The Guild July 2023 Update

[saihaj]

Executive Summary

It has been a great summer! We have shipped many improvements to graph-cli and graph-ts. The next release of graph-node will include the Int8 scalar. We have also integrated Firehose and Graph Client docs.

We had a fantastic opportunity to meet hackers at ETHWaterloo and teach them how to build on TheGraph, as well as gather feedback on what can be improved in graph-tooling.

During the Data working group discussion, we explored ways to make it easier to learn and explore substreams. One idea is to create a registry for visualizing these substreams. We will share more details in the coming months.

Looking back (what was delivered)

• graph-tooling
  • graph clean command
  • Int8 Scalar
  • Substreams based subgraph example https://github.com/graphprotocol/graph-tooling/pull/1371
  • Bug fixes
    • fix: do not exit with 1 for substreams by saihaj · Pull Request #1384 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • fix: only ask for subgraph name and directory for init examples by saihaj · Pull Request #1382 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • fix: init from example improvements by saihaj · Pull Request #1393 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • fix: example subgraph build issues by saihaj · Pull Request #1366 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
• graph-client
  • Hosted Subgraph Guardians training session
  • Working on caching proxy that makes it more attractive for dapps to move to the network. GitHub - the-guild-org/maverick-subgraph
• graph-node
  • Int8 Scalar scheduled for next release
  • Initial implementation almost done for graphman GraphQL API
  • Nested sorted by interface ready to be shipped in the next release Nested Sorting: interface by non-derived child entity by kamilkisiela · Pull Request #4058 · graphprotocol/graph-node · GitHub
• docs
  • Add support for mermaid
  • Integrate docs
    • Firehose
    • Graph Client
  • Add documentation for derived loaders feat: derived loader docs by saihaj · Pull Request #404 · graphprotocol/docs · GitHub
  • DevX improvements setup turbo for `dev` and `build` commands by B2o5T · Pull Request #407 · graphprotocol/docs · GitHub
• substreams-js
  • Started discussion around how we can build a registry and add features to UI to explore substreams. The goal is how we can try to simplify and make it more visual for users to understand substreams

Looking ahead (upcoming priorities)

• graph-tooling
  • Bug fixes
    • Sanitize contract and abi names provided in manifest · Issue #1390 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • hangs when deploy key not found · Issue #1377 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • When adding a second contract in `graph init`, the location is the subgraph directory rather than the directory where the `init` command was made · Issue #1379 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • When adding a second contract in `graph init`, the wizard asks about a local path before trying to fetch from the explorer · Issue #1378 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • Directory already exists when trying to initialize a subgraph and point it to an existing directory · Issue #1370 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
  • Start discussion on graph test Limechain improvements and maintenance
    • Could not create WasmInstance from valid module with context: unknown import: `index::store.loadRelated` has not been defined' · Issue #1376 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
    • Graph test command fails with 'No such file or directory' · Issue #1352 · graphprotocol/graph-tooling · GitHub
• graph-node
  • Working on Timestamp scalars
  • GraphQL Over HTTP Support rollout
  • Upgrading introspection query graphql: update introspection schema by saihaj · Pull Request #4676 · graphprotocol/graph-node · GitHub
  • Pagination address issues with SQL computation for next page still have few edge cases to address to finalize see todo items: feat: relay compliant cursor pagination by dotansimha · Pull Request #3214 · graphprotocol/graph-node · GitHub
  • Work on breakout to rollout graphman API
• graph-client
  • Making it easy to utilize Graph Client as a caching proxy and add documentation around this
• docs
  • Integrate docs
    • graph-node
    • graph-tooling
      • Integrate Graph TS docs · Issue #429 · graphprotocol/docs · GitHub
      • Integrate graph CLI docs · Issue #428 · graphprotocol/docs · GitHub
  • Open Graph image service for docs that will improve sharing experience opengraph image service · Issue #402 · graphprotocol/docs · GitHub
  • Improving redirects for subitems in remote docs improving redirects for subitems in docs · Issue #436 · graphprotocol/docs · GitHub
  • Add documentation for Int8 Add docs for `Int8` scalar · Issue #396 · graphprotocol/docs · GitHub
• substreams-js
  • Help building out the PoC from the wireframes for registry