paritytech / paritytech/subxt

add example `low-level API for the chain head driver`

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Description

Currently we have only provided one example how to initialize the chainHead backend with the background task provided by subxt, found here

However, it's also possible to use the low-level API where the user is responsible for polling the driver themselves and we need be extra clear that the driver to be run to completion to shutdown properly.

For instance if one bail on the first error seen, the stopped state may not be propagated properly. See #1817 for further explanation about that.

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Research direction

Start with subxt/examples/setup_rpc_chainhead_backend.rs and the low-level API in subxt/src/backend/chain_head/mod.rs. Add an example showing users polling the driver themselves and running it to completion so shutdown state is propagated correctly; use #1817 for the error-handling context.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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