//! Example of using the IPC provider to get the latest block number.
 
use alloy::providers::{IpcConnect, Provider, ProviderBuilder};
use eyre::Result;
 
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    // Set up the IPC transport which is consumed by the RPC client.
    let ipc_path = "/tmp/reth.ipc";
 
    // Create the provider.
    let ipc = IpcConnect::new(ipc_path.to_string());
    let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().on_ipc(ipc).await?;
 
    let latest_block = provider.get_block_number().await?;
 
    println!("Latest block: {latest_block}");
 
    Ok(())
}