Ethereum Solidity + Vue.js Tutorial Simple Auction Dapp in 10 Minutes

Hello habr! Recently I noticed that there are very few tutorials for the Russian-speaking audience to enter the world of blockchain and develop there. I decided to share an article about smart contracts on Ethereum. This article once helped me a lot, to delve into the world of blockchain and develop smart contracts there. The original article at this link .





You may have heard of auctions where you can buy and sell things. While this is very convenient, sellers cost about 10% of their earnings to pay a maintenance fee to the auction management company.





If the company cheats some of the transactions itself and gets paid, how do you know if you have been cheated?





This is where decentralized installation is the optimal solution.

If there is no third party, sellers can earn more in a safe way.





Feature List

  1. Creating an auction





  2. Placing a bet





  3. End of the auction





Tools

  1. Smart contract Solidity  ,  Remix  ,  Metamask





  2. A Frontend Web3.js  ,  Vue.js  ,  Vieux-Klee  ,  boostrap-vu





Prerequisites

  1. MetaMask





  2. Remix IDE





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Github

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https://github.com/openberry-ac/Auction





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 Remix   AuctionBox.sol  :





// AuctionBox.sol
// We will be using Solidity version 0.5.3
pragma solidity 0.5.3;
// Importing OpenZeppelin's SafeMath Implementation
import "https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-solidity/contracts/math/SafeMath.sol";

contract AuctionBox{
    
    Auction[] public auctions; 
   
    function createAuction (
        string memory _title,
        uint _startPrice,
        string memory _description
        ) public{
        // set the new instance
        Auction newAuction = new Auction(msg.sender, _title, _startPrice, _description);
        // push the auction address to auctions array
        auctions.push(newAuction);
    }
    
    function returnAllAuctions() public view returns(Auction[] memory){
        return auctions;
    }
}

contract Auction {
    
    using SafeMath for uint256;
    
    address payable private owner; 
    string title;
    uint startPrice;
    string description;

    enum State{Default, Running, Finalized}
    State public auctionState;

    uint public highestPrice;
    address payable public highestBidder;
    mapping(address => uint) public bids;
    
    /** @dev constructor to creat an auction
      * @param _owner who call createAuction() in AuctionBox contract
      * @param _title the title of the auction
      * @param _startPrice the start price of the auction
      * @param _description the description of the auction
      */
      
    constructor(
        address payable _owner,
        string memory _title,
        uint _startPrice,
        string memory _description
        
        ) public {
        // initialize auction
        owner = _owner;
        title = _title;
        startPrice = _startPrice;
        description = _description;
        auctionState = State.Running;
    }
    
    modifier notOwner(){
        require(msg.sender != owner);
        _;
    }
    
    /** @dev Function to place a bid
      * @return true
      */
    
    function placeBid() public payable notOwner returns(bool) {
        require(auctionState == State.Running);
        require(msg.value > 0);
        // update the current bid
        // uint currentBid = bids[msg.sender] + msg.value;
        uint currentBid = bids[msg.sender].add(msg.value);
        require(currentBid > highestPrice);
        // set the currentBid links with msg.sender
        bids[msg.sender] = currentBid;
        // update the highest price
        highestPrice = currentBid;
        highestBidder = msg.sender;
        
        return true;
    }
    
    function finalizeAuction() public{
        //the owner and bidders can finalize the auction.
        require(msg.sender == owner || bids[msg.sender] > 0);
        
        address payable recipiant;
        uint value;
        
        // owner can get highestPrice
        if(msg.sender == owner){
            recipiant = owner;
            value = highestPrice;
        }
        // highestBidder can get no money
        else if (msg.sender == highestBidder){
            recipiant = highestBidder;
            value = 0;
        }
        // Other bidders can get back the money 
        else {
            recipiant = msg.sender;
            value = bids[msg.sender];
        }
        // initialize the value
        bids[msg.sender] = 0;
        recipiant.transfer(value);
        auctionState = State.Finalized;
    }
    
    /** @dev Function to return the contents od the auction
      * @return the title of the auction
      * @return the start price of the auction
      * @return the description of the auction
      * @return the state of the auction 
      */    
    
    function returnContents() public view returns(        
        string memory,
        uint,
        string memory,
        State
        ) {
        return (
            title,
            startPrice,
            description,
            auctionState
        );
    }
}
      
      



