Add tx/encode endpoint and CLI command

PENDING.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BREAKING CHANGES
   *  Reintroduce OR semantics for tx fees
 
 * SDK
-  * \#2513 Tendermint updates are adjusted by 10^-6 relative to staking tokens, 
+  * \#2513 Tendermint updates are adjusted by 10^-6 relative to staking tokens,
   * [\#3487](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3487) Move HTTP/REST utilities out of client/utils into a new dedicated client/rest package.
   * [\#3490](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3490) ReadRESTReq() returns bool to avoid callers to write error responses twice.
   * [\#3502](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3502) Fixes issue when comparing genesis states
@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ IMPROVEMENTS
   * [\#3423](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3423) Allow simulation
   (auto gas) to work with generate only.
   * [\#3514](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3514) REST server calls to keybase does not lock the underlying storage anymore.
+  * [\#3523](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3523) Added `/tx/encode` endpoint to serialize a JSON tx to base64-encoded Amino.
 
 * Gaia CLI  (`gaiacli`)
   * [\#3476](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3476) New `withdraw-all-rewards` command to withdraw all delegations rewards for delegators.
   * [\#3497](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3497) `gaiad gentx` supports `--ip` and `--node-id` flags to override defaults.
   * [\#3518](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3518) Fix flow in
   `keys add` to show the mnemonic by default.
   * [\#3517](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3517) Increased test coverage
+  * [\#3523](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/3523) Added `tx encode` command to serialize a JSON tx to base64-encoded Amino.
 
 * Gaia
   * [\#3418](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3418) Add vesting account

client/lcd/lcd_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package lcd
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -423,6 +424,46 @@ func TestCoinSendGenerateSignAndBroadcast(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, gasEstimate, resultTx.GasWanted)
 }
 
+func TestEncodeTx(t *testing.T) {
+	// Setup
+	kb, err := keys.NewKeyBaseFromDir(InitClientHome(t, ""))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	addr, seed := CreateAddr(t, name1, pw, kb)
+	cleanup, _, _, port := InitializeTestLCD(t, 1, []sdk.AccAddress{addr}, true)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	// Make a transaction to test with
+	res, body, _ := doTransferWithGas(t, port, seed, name1, memo, "", addr, "2", 1, false, true, fees)
+	var tx auth.StdTx
+	cdc.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(body), &tx)
+
+	// Build the request
+	encodeReq := struct {
+		Tx auth.StdTx `json:"tx"`
+	}{Tx: tx}
+	encodedJSON, _ := cdc.MarshalJSON(encodeReq)
+	res, body = Request(t, port, "POST", "/tx/encode", encodedJSON)
+
+	// Make sure it came back ok, and that we can decode it back to the transaction
+	// 200 response
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
+	encodeResp := struct {
+		Tx string `json:"tx"`
+	}{}
+
+	// No error decoding the JSON
+	require.Nil(t, cdc.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(body), &encodeResp))
+
+	// Check that the base64 decodes
+	decodedBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(encodeResp.Tx)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Check that the transaction decodes as expected
+	var decodedTx auth.StdTx
+	require.Nil(t, cdc.UnmarshalBinaryLengthPrefixed(decodedBytes, &decodedTx))
+	require.Equal(t, memo, decodedTx.Memo)
+}
+
 func TestTxs(t *testing.T) {
 	kb, err := keys.NewKeyBaseFromDir(InitClientHome(t, ""))
 	require.NoError(t, err)

client/lcd/swagger-ui/swagger.yaml

@@ -334,6 +334,39 @@ paths:
           description: The Tx was malformated
         500:
           description: Server internal error
+  /tx/encode:
+    post:
+      tags:
+        - ICS20
+      summary: Encode a transaction to wire format
+      description: Encode a transaction (signed or not) from JSON to base64-encoded Amino serialized bytes
+      consumes:
+        - application/json
+      produces:
+        - application/json
+      parameters:
+        - in: body
+          name: tx
+          description: The transaction to encode
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              tx:
+                $ref: "#/definitions/StdTx"
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: Transaction was successfully decoded and re-encoded
+          schema:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              tx:
+                type: string
+                example: The base64-encoded Amino-serialized bytes for the transaction
+        400:
+          description: The Tx was malformated
+        500:
+          description: Server internal error
   /bank/balances/{address}:
     get:
       summary: Get the account balances

cmd/gaia/cli_test/cli_test.go

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package clitest
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/cmd/gaia/app"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/tests"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking"
 )
@@ -587,7 +590,7 @@ func TestGaiaCLIValidateSignatures(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Empty(t, stderr)
 
