Supplying a vector parameter in Aptos Explorer

[Alexzander-Stone]

Asked by mononok3 in Discord (#dev-discussion):

How to enter vectors in explorer input?

Keywords
Aptos Explorer, input, arguments, vector

[Alexzander-Stone]

The values that you're supplying need to be wrapped in square brackets.

Here's an example of an input you could give for a vector on Aptos Explorer.

Argument header
arg0: vector<u8>
User input
[97, 98, 99]

[bokobza]

Hi @Alexzander-Stone, is there any way to do this from the Explorer itself?

[Alexzander-Stone]

Hi @huisq and @bokobza, the PR I mentioned is live. 😌

Refresh you cache, and feel free to check it out against this testnet example.

[bokobza]

Hi @Alexzander-Stone , that's a quick turnover thanks.
What is the input supposed to look like for vector of vectors? I have an hex string, which the simple vector used to be able to transform to u8 but this doesn't seem to work anymore.
Still, I did a few tests and the results aren't as expected.
I'm expecting to see something similar to what I see here in the payload tab https://explorer.aptoslabs.com/txn/981112467/payload?network=testnet, so an array of numbers, but no matter whatever I try, I get something different.

input: ["a11ceb0b06", "111ceb0b06"]
transaction:
https://explorer.aptoslabs.com/txn/0x999b9283654d765eef7077eb18651d54ae01a8e5e4959ba6951ea8e9fcfe8cae/payload?network=testnet
result:

arguments:[
0:[
0:"0x61313163656230623036"
1:"0x31313163656230623036"]]

input: ["0xa11ceb0b06", "0x111ceb0b06"]
transaction: https://explorer.aptoslabs.com/txn/0x4f4ea3de80b7d3790a01329e7cb5ddde959423db53a6b1d713bc56b1cde75934/payload?network=testnet
result:

arguments:[
0:[
0:"0x307861313163656230623036"
1:"0x307831313163656230623036"]]

input: [["0xa11ceb0b06"], ["0x111ceb0b06"]]
transaction: https://explorer.aptoslabs.com/txn/0xe78f35034e08b7675002f4da0a7e3e2100fd8c6b9804c7466a22a70cff3d0884/payload?network=testnet
result:

arguments:[
0:[
0:"0x00"
1:"0x00"]]

anything else is giving me an error in the console.

[Alexzander-Stone]

Since takes_vector_of_vector is expecting an input of u8, you're not able to supply hex strings on the Aptos Explorer. Instead, you'll need to convert your data into the u8 array representation.

It's possible we could add an automatic conversion, here... let me think on it for a sec. In the meanwhile, feel free to create an enhancement on the Aptos Explorer repo to expedite the feature @bokobza. Thanks for the heads up! 🫡

[bokobza]

Hi @Alexzander-Stone , I've been translating the hex to u8 in the meantime 🙏
I'll see if I can make the explorer work. Thanks a lot!