ripple-libpp

Rippled-compatible serialization and transaction signing library

Introduction

C++ library to create, sign, and serialize Ripple transactions before submission to the Ripple Consensus Ledger (rippled). Duplicates much of the functionality of the sign RPC function without the overhead of a JSON library, network delays, needing to trust a 3rd party's rippled, nor needing to run your own rippled.

Table of contents

• Dependencies
  • Rippled submodule
  • Other dependencies
• Installation
• Demo
  • Additional dependencies
  • Build and run

Dependencies

Rippled submodule

ripple-libpp includes a git submodule to include the rippled source code, which is not cloned by default. To get the rippled source, either clone this repository using

$ git clone --recursive <location>

or after cloning, run the following commands

$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update

Note: even though the entire rippled source tree is included in the submodule, only a subset of it is used by the library.

Other dependencies

• C++14 or greater
• Boost
• OpenSSL

Installation

CMake project installation example:

1. Copy, clone, or submodule the library into your project, eg:

   / My Project
   	/ extras
   		/ ripple-libpp
   			**library tree**
   	/ src
   		**program tree**
   	CMakeLists.txt
   

2. Edit your CMakeLists.txt file to include the ripple-libpp config, and the include directories you'll need in your source code:

   ...
   add_subdirectory(extras/ripple-libpp/src/unity)
   
   # Include paths
   include_directories(
       SYSTEM
   	extras/ripple-libpp/extras/rippled/src
   	extras/ripple-libpp/extras/rippled/src/beast/include
   	extras/ripple-libpp/extras/rippled/src/beast/extras
   )
   

3. If you don't already have the boost and OpenSSL libraries included in your project, you can use the utility functions provided by rippled

   list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "extras/ripple-libpp/extras/rippled/Builds/CMake")
   include(CMakeFuncs)
   
   # Boost library
   use_boost(
       regex
       system
       thread)
   
   target_link_libraries(${YOUR_APP_NAME} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
   
   # OpenSSL library
   set(openssl_min 1.0.2)
   use_openssl(${openssl_min})
   
   target_link_libraries(${YOUR_APP_NAME} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
   ...
   

Demo

Some code examples are provided in src/test/ripple-libpp_demo.cpp to demonstrate how to create, sign, and verify the signature of a transaction. Building and running this demo is an optional step to verify that dependencies are installed and available as expected.

Note that the demo is not a comprehensive suite of tests of the relevant rippled functionality; that is covered by rippled's unit tests.

Additional dependencies

In addition to the Usage dependencies, building the demo requires

• cmake

Build and run

For linux and other unix-like OSes, run the following commands:

$ cd ${YOUR_RIPPLE_LIBPP_DIRECTORY}
$ mkdir -p build/gcc.debug
$ cd build/gcc.debug
$ cmake ../.. -Dtarget=gcc.debug
$ cmake --build .
$ ./ripplelibppdemo

For 64-bit Windows, open a MSBuild Command Prompt for Visual Studio and run the following commands:

> cd %YOUR_RIPPLE_LIBPP_DIRECTORY%
> mkdir build
> cd build
> cmake -G"Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..
> cmake --build .
> .\Debug\ripplelibppdemo.exe

32-bit Windows builds are not officially supported.