Alloy Book

Example: anvil_fork_provider

Example

To run this example:

• Clone the examples repository: git clone git@github.com:alloy-rs/examples.git
• Run: cargo run --example anvil_fork_provider

//! Example of spinning up a forked Anvil node using the [`ProviderBuilder`].

use alloy::providers::{ext::AnvilApi, ProviderBuilder};
use eyre::Result;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    // Spin up a forked Anvil node.
    // Ensure `anvil` is available in $PATH.
    let rpc_url = "https://eth.merkle.io";
    let provider = ProviderBuilder::new()
        .with_recommended_fillers()
        .on_anvil_with_config(|anvil| anvil.fork(rpc_url));

    // Get node info using the Anvil API.
    let info = provider.anvil_node_info().await?;

    println!("Node info: {:#?}", info);

    assert_eq!(info.environment.chain_id, 1);
    assert_eq!(info.fork_config.fork_url, Some(rpc_url.to_string()));

    Ok(())
}

Find the source code on Github here.