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+// Copyright 2019-2020 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of substrate-subxt.
+//
+// subxt is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// subxt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with substrate-subxt. If not, see .
+
+use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
+use substrate_subxt::{
+ balances::{
+ BalancesEventsDecoder,
+ TransferCallExt,
+ TransferEvent,
+ },
+ sp_core::Decode,
+ ClientBuilder,
+ DefaultNodeRuntime,
+ EventSubscription,
+ EventsDecoder,
+ PairSigner,
+};
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box> {
+ env_logger::init();
+
+ let signer = PairSigner::new(AccountKeyring::Alice.pair());
+ let dest = AccountKeyring::Bob.to_account_id().into();
+
+ let client = ClientBuilder::::new().build().await?;
+ let sub = client.subscribe_events().await?;
+ let mut decoder = EventsDecoder::::new(client.metadata().clone());
+ decoder.with_balances();
+ let mut sub = EventSubscription::::new(sub, decoder);
+ sub.filter_event::>();
+ client.transfer(&signer, &dest, 10_000).await?;
+ let raw = sub.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+ let event = TransferEvent::::decode(&mut &raw.data[..]);
+ if let Ok(e) = event {
+ println!("Balance transfer success: value: {:?}", e.amount);
+ } else {
+ println!("Failed to subscribe to Balances::Transfer Event");
+ }
+ Ok(())
+}