More functions

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To make this pallet more useful and realistic as the foundation for a simple collectible trading application, let's add a few more basic functions to perform the following tasks:

  • Transfer collectibles between accounts.
  • Set the price of a collectible.
  • Buy a collectible.

Transfer

To allow users to transfer a collectible from one account to another, you need to create a publicly callable function. For this workshop, the public function—transfer—will rely on an internal function called do_transfer to perform checks and write changes to storage. The internal function includes the following checks to determine whether a collectible can be transferred:

  • A collectible must exist to be transferrable.
  • A collectible cannot be transferred to its current owner.
  • A collectible cannot be transferred to an account that already has the maximum number of collectibles allowed.

If the collectible exists and isn't being transferred to its current owner, the do_transferinternal function updates the OwnerOfCollectibles storage map to reflect the new owner and writes the change to the underlying database. To handle errors and emit events, you'll also need:

  • NoCollectible, NotOwner, and TransferToSelf errors when checks fail.
  • A TransferSucceeded event when a transfer is successful.

The publicly callable function simply checks the origin of the caller and calls the do_transfer internal function.

  1. Add the NoCollectible, NotOwner, and TransferToSelf variants to the enumeration of errors.

    // Pallet error messages.
    #[pallet::error]
    pub enum Error<T> {
    	 /// Each collectible must have a unique identifier
    	 DuplicateCollectible,
    	 /// An account can't exceed the `MaximumOwned` constant
    	 MaximumCollectiblesOwned,
    	 /// The total supply of collectibles can't exceed the u64 limit
    	 BoundsOverflow,
    	 /// The collectible doesn't exist
    	 NoCollectible,
    	 /// You are not the owner
    	 NotOwner,
    	 /// Trying to transfer a collectible to yourself
    	 TransferToSelf,
    }
  2. Add the TransferSucceeded event to your pallet.

    // Pallet events.
    #[pallet::event]
    #[pallet::generate_deposit(pub(super) fn deposit_event)]
    pub enum Event<T: Config> {
    	  /// A new collectible was successfully created.
    		CollectibleCreated { collectible: [u8; 16], owner: T::AccountId },
    		/// A collectible was successfully transferred.
    		TransferSucceeded { from: T::AccountId, to: T::AccountId, collectible: [u8; 16] },
    }
  3. Create an internal function that enables transferring collectibles.

    // Update storage to transfer collectible
    pub fn do_transfer(
    	 collectible_id: [u8; 16],
    	 to: T::AccountId,
    ) -> DispatchResult {
    	 // Get the collectible
    	 let mut collectible = CollectibleMap::<T>::get(&collectible_id).ok_or(Error::<T>::NoCollectible)?;
    	 let from = collectible.owner;
    	 
    	 ensure!(from != to, Error::<T>::TransferToSelf);
    	 let mut from_owned = OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::get(&from);
    	 
    	 // Remove collectible from list of owned collectible.
    	 if let Some(ind) = from_owned.iter().position(|&id| id == collectible_id) {
    		 from_owned.swap_remove(ind);
    		} else {
    		  return Err(Error::<T>::NoCollectible.into())
    		}
    			// Add collectible to the list of owned collectibles.
    			let mut to_owned = OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::get(&to);
    			to_owned.try_push(collectible_id).map_err(|_id| Error::<T>::MaximumCollectiblesOwned)?;
    			
    			// Transfer succeeded, update the owner and reset the price to `None`.
    			collectible.owner = to.clone();
    			collectible.price = None;
    
    			// Write updates to storage
    			CollectibleMap::<T>::insert(&collectible_id, collectible);
    			OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::insert(&to, to_owned);
    			OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::insert(&from, from_owned);
    			
    			Self::deposit_event(Event::TransferSucceeded { from, to, collectible: collectible_id });
    		Ok(())
    	}
  4. Create the callable function.

    /// Transfer a collectible to another account.
    /// Any account that holds a collectible can send it to another account. 
    /// Transfer resets the price of the collectible, marking it not for sale.
    #[pallet::weight(0)]
    pub fn transfer(
    	  origin: OriginFor<T>,
    		to: T::AccountId,
    		unique_id: [u8; 16],
    ) -> DispatchResult {
    	// Make sure the caller is from a signed origin
    	let from = ensure_signed(origin)?;
    	let collectible = CollectibleMap::<T>::get(&unique_id).ok_or(Error::<T>::NoCollectible)?;
    	ensure!(collectible.owner == from, Error::<T>::NotOwner);
    	Self::do_transfer(unique_id, to)?;
    	Ok(())
    }
  5. Save your changes.
  6. Verify that your program compiles without errors by running the following command:

    cargo build --package collectibles

Set price

To allow collectible owners to set the price of the collectibles they own, the pallet must provide a function to update the price field in Collectible data structure and emit in event. For this function, you can use the get and insert methods for the CollectibleMap storage item to modify and update the Collectible object.

Like previous functions, you'll want to perform a few checks before you allow the caller to write a new price to storage:

  • The caller must be a signed origin.
  • The collectible must already exist.
  • The caller must be the owner of the collectible.

If the checks pass, the function writes the new price to storage and emits a PriceSet event.

  1. Add the PriceSet event to your pallet.

    // Pallet events
    #[pallet::event]
    #[pallet::generate_deposit(pub(super) fn deposit_event)]
    pub enum Event<T: Config> {
    	/// A new collectible was successfully created.
    	CollectibleCreated { collectible: [u8; 16], owner: T::AccountId },
    	/// A collectible was successfully transferred.
    	TransferSucceeded { from: T::AccountId, to: T::AccountId, collectible: [u8; 16] },
    	/// The price of a collectible was successfully set.
    	PriceSet { collectible: [u8; 16], price: Option<BalanceOf<T>> },
    	}
  2. Add the callable function for setting a price.

    /// Update the collectible price and write to storage.
    #[pallet::weight(0)]
    pub fn set_price(
        origin: OriginFor<T>,
        unique_id: [u8; 16],
        new_price: Option<BalanceOf<T>>,
    ) -> DispatchResult {
        // Make sure the caller is from a signed origin
        let sender = ensure_signed(origin)?;
        // Ensure the collectible exists and is called by the owner
        let mut collectible = CollectibleMap::<T>::get(&unique_id).ok_or(Error::<T>::NoCollectible)?;
        ensure!(collectible.owner == sender, Error::<T>::NotOwner);
        // Set the price in storage
        collectible.price = new_price;
        CollectibleMap::<T>::insert(&unique_id, collectible);
    
        // Deposit a "PriceSet" event.
        Self::deposit_event(Event::PriceSet { collectible: unique_id, price: new_price });
        Ok(())
    }
  3. Verify that your program compiles without errors by running the following command:

    cargo build --package collectibles

Buy a collectible

To enable users to buy collectibles, you need to expose another callable function—buy_collectible—that, like the previous callable functions, uses an internal function to perform checks before writing any changes to storage.

For this workshop, the internal function is do_buy_collectible and it does most of the heavy lifting to determine whether the attempt to purchase a collectible will succeed. For example, the do_buy_collectible internal function checks that:

  • The proposed buying price is greater than or equal to the price set for the collectible by its owner and returns the BidPriceTooLow error if the proposed price is too low.
  • The collectible is for sale and returns a NotForSale error if the collectible price is None.
  • The account for the buyer has a free balance available to cover the price set for the collectible.
  • The account for the buyer doesn't already own too many collectibles to receive another collectible.

If all of the checks pass, the do_buy_collectible internal function updates account balances and transfers ownership of the collectible using the Currency trait's transfer method.

With most of the work done by the internal function, the publicly exposed buy_collectible function simply verifies the account of the function caller and calls the do_buy_collectible function.

