use Value instead of RawValue so we can inspect and modify the request

web3-proxy/src/app.rs

@@ -256,8 +256,9 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
         // save the id so we can use it in the response
         let id = payload.id.clone();
 
-        match payload.params.as_deref().unwrap().get() {
-            r#"["newHeads"]"# => {
+        // TODO: calling json! on every request is not fast.
+        match payload.params {
+            Some(x) if x == json!(["newHeads"]) => {
                 let head_block_receiver = self.head_block_receiver.clone();
 
                 let subscription_id = subscription_id.clone();
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                     trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
                 });
             }
-            r#"["newPendingTransactions"]"# => {
+            Some(x) if x == json!(["newPendingTransactions"]) => {
                 let pending_tx_receiver = self.pending_tx_sender.subscribe();
 
                 let mut pending_tx_receiver = Abortable::new(
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                     trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
                 });
             }
-            r#"["newPendingFullTransactions"]"# => {
+            Some(x) if x == json!(["newPendingFullTransactions"]) => {
                 // TODO: too much copy/pasta with newPendingTransactions
                 let pending_tx_receiver = self.pending_tx_sender.subscribe();
 
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                     trace!(?subscription_id, "closed new heads subscription");
                 });
             }
-            r#"["newPendingRawTransactions"]"# => {
+            Some(x) if x == json!(["newPendingRawTransactions"]) => {
                 // TODO: too much copy/pasta with newPendingTransactions
                 let pending_tx_receiver = self.pending_tx_sender.subscribe();
 
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                             "method": "eth_subscription",
                             "params": {
                                 "subscription": subscription_id,
-                                // upstream just sends the txid, but we want to send the whole transaction
+                                // upstream just sends the txid, but we want to send the raw transaction
                                 "result": new_tx.rlp(),
                             },
                         });

web3-proxy/src/connection.rs

@@ -383,7 +383,10 @@ impl Web3Connection {
 
                         // wait for the interval
                         // TODO: if error or rate limit, increase interval?
-                        http_interval_receiver.recv().await.unwrap();
+                        while let Err(err) = http_interval_receiver.recv().await {
+                            // querying the block was delayed. this can happen if tokio was busy.
+                            warn!(?err, ?self, "http interval lagging!")
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 Web3Provider::Ws(provider) => {

web3-proxy/src/connections.rs

@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ impl Web3Connections {
         active_request_handles: Vec<ActiveRequestHandle>,
         method: &str,
         // TODO: remove this box once i figure out how to do the options
-        params: Option<&RawValue>,
+        params: Option<&serde_json::Value>,
     ) -> Result<Box<RawValue>, ProviderError> {
         // TODO: if only 1 active_request_handles, do self.try_send_request
 
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ impl Web3Connections {
                         .try_send_parallel_requests(
                             active_request_handles,
                             request.method.as_ref(),
-                            request.params.as_deref(),
+                            request.params.as_ref(),
                         )
                         .await?;
 

web3-proxy/src/jsonrpc.rs

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ pub struct JsonRpcRequest {
     // pub jsonrpc: Box<RawValue>,
     pub id: Box<RawValue>,
     pub method: String,
-    // TODO: should we have the default of [] here instead?
-    pub params: Option<Box<RawValue>>,
+    pub params: Option<serde_json::Value>,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for JsonRpcRequest {
@@ -114,8 +113,8 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for JsonRpcRequestEnum {
                 let id = id.ok_or_else(|| de::Error::missing_field("id"))?;
                 let method = method.ok_or_else(|| de::Error::missing_field("method"))?;
 
-                let params: Option<Box<RawValue>> = match params {
-                    None => Some(RawValue::from_string("[]".to_string()).unwrap()),
+                let params: Option<serde_json::Value> = match params {
+                    None => Some(serde_json::Value::Array(vec![])),
                     Some(x) => Some(x),
                 };