Hummingbot Gateway

Introduction

Hummingbot Gateway is an API/CLI client that exposes standardized REST endponts to perform actions and fetch data from blockchain networks (wallet, node & chain interaction) and their decentralized exchanges (DEX) (pricing, trading & liquidity provision).

Gateway is written in Typescript in order to use Javascript-based SDKs provided by blockchains and DEX protocols. The advantage of using Gateway is it provides a standardizedm, language-agnostic approach to interacting with these protocols.

Gateway may be used alongside the main Hummingbot client to enable trading and market making on DEXs, or as a standalone command line interface (CLI).

Gateway uses Swagger for API documentation. When Gateway is started in HTTP mode, it automatically generates interactive Swagger API docs at: http://localhost:15888/docs

Installation from Source

Install NodeJS 20+

We recommend downloading the graphical installer from the NodeJS official site.

For terminal-based users, follow the steps below to install from a Linux-based machine (Ubunbu 20+)

#  Ensure your package list is up to date and install curl
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y curl

# Add Node 20.x repository
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -


# Install the default versions from Ubuntu’s repository:
sudo apt install -y nodejs

# Check Node.js version: 
nodejs --version

Install pnpm package manager

pnpm is a faster and more space-efficient package manager than npm.

# Install PNPM globally
sudo npm install -g pnpm

# Check pnpm version
pnpm --version

Clone Gateway repo

# Clone Github repo
git clone https://github.com/hummingbot/gateway.git

# Go to newly created folder
cd gateway

# Switch to `core-2.5 branch
git checkout core-2.5

Setup Gateway

# Install JS libraries
pnpm install

# Complile Typescript into JS
pnpm build

# Run Gateway setup script, which helps you set configs and CERTS_PATH
pnpm run setup

Start Gateway

You can run Gateway in the Gateway server in unencrypted HTTP mode using the --dev flag. Note that a passphrase is still needed to encrypt and decrypt wallets used in executing transactions.

pnpm start --passphrase=<PASSPHRASE> --dev

To start the Gateway server in HTTPS mode, run the command without the --dev flag. Make sure to use the same passphrase that you used to generate certs in the Hummingbot client.

pnpm start --passphrase=<PASSPHRASE>

Installation with Docker

Build the Gateway Docker image locally by executing the below command. You may replace development with a tag of your choice.

docker build \
  --build-arg BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) \
  --build-arg COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD) \
  --build-arg BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d") \
  -t hummingbot/gateway:development -f Dockerfile .

Start Gateway from Docker

Start a container in HTTPS mode using this development Docker image. Make sure to replace <PASSPHRASE> with the passphrase you used to generate the certs in the Hummingbot client.

docker run --name gateway \
  -p 15888:15888 \
  -v "$(pwd)/conf:/home/gateway/conf" \
  -v "$(pwd)/logs:/home/gateway/logs" \
  -v "$(pwd)/db:/home/gateway/db" \
  -v "$(pwd)/certs:/home/gateway/certs" \
  -e GATEWAY_PASSPHRASE=<PASSPHRASE> \
  hummingbot/gateway:development

Afterwards, clients with valid certificates can connect to Gateway at: https://localhost:15888

You may also start the container in HTTP mode by setting the DEV environment variable to true. Note that this will disable HTTPS and allow unauthenticated access to Gateway and its endpoints.

docker run --name gateway \
  -p 15888:15888 \
  -v "$(pwd)/conf:/home/gateway/conf" \
  -v "$(pwd)/logs:/home/gateway/logs" \
  -v "$(pwd)/db:/home/gateway/db" \
  -v "$(pwd)/certs:/home/gateway/certs" \
  -e DEV=true \
  hummingbot/gateway:development

Afterwards, client may connect to Gateway at: http://localhost:15888 and you can access the Swagger documentation UI at: http://localhost:15888/docs

CLI Commands

When running Gateway from source, it provides a CLI interface for interacting with chains and DEXs. After installing from source, you can enable the gateway command by linking the CLI globally:

pnpm link --global

Afterwards, you can use the gateway command to see available commands:

gateway

Sample commands:

# Check wallet balances (requires running server)
gateway balance --chain solana --wallet <WALLET_ADDRESS>

# Build project from source (same as pnpm build)
gateway build

# Start the API server (same as pnpm start)
gateway start --passphrase=<PASSPHRASE> [--dev]

# Get command help
gateway help [COMMAND]

Note: Similar to the server, CLI commands require a passphrase argument used to encrypt and decrypt wallets used in executing transactions. Set the passphrase using the --passphrase argument when starting the server or by setting the GATEWAY_PASSPHRASE environment variable:

export GATEWAY_PASSPHRASE=<PASSPHRASE>

Contribution

Gateway is part of the open source Hummingbot project, which is powered by community contributions. Please see the Contributing guide in the Hummingbot docs for more information.

Here are some ways that you can contribute to Gateway:

• File an issue at hummingbot issues
• Make a pull request
• Edit the docs
• Vote in quarterly polls to decide which DEXs Gateway should support

Configuration

• To run in HTTP mode (for development), use pnpm start --dev. By default, Gateway runs in secure HTTPS mode.

• If you want Gateway to log to standard out, set logToStdOut to true in conf/server.yml.

• The format of configuration files are dictated by src/services/config-manager-v2.ts and the corresponding schema files in src/services/schema.

• For each supported chain, token lists that translate address to symbols for each chain are stored in /conf/lists. You can add tokens here to make them available to Gateway.

Architecture

Gateway is currently undergoing a large-scale refactor to improve codebase architecture and modularity. The Meteora connector serves as the reference implementation for this new architecture:

• src/connectors/meteora/meteora.ts: Core DEX connector class that implements the standard interface
• src/connectors/meteora/meteora.config.ts: Configuration for the DEX connector
• src/connectors/meteora/meteora.routes.ts: Route definitions and handlers
• src/connectors/meteora/routes/: Individual route implementations for each DEX operation

Other key files:

• src/services/clmm-interface.ts: Standard request and response interfaces for Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker (CLMM) DEXs
• src/chains/solana/solana.ts: Base class for Solana chain operations
• src/chains/solana/solana.routes.ts: Solana route definitions and handlers

Testing

For a pull request merged into the codebase, it has to pass unit test coverage requirements. Take a look at Workflow for more details.

Unit tests

Run all unit tests.

pnpm test:unit

Run an individual test folder or file

pnpm run jest test/<folder>/<file>

Manual tests

We have found it is useful to test individual endpoints with curl commands. We have a collection of prepared curl calls. POST bodies are stored in JSON files. Take a look at the curl calls for gateway. Note that some environment variables are expected.

Linting

This repo uses eslint and prettier. When you run git commit it will trigger the pre-commit hook. This will run eslint on the src and test directories.

You can lint before committing with:

pnpm run lint

You can run the prettifier before committing with:

pnpm run prettier