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# git clone the project template
git clone -b boilerplate --single-branch https://github.com/openberry-ac/Auction.git
# go inside the folder
cd Auction
# install packages needed in the web application
npm install
# install web3, this is for connecting the contract 
npm install -s web3@1.0.0-beta.37
# To run the app
npm run dev
      
      



 http://localhost:8080/





web3.js

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// web3.js
import Web3 from 'web3';

if (window.ethereum) {
  window.web3 = new Web3(ethereum);
  try {
    // Request account access if needed
    ethereum.enable();
  } catch (error) {
    // User denied account access...
  }
} else if (window.web3) { // Legacy dapp browsers...
  window.web3 = new Web3(web3.currentProvider);
} else { // Non-dapp browsers...
  console.log('Non-Ethereum browser detected. You should consider trying MetaMask!');
}
console.log(web3);
export default web3;
      
      



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//AuctionBoxInstance.js
import web3 from './web3';

const address = ''// THE CONTRACT ADDRESS
const abi = []// THE ABI

const instance = new web3.eth.Contract(abi, address);

export default instance;
      
      



// AuctionInstance.js
import web3 from './web3';

const abi = []// THE ABI
// Here is just only abi because we haven't created auction yet.
export default (address) => {
  const instance = new web3.eth.Contract(abi, address);
  return instance;
};
      
      







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beforeMount





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// App.vue
beforeMount() {
  // get auctionBox method: returnAllAuctions()
  auctionBox.methods
    .returnAllAuctions()
    .call()
    .then((auctions) => {
      console.log(auctions);
      // set the amount of auctions
      this.amount = auctions.length;
    });
},
      
      







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// App.vue
createAuction() {
  // get accounts
  web3.eth.getAccounts().then((accounts) => {
    // convert 'ether' to 'wei'
    const startPrice = web3.utils.toWei(this.startPrice, 'ether');
    // createAuction in AuctionBox contract
    this.isLoad = true;
    return auctionBox.methods.createAuction(this.title, startPrice, this.description)
      .send({ from: accounts[0] });
  }).then(() => {
    // initialize forms
    this.isLoad = false;
    this.title = '';
    this.startPrice = '';
    this.description = '';
    // get the previous auction
    return auctionBox.methods.returnAllAuctions().call();
  }).then((auctions) => {
    const index = auctions.length - 1;
    console.log(auctions[index]);
    // get the contract address of the previous auction
    this.auctionAddress = auctions[index];
    // set the address as the parameter
    const auctionInstance = auction(auctions[index]);
    return auctionInstance.methods.returnContents().call();
  })
    .then((lists) => {
      console.log(lists);
      const auctionlists = lists;
      // convert 'wei' to 'ether'
      auctionlists[1] = web3.utils.fromWei(auctionlists[1], 'ether');
      this.auctionCard = auctionlists;
      // show up the auction at the bottom of the page
      this.isShow = true;
      this.amount += 1;
    })
    .catch((err) => {
      console.log(err);
    });
},
      
      







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// App.vue
handleSubmit() {
  // convert 'ether' to 'wei'
  const bidPriceWei = web3.utils.toWei(this.bidPrice, 'ether');
  // get the wallet adddress
  const fromAddress = web3.eth.accounts.givenProvider.selectedAddress;
  // set the address as the parameter
  const selectedAuction = auction(this.auctionAddress);
  this.isBid = true;
  // placeBid in Auction contract
  selectedAuction.methods
    .placeBid()
    .send({
      from: fromAddress,
      value: bidPriceWei,
    })
    .then(() => {
      this.isBid = false;
      // increase the number of bidders
      this.bidders += 1;
      this.bidPrice = '';
    });
},
      
      







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// App.vue
handleFinalize() {
  // get accounts
  web3.eth.getAccounts().then((accounts) => {
    // set the address as the parameter
    const selectedAuction = auction(this.auctionAddress);
    this.isFin = true;
    // finalizeAuction in Auction contract
    selectedAuction.methods
      .finalizeAuction()
      .send({ from: accounts[0] })
      .then(() => {
        this.isFin = false;
        this.finalizeStatus = 'finalized';
      });
  });
},
      
      



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So what's next?





You might want to add logic for the "deadline" because this is important in a real auction application. We skipped it for now to avoid complexity and reduce time, but if you want to try building it,  it will help you a lot .





If you need the complete code for this tutorial, you can check it out here.








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