 	// write  unsigned tx to file
-	unsignedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	unsignedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(unsignedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// validate we can successfully sign
@@ -600,7 +603,7 @@ func TestGaiaCLIValidateSignatures(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, fooAddr.String(), stdTx.GetSigners()[0].String())
 
 	// write signed tx to file
-	signedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	signedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(signedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// validate signatures
@@ -610,7 +613,7 @@ func TestGaiaCLIValidateSignatures(t *testing.T) {
 	// modify the transaction
 	stdTx.Memo = "MODIFIED-ORIGINAL-TX-BAD"
 	bz := marshalStdTx(t, stdTx)
-	modSignedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, string(bz))
+	modSignedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, string(bz))
 	defer os.Remove(modSignedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// validate signature validation failure due to different transaction sig bytes
@@ -659,7 +662,7 @@ func TestGaiaCLISendGenerateSignAndBroadcast(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, len(msg.Msgs), 1)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	unsignedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	unsignedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(unsignedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Test sign --validate-signatures
@@ -676,7 +679,7 @@ func TestGaiaCLISendGenerateSignAndBroadcast(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, fooAddr.String(), msg.GetSigners()[0].String())
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	signedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	signedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(signedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Test sign --validate-signatures
@@ -732,23 +735,23 @@ func TestGaiaCLIMultisignInsufficientCosigners(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	unsignedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	unsignedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(unsignedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Sign with foo's key
 	success, stdout, _ = f.TxSign(keyFoo, unsignedTxFile.Name(), "--multisig", fooBarBazAddr.String())
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	fooSignatureFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	fooSignatureFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(fooSignatureFile.Name())
 
 	// Multisign, not enough signatures
 	success, stdout, _ = f.TxMultisign(unsignedTxFile.Name(), keyFooBarBaz, []string{fooSignatureFile.Name()})
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	signedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	signedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(signedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Validate the multisignature
@@ -760,6 +763,42 @@ func TestGaiaCLIMultisignInsufficientCosigners(t *testing.T) {
 	require.False(t, success)
 }
 
+func TestGaiaCLIEncode(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	f := InitFixtures(t)
+
+	// start gaiad server
+	proc := f.GDStart()
+	defer proc.Stop(false)
+
+	cdc := app.MakeCodec()
+
+	// Build a testing transaction and write it to disk
+	barAddr := f.KeyAddress(keyBar)
+	sendTokens := staking.TokensFromTendermintPower(10)
+	success, stdout, stderr := f.TxSend(keyFoo, barAddr, sdk.NewCoin(denom, sendTokens), "--generate-only", "--memo", "deadbeef")
+	require.True(t, success)
+	require.Empty(t, stderr)
+
+	// Write it to disk
+	jsonTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	defer os.Remove(jsonTxFile.Name())
+
+	// Run the encode command, and trim the extras from the stdout capture
+	success, base64Encoded, _ := f.TxEncode(jsonTxFile.Name())
+	require.True(t, success)
+	trimmedBase64 := strings.Trim(base64Encoded, "\"\n")
+
+	// Decode the base64
+	decodedBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(trimmedBase64)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Check that the transaction decodes as epxceted
+	var decodedTx auth.StdTx
+	require.Nil(t, cdc.UnmarshalBinaryLengthPrefixed(decodedBytes, &decodedTx))
+	require.Equal(t, "deadbeef", decodedTx.Memo)
+}
+
 func TestGaiaCLIMultisignSortSignatures(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	f := InitFixtures(t)
@@ -785,23 +824,23 @@ func TestGaiaCLIMultisignSortSignatures(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	unsignedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	unsignedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(unsignedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Sign with foo's key
 	success, stdout, _ = f.TxSign(keyFoo, unsignedTxFile.Name(), "--multisig", fooBarBazAddr.String())
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	fooSignatureFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	fooSignatureFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(fooSignatureFile.Name())
 
 	// Sign with baz's key
 	success, stdout, _ = f.TxSign(keyBaz, unsignedTxFile.Name(), "--multisig", fooBarBazAddr.String())
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	bazSignatureFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	bazSignatureFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(bazSignatureFile.Name())
 
 	// Multisign, keys in different order
@@ -810,7 +849,7 @@ func TestGaiaCLIMultisignSortSignatures(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	signedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	signedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(signedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Validate the multisignature
@@ -848,23 +887,23 @@ func TestGaiaCLIMultisign(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Empty(t, stderr)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	unsignedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	unsignedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(unsignedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Sign with foo's key
 	success, stdout, _ = f.TxSign(keyFoo, unsignedTxFile.Name(), "--multisig", fooBarBazAddr.String())
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	fooSignatureFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	fooSignatureFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(fooSignatureFile.Name())
 
 	// Sign with bar's key
 	success, stdout, _ = f.TxSign(keyBar, unsignedTxFile.Name(), "--multisig", fooBarBazAddr.String())
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	barSignatureFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	barSignatureFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(barSignatureFile.Name())
 
 	// Multisign
@@ -873,7 +912,7 @@ func TestGaiaCLIMultisign(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, success)
 
 	// Write the output to disk
-	signedTxFile := writeToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
+	signedTxFile := WriteToNewTempFile(t, stdout)
 	defer os.Remove(signedTxFile.Name())
 
 	// Validate the multisignature

cmd/gaia/cli_test/test_helpers.go

@@ -279,12 +279,18 @@ func (f *Fixtures) TxSign(signer, fileName string, flags ...string) (bool, strin
 	return executeWriteRetStdStreams(f.T, addFlags(cmd, flags), app.DefaultKeyPass)
 }
 
-// TxBroadcast is gaiacli tx sign
+// TxBroadcast is gaiacli tx broadcast
 func (f *Fixtures) TxBroadcast(fileName string, flags ...string) (bool, string, string) {
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("gaiacli tx broadcast %v %v", f.Flags(), fileName)
 	return executeWriteRetStdStreams(f.T, addFlags(cmd, flags), app.DefaultKeyPass)
 }
 
+// TxEncode is gaiacli tx encode
+func (f *Fixtures) TxEncode(fileName string, flags ...string) (bool, string, string) {
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("gaiacli tx encode %v %v", f.Flags(), fileName)
+	return executeWriteRetStdStreams(f.T, addFlags(cmd, flags), app.DefaultKeyPass)
+}
+
 // TxMultisign is gaiacli tx multisign
 func (f *Fixtures) TxMultisign(fileName, name string, signaturesFiles []string,
 	flags ...string) (bool, string, string) {
@@ -625,7 +631,8 @@ func queryTags(tags []string) (out string) {
 	return strings.TrimSuffix(out, "&")
 }
 
-func writeToNewTempFile(t *testing.T, s string) *os.File {
+// Write the given string to a new temporary file
+func WriteToNewTempFile(t *testing.T, s string) *os.File {
 	fp, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "cosmos_cli_test_")
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 	_, err = fp.WriteString(s)

cmd/gaia/cmd/gaiacli/main.go

@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ func txCmd(cdc *amino.Codec, mc []sdk.ModuleClients) *cobra.Command {
 		client.LineBreak,
 		authcmd.GetSignCommand(cdc),
 		authcmd.GetMultiSignCommand(cdc),
-		bankcmd.GetBroadcastCommand(cdc),
+		authcmd.GetBroadcastCommand(cdc),
+		authcmd.GetEncodeCommand(cdc),
 		client.LineBreak,
 	)