Proxy Contracts

Ape is able to detect proxy contracts so that it uses the target interface when interacting with a contract. The following proxies are supported in ape-ethereum:

Proxy Type	Short Description
Minimal	EIP-1167
Standard	EIP-1967
Beacon	EIP-1967
UUPS	EIP-1822
Vyper	vyper <0.2.9 create_forwarder_to
Clones	0xsplits clones
Safe	Formerly Gnosis Safe
OpenZeppelin	OZ Upgradable
Delegate	EIP-897
ZeroAge	A minimal proxy
SoladyPush0	Uses PUSH0

Proxy detection occurs when attempting to retrieve contract types in Ape. Ape uses various sources to find contract types, such as explorer APIs. See this guide to learn more about initializing contracts.

from ape import Contract

my_contract = Contract("0x...")

Ape will check the address you give it and detect if it hosts a proxy contract. In the case where it determines the address is a proxy contract, it resolves the address of the implementation (every proxy is different) and returns the interface for the implementation contract. This allows you to still call methods as you normally do on proxy contracts.

# `my_contract` address points to a proxy with no methods in the interface
# However, Ape detected the implementation type and can find methods to call that way.
my_contract.my_method(sender=account)