ``call`` subcommand:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

\-\-contract *contract*
Specifies the address of the contract to call.

-m, \-\-message *message*
Specifies the name of the contract message to call.

\-\-args *<args>...*
Specifies the arguments of the contract message to call.

\-\-value *value*
Specifies the value to be transferred as part of the call. [default: 0]

\-\-gas *gas*
Specifies the maximum amount of gas to be used for this command.

\-\-proof-size *proof-size*
Specifies the maximum proof size for this call.

-y, \-\-skip-confirm
When set, skips the interactive confirmation prompt.

Remove Subcommand
-----------------

This subcommand allows for the removal of contracts from the Polkadot blockchain.

.. code-block:: bash
aqd polkadot remove --suri //Alice --output-json --code-hash 0x94e67200d3d8f0f420873f8d1b426fdf5eb87f208c6e5d061822e017ffaef2a8 flipper.contract
Options specific to the ``remove`` subcommand:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

\-\-code-hash *code_hash*
Specifies the code hash to remove.


Interacting with Solana running programs on-chain
_________________________________________________

The command line syntax for interacting with a program deployed on Solana is as follows:

aqd solana [SUBCOMMAND] [OPTIONS]...

It consists of a subcommand followed by its options, both of which are described below.

.. note::

Solang Aqd relies on the local default Solana configuration file to obtain information for transaction submissions.
For comprehensive management of this configuration file, you can refer to `Solana's CLI command documentation <https://docs.solana.com/cli/usage#solana-config>`_.

General Options (for all subcommands):
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

\-\-output-json
Specifies whether to export the call output in JSON format.

\-\-help, -h
This displays a short description of all the options.

Subcommands:
++++++++++++

Deploy Subcommand
------------------

Allows you to deploy Solana compiled programs to Solana.

.. code-block:: bash
aqd solana deploy flipper.so
Show Subcommand
---------------

Show information about a Solana program's instructions given an IDL JSON file.

.. code-block:: bash
aqd solana show --idl flipper.json --instruction new
Options specific to the ``show`` subcommand:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

\-\-idl *idl-json-file-path*
Specifies the path of the IDL JSON file.

\-\-instruction *instruction-name*
Specifies the name of the instruction to show information about.
If not specified, information about all instructions is shown.

Call Subcommand
---------------

Send a custom transaction to a Solana program.

.. code-block:: bash
aqd solana call --idl flipper.json --program G2eBnLvwPCGCFVywrUT2LtKCCYFkGetAVXJfW82UXmPe --instruction new --data true --accounts new self system
Options specific to the ``show`` subcommand:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

\-\-idl *idl-json-file-path*
Specifies the path of the IDL JSON file.

\-\-program *program*
Specifies the program ID of the deployed program.

\-\-instruction *instruction-name*
Specifies the name of the instruction to show information about.
If not specified, information about all instructions is shown.

\-\-program *program*
Specifies the program ID of the deployed program.

\-\-data *<data-arguments>...*
Specifies the data arguments to pass to the instruction.
For arrays and vectors, pass a comma-separated list of values. (e.g. 1,2,3,4).
For structs, pass a JSON string of the struct. (can be a path to a JSON file).

\-\-accounts *<account-arguments>...*
Specifies the accounts arguments to pass to the instruction

Keywords:

new
Creates a new solana account and saves it locally.

self
Reads the default keypair from the local configuration file.

system
Uses the system program ID as the account.

\-\-payer *payer*
Specifies the payer keypair to use for the transaction. [default: local default keypair]

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