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Energy Web Origin Architecture

Energy Web Origin is comprised of a user interface, a backend, and multiple SDKs that can be used individually, or in conjunction with each other. Each SDK is composed of one or several NPM packages.

origin-architecture Figure 1: Core SDK components and architecture

SDK API Packages

Each SDK has an API package:

The API package has one or several NestJS modules in the /pods directory. Each module contains code relevant for a specific feature. In general, each NestJS module has:

  • A controller that manages requests and responses to the client
  • A .entity file that maps an entity to the database repository
  • A .service file that provides methods to fetch and transform data
  • Data Transfer Object (DTO) file(s) that provide Data Transfer Objects, which are representations of the data that are exposed to the endpoint consumer
  • A module class that is used by NestJS to structure the application

The Origin-backend package is also a NestJS application.

Data Persistence

API services fetch, update and persist data. Data is persisted using PostgreSQL, and TypeORM is used to integrate the database into the NestJS application. You can view the package's database connection configuration in the ormconfig.ts file.

Events and Commands

In addition to services, the NestJS modules use Commands and Events to encapsulate logic and, in the case of an event, respond asynchronously to something that has occured in the application. Events and commands are emitted and responded to within and between an SDK's packages using the NestJS CQRS module.

Smart Contracts

The Issuer (@energyweb/issuer) and Exchange Token Account (@energyweb/exchange-token-account) packages contain their respective SDK's smart contracts.

  • See documentation for Issuer smart contracts here
  • See documentation for the Exchange Token Account smart contract here

Deployment

The Issuer and Exchange Token Account packages use Truffle to compile and migrate smart contracts.

Blockchain Libraries

  • Packages use ethers to interact with smart contracts on the blockchain.

  • The Issuer and Exchange Token Account packages use typechain to generate TypeScript classes for smart contracts.