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A basic front-end for the Substrate Society pallet
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A basic front-end for the Substrate Society pallet

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# Substrate Front End Template



This template allows you to create a front-end application that connects to a

[Substrate](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate) node back-end with minimal

configuration. To learn about Substrate itself, visit the

[Substrate Developer Hub](https://substrate.dev).



The template is built with [Create React App](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app)

and [Polkadot js API](https://polkadot.js.org/api/). Familiarity with these tools

will be helpful, but the template strives to be self-explanatory. To learn how

this template was built, visit the

[Substrate Front-End Tutorial](https://substrate.dev/docs/en/tutorials/substrate-front-end/).



## Using The Template



### Installation



The code can be installed using [git](https://git-scm.com/) and [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/).



```bash

# Clone the repository

git clone https://substrate-developer-hub/substrate-front-end-template.git

cd ./substrate-front-end-template

```



```bash

yarn install

```



## Usage



You can start the template in development mode to connect to a locally running node



```bash

yarn start

```



You can also build the app in production mode,



```bash

yarn build

```

and open `build/index.html` in your favorite browser.



## Configuration



The template's configuration is stored in the `src/config` directory, with

`common.json` being loaded first, then the environment-specific json file,

and finally environment variables, with precedence.



* `development.json` affects the development environment

* `test.json` affects the test environment, triggered in `yarn test` command.

* `production.json` affects the production environment, triggered in

`yarn build` command.



Some environment variables are read and integrated in the template `config` object,

including:



* `REACT_APP_PROVIDER_SOCKET` overriding `config[PROVIDER_SOCKET]`

* `REACT_APP_DEVELOPMENT_KEYRING` overriding `config[DEVELOPMENT_KEYRING]`



More on [React environment variables](https://create-react-app.dev/docs/adding-custom-environment-variables).



When writing and deploying your own front end, you should configure:



* `CUSTOM_TYPES` in `src/config/common.json`. See

  [Extending types](https://polkadot.js.org/api/start/types.extend.html).

* `PROVIDER_SOCKET` in `src/config/production.json` pointing to your own

  deployed node.

* `DEVELOPMENT_KEYRING` in `src/config/common.json` be set to `false`.

  See [Keyring](https://polkadot.js.org/api/start/keyring.html).



## Reusable Components



### useSubstrate Custom Hook



The custom hook `useSubstrate` provides access to the Polkadot js API and thus the

keyring and the blockchain itself. Specifically it exposes this API.



```js

{

  socket,

  types,

  keyring,

  keyringState,

  api,

  apiState,

}

```



- `socket` - The remote provider socket it is connecting to.

- `types` - The custom types used in the connected node.

- `keyring` - A keyring of accounts available to the user.

- `keyringState` - One of `"READY"` or `"ERROR"` states. `keyring` is valid

only when `keyringState === "READY"`.

- `api` - The remote api to the connected node.

- `apiState` - One of `"CONNECTING"`, `"READY"`, or `"ERROR"` states. `api` is valid

only when `apiState === "READY"`.



### TxButton Component



The [TxButton](./src/substrate-lib/components/TxButton.js) handles basic

[query](https://polkadot.js.org/api/start/api.query.html) and

[transaction](https://polkadot.js.org/api/start/api.tx.html) requests to the

connected node. You can reuse this component for a wide variety of queries and

transactions. See [src/Transfer.js](./src/Transfer.js) for a transaction example

and [src/ChainState.js](./src/ChainState.js) for a query example.



### Account Selector



The [Account Selector](./src/AccountSelector.js) provides the user with a unified way to

select their account from a keyring. If the Balances module is installed in the runtime,

it also displays the user's token balance. It is included in the template already.