Cast

Casting Spells

A "spell" denotes a sequence of connector function calls that achieves a particular use case. Spells can comprise of any number of functions across any number of connectors. So, in essence, performing DeFi operations through Instadapp consists of creating a Spell instance to add transactions. This guide shows how you can use spells to perform operations in your dapp.

Create a "Spell" instance -

let spells = dsa.Spell();

Add spells for the transactions you want to execute in your dapp to this instance using the add() method. As an example, let's try to execute the following sequence of transactions using casting -

• Deposit 1 ETH to Aave
• Borrow 100 DAI
• Deposit borrowed DAI on Compound

spells.add({  connector: "AAVE-V2-A", // ID for AAVE connector  method: "deposit",  args: [    "0xEeeeeEeeeEeEeeEeEeEeeEEEeeeeEeeeeeeeEEeE", // address to be used for ETH transactions on AAVE    "1000000000000000000", // 1 ETH (10^18 wei)    0,    0,  ],});spells.add({  connector: "AAVE-V2-A",  method: "borrow",  args: [    "0x6B175474E89094C44Da98b954EedeAC495271d0F", // DAI token contract address    "100000000000000000000",    1, // rateMode - to decide between stable and variable interest rates while borrowing    0,    0,  ],});spells.add({  connector: "COMPOUND-A", // ID for Compound connector  method: "deposit",  args: [    "DAI-A", // DAI token id    "100000000000000000000",    0,    0,  ],});

For more details on the arguments required for various methods in connectors, refer to the connector docs of the respective protocol (Connector docs - here).

Note: Make sure your account has enough ETH (and ERC20) balance before executing transactions.

Finally, we execute the added spells using the cast() method.

// in async functionslet transactionHash = await spells.cast();// orspells.cast().then(console.log); // returns transaction hash

You can also pass an object to send optional parameters like sending ETH along with transaction.

spells.cast({  gasPrice: web3.utils.toWei(gasPrice, "gwei"), // in gwei, required in node implementation.  value: "1000000000000000000", // sending 1 Eth along the transaction.  nonce: nonce,});

Below is a list of all (optional) parameters you can pass with the cast() method -

This will send the transaction to blockchain in node implementation (or ask users to confirm the transaction on web3 wallet like Metamask).

Check out the FAQs section for more details on these functions.