  1. Add the BidPriceTooLow and NotForSale to the variants for the Error enumerated data type.

    // Pallet errors
    #[pallet::error]
     pub enum Error<T> {
       /// Each collectible must have a unique identifier
       DuplicateCollectible,
       /// An account can't exceed the `MaximumOwned` constant
       MaximumCollectiblesOwned,
       /// The total supply of collectibles can't exceed the u64 limit
       BoundsOverflow,
       /// The collectible doesn't exist
       NoCollectible,
       // You are not the owner
       NotOwner,
       /// Trying to transfer a collectible to yourself
       TransferToSelf,
    	/// The bid is lower than the asking price.
    	BidPriceTooLow,
    	/// The collectible is not for sale.
    	NotForSale,
     }
  2. Add the Sold event to your Pallet.

    // Pallet events
    #[pallet::event]
    #[pallet::generate_deposit(pub(super) fn deposit_event)]
     pub enum Event<T: Config> {
       /// A new collectible was successfully created.
       CollectibleCreated { collectible: [u8; 16], owner: T::AccountId },
       /// A collectible was successfully transferred.
       TransferSucceeded { from: T::AccountId, to: T::AccountId, collectible: [u8; 16] },
       /// The price of a collectible was successfully set.
       PriceSet { collectible: [u8; 16], price: Option<BalanceOf<T>> },
       /// A collectible was successfully sold.
    	Sold { seller: T::AccountId, buyer: T::AccountId, collectible: [u8; 16], price: BalanceOf<T> },
     }
    	```
  3. Create an internal function to be called when users want to purchase a collectible.

    // An internal function for purchasing a collectible
    pub fn do_buy_collectible(
    	  unique_id: [u8; 16],
    	  to: T::AccountId,
    	  bid_price: BalanceOf<T>,
    ) -> DispatchResult {
    
    // Get the collectible from the storage map
    let mut collectible = CollectibleMap::<T>::get(&unique_id).ok_or(Error::<T>::NoCollectible)?;
    let from = collectible.owner;
       ensure!(from != to, Error::<T>::TransferToSelf);
    	  let mut from_owned = OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::get(&from);
    	 
    // Remove collectible from owned collectibles.
    if let Some(ind) = from_owned.iter().position(|&id| id == unique_id) {
    		from_owned.swap_remove(ind);
    	} else {
    		return Err(Error::<T>::NoCollectible.into())
    	}
    // Add collectible to owned collectible.
    let mut to_owned = OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::get(&to);
    to_owned.try_push(unique_id).map_err(|_id| Error::<T>::MaximumCollectiblesOwned)?;
    // Mutating state with a balance transfer, so nothing is allowed to fail after this.
    if let Some(price) = collectible.price {
    		ensure!(bid_price >= price, Error::<T>::BidPriceTooLow);
    		// Transfer the amount from buyer to seller
    		T::Currency::transfer(&to, &from, price, frame_support::traits::ExistenceRequirement::KeepAlive)?;
    		// Deposit sold event
    		Self::deposit_event(Event::Sold {
    			seller: from.clone(),
    			buyer: to.clone(),
    			collectible: unique_id,
    			price,
    		});
    } else {
    	  return Err(Error::<T>::NotForSale.into())
    }
    
    // Transfer succeeded, update the collectible owner and reset the price to `None`.
    collectible.owner = to.clone();
    collectible.price = None;
    // Write updates to storage
    CollectibleMap::<T>::insert(&unique_id, collectible);
    OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::insert(&to, to_owned);
    OwnerOfCollectibles::<T>::insert(&from, from_owned);
    Self::deposit_event(Event::TransferSucceeded { from, to, collectible: unique_id });
    Ok(())
    }
  4. Add a callable function to allow a user to purchase a collectible.

    /// Buy a collectible. The bid price must be greater than or equal to the price
    /// set by the collectible owner.
    #[pallet::weight(0)]
    pub fn buy_collectible(
    	 origin: OriginFor<T>,
    	 unique_id: [u8; 16],
    	 bid_price: BalanceOf<T>,
    ) -> DispatchResult {
    	 // Make sure the caller is from a signed origin
    	 let buyer = ensure_signed(origin)?;
    	 // Transfer the collectible from seller to buyer.
    	 Self::do_buy_collectible(unique_id, buyer, bid_price)?;
    Ok(())
    }
  5. Verify that your program compiles without errors by running the following command:

    cargo build --package collectibles