diff --git a/website/pages/en/developing/creating-a-subgraph.mdx b/website/pages/en/developing/creating-a-subgraph.mdx index b74d1fce8703..d2ffd46cc0e3 100644 --- a/website/pages/en/developing/creating-a-subgraph.mdx +++ b/website/pages/en/developing/creating-a-subgraph.mdx @@ -1154,6 +1154,25 @@ eventHandlers: Inside the handler function, the receipt can be accessed in the `Event.receipt` field. When the `receipt` key is set to `false` or omitted in the manifest, a `null` value will be returned instead. +## Declared eth_call + +Reducing `eth_call` definitely improves indexing speed. For `eth_calls` that cannot be eliminated, they can be declared in the subgraph manifest to be processed in parallel with the block processing. When `graph-node` processes a block, it performs all declared `eth_calls` in parallel before handlers are run where as `eth_calls` that are not declared are executed sequentially when handlers run. This helps reducing total time spent on `eth_calls` and improves indexing speed. + +> **Note:** [SpecVersion](#specversion-releases) >= `1.2.0` is required. Currently, `eth_calls` can only be declared for event handlers. + +### Example Configuration in Subgraph Manifest + +```yaml +event: TransferWithPool(address indexed, address indexed, uint256, bytes32 indexed) +handler: handleTransferWithPool +calls: + ERC20.poolInfo: ERC20[event.address].getPoolInfo(event.params.to) +``` + +In the example above, the `ERC20.poolInfo` is declared `eth_call`. The text before colon(`ERC20.poolInfo`) is the label for this `eth_call` which is used when logging errors. The text after colon(`ERC20[event.address].getPoolInfo(event.params.to)`) is the actual `eth_call` that will be executed which is in the form of `Contract[address].function(arguments)`. The `address` and `arguments` can be replaced with variables which will be available when executing the handler. + +When declared `eth_calls` are used, `graph-node` caches the results in the memory and when the `eth_call` is triggered inside handlers, it fetches the result from the cache instead of making an actual RPC call. + ## Experimental features Starting from `specVersion` `0.0.4`, subgraph features must be explicitly declared in the `features` section at the top level of the manifest file, using their `camelCase` name, as listed in the table below: