Node RPC Access

You can access Node RPC directly from your Web3 Action functions. This allows you to send transactions on the Mainnet or testnets and read on-chain data automatically through Web3 Actions.

Setting up Web3 Actions to access the blockchain requires minimal setup — a single Javascript variable. No need to worry about copying/pasting RPC URLs, managing secret keys, etc. Tenderly takes care of all this for you in the background.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to configure your Web3 Action function code to use Tenderly’s production node to access the Mainnet.

Node RPC in Context

In Web3 Actions, access to Tenderly’s node is enabled through the context object. Learn more about Web3 Actions Context here.

The context object contains a property called gateways which gives you access to the getGateway() method. This method requires one argument Network, which is used to specify the network you want to access.

The Network argument is also an object which gives you access to all the supported networks in Node RPC:

• Network.MAINNET
• Network.GOERLI
• Network.SEPOLIA
• Network.HOLESKY
• Network.POLYGON
• Network.MUMBAI
• Network.OPTIMISTIC
• Network.OPTIMISTIC_GOERLI
• Network.ARBITRUM_SEPOLIA
• Network.BASE
• Network.BASE_GOERLI
• Network.BOBA_ETHEREUM
• Network.BOBA_GOERLI
• Network.BOBA_BINANCE
• Network.BOBA_BINANCE_RIALTO

You can see the network list in @tenderly/actions npm package here.

To demonstrate how all of this comes together, here’s an example Javascript variable that is configured to access the Mainnet:

const defaultGatewayURL = context.gateways.getGateway(Network.MAINNET);

Example Web3 Action function to access the Mainnet

Let’s create a simple Web3 Action that will get triggered every time a new block is mined on the Mainnet. Each time a block gets mined, the Web3 Action will execute the custom code, also referred to as “function”. Read more about Web3 Action functions here.

For the sake of simplicity, the example function below will get the block number of the latest block mined and log it to the console.

You can read the comments to understand what each line of code does.

// Required libraries that must be included for the code to work
const ethers = require('ethers');
const { Network } = require('@tenderly/actions');
 
// Do not change the default 'actionFn' name.
const actionFn = async (context, blockEvent) => {
  // Setting a variable that will store the Node RPC RPC URL and secret key
  const defaultGatewayURL = context.gateways.getGateway(Network.MAINNET);
 
  // Using the Ethere.js provider class to call the RPC URL
  const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(defaultGatewayURL);
 
  // Logging the block number of the latest mined block
  console.log(await provider.getBlockNumber());
};
 
// Exporting the default module. Do not change this.
module.exports = { actionFn };

Next, go to the Dashboard → Web3 Actions → Add Action.

• For the Trigger Type, select Block.
• In the Function textbox, paste the code from the example above and click Next.

• Set the Trigger by selecting the network. In our case, that is Mainnet.
• Also, set the Block Period to tell Tenderly how often to execute the Web3 Action function. For example, if you put 1, the Web3 Action will be executed once every block is mined.
• In the Info fields, add a name for the Web3 Action and an optional description.
• You can also set a Destination where you’ll receive notifications about failed executions of the Web3 Action.
• Lastly, click Create to deploy the Web3 Action.

From the Execution History page, we can see that the Web3 Action is being executed successfully.

You can click on the Execution ID to see details about the executed Web3 Action and the payload in JSON.

Helpful resources

For more information on how to manage your Web3 Actions and monitor execution errors, read the following guides:

• Managing Web3 Actions
• Error Reporting for Web3 Actions