The documentation describes the HTTP API for the Sophia smart contract compiler on the æternity blockchain. It covers essential endpoints including contract compilation, ACI generation, calldata encoding/decoding, bytecode validation, and version information.
The documentation provides practical Docker deployment instructions and demonstrates real-world usage through examples with a SimpleStorage contract. Each example shows the complete request/response cycle using curl commands, illustrating how to compile contracts, validate bytecode, encode function calls, decode contract responses, and extract compiler information.
The interface primarily accepts and returns JSON-formatted data, with endpoints operating on port 3080 by default. The documentation serves as a comprehensive reference for developers building applications that interact with Sophia smart contracts on the æternity platform.
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