How can I copy and paste blockchain data from the AlethZero client?

Jikmo

I'm trying to copy some of the values from the Blockchain section of the AlethZero client in order to make a script work.

But nothing I try to copy from there works Ctrl + C, Ctrl + Shift + C, Ctrl + Insert. None of them.

I've tried copying some of the values by hand, but apparently, I keep making typos because my scripts always fail.

StephanTual

You can double click certain values to copy them - in particular your account addresses.

Jikmo

This doesn't work for the values in the Block Chain section.

StephanTual

That is correct, to copy your contract address from the GUI you're better off being offline, submit the contract-creating trx as pending, then CTRL+C within the pending panel. I'll try to find an easier way and update the tutorial.

tglauner

Is there an update on this? I know that there are many pressing development areas but a copy/paste function on the GUI might be important for the acceptance by users.

mids106

@TestAccount yeah, please file a bug https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/issues

chevdor

Hi Jikmo,

I agree this is annoying
There is an easy option to overcome that with AlethZero.
First you need to notice the number of the block you are interested in.

Then either you use the clunky javascript console of AZ or
you right click the web page area and open the inspector.
In the console, you can then type the following command:

web3.eth.block()

For instance: web3.eth.block(0)

You will get something similar to the following and there you can copy/paste as much as you want.

Object {difficulty: "0x020000", extraData: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", gasLimit: 1000000, hash: "32d9162f861a01bc8274e70b3cdb9d688fd7d8566f2f8c25cf1a882f244081c4", miner: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"…}
difficulty: "0x020000"
extraData: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
gasLimit: 1000000
hash: "32d9162f861a01bc8274e70b3cdb9d688fd7d8566f2f8c25cf1a882f244081c4"
miner: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
nonce: "0x04994f67dc55b09e814ab7ffc8df3686b4afb2bb53e60eae97ef043fe03fb829"
number: 0
parentHash: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
sha3Uncles: "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347"
stateRoot: "0x7e204dc9cfb7acdf062ff0b8052f7fcb0b7e6593754773967932ce458d134af3"
timestamp: 0
transactionsRoot: "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421"
....

I hope this helps.
-chevdor