# gochain_explorer

**Repository Path**: tarzansos/gochain_explorer

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: gochain_explorer
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2019-01-03
- **Last Updated**: 2020-12-19

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## README

# GoChain Block Explorer
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Simple interface for exploring the GoChain blockchain.

## Local installation

Clone the repo

`git clone https://github.com/gochain-io/explorer`

Download [Nodejs and npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node "Nodejs install") if you don't have them

Install dependencies:

`npm install`

Install mongodb:

MacOS: 

```
brew install mongodb
mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
```

Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org`

## Populate the DB

This will fetch and parse the entire blockchain.

Basic settings(environment variables):

PORT - server port where UI is running
MONGO_URI - url to mongo DB ('mongodb://localhost/blockDB')
RPC_URL - URL of the gochain (default it http://localhost:8545)

### Run:

Modify `.env.sh` to include proper environment variables:

    export PORT=8000
    export MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/blockDB
    export RPC_URL=https://testnet-rpc.gochain.io:443
    export RPC_IP=testnet-rpc.gochain.io

Then run `npm start`

Leave this running in the background to continuously fetch new blocks.

## Docker

Build:

`docker build -t gochain/explorer .`

Run:

 `docker run -e PORT=3000 -e RPC_HOST=$YOUR_RPC_HOST --net=host gochain/explorer`

* take in account that mongo should be running on same host (--net=host)