Configure Ape

An ape-config.yaml file allows you to configure ape. This guide serves as an index of the settings you can include in an ape-config.yaml file.

Contracts Folder

Specify a different path to your contracts/ directory. This is useful when using a different naming convention, such as src/ rather than contracts/.

contracts_folder: src

You can also use an absolute path. This is useful for projects that compile contracts outside their directory.

contracts_folder: "~/GlobalContracts"

Default Ecosystem

You can change the default ecosystem by including the following:

default_ecosystem: fantom

The default ecosystem is ethereum.

Dependencies

Configure dependencies for your ape project. Ape downloads and caches dependencies in the .ape/packages/<name>/<version-id> directory where <name> refers to the name of the dependency and <version-id> refers to the version or branch of the package.

For example:

dependencies:
  - name: OpenZeppelin
    github: OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts
    version: 4.4.2

will download the Open Zeppelin package with version 4.4.2.

WARN: The version: config first attempts to use an official GitHub release, but if the release is not found, it will check the release tags. If you know the version is not available as an official release, bypass the original check by using the ref: key. The ref: key is also used for installing branches.

For example, to install a version available as a git tag, do the following:

dependencies:
  - name: Uniswap
    github: Uniswap/v3-core
    ref: v1.0.0

The ref: config installs the code from that reference; the version: config uses the official GitHub release API, and then only if that fails will it check the git references. Often times, the v prefix is required when using tags. However, if cloning the tag fails, ape will retry with a v prefix. Bypass the original failing attempt by including a v in your dependency config.

To ignore files from a dependency project, use the exclude setting to specify glob patterns:

dependencies:
  - name: dependency-project-name
    github: org-name/dependency-project-name
    exclude:
      - package.json    # Ignore package.json files.
      - mocks/**/*      # Ignore all files in the 'mocks' directory

To use dependencies in the ape-solidity plugin, configure import_remappings:

solidity: 
  import_remapping:
    - "@openzeppelin=OpenZeppelin/4.4.2"

Now, in your solidity files, import OpenZeppelin sources via:

import "@openzeppelin/token/ERC721/ERC721.sol";

You can also set the name of the dependency’s contracts folder, e.g.:

dependencies:
  - name: DappToolsERC20
    github: dapphub/erc20
    ref: dappnix
    contracts_folder: src

You can also use local dependencies:

dependencies:
  - name: MyDependency
    local: local/path/to/MyDependency
    contracts_folder: src/contracts

This is helpful when:

Working on multiple packages at once
When there is not a suitable DependencyAPI implementation available for downloading your dependency

Deployments

Share import deployments to public networks with your teammates:

deployments:
  ethereum:
    mainnet:
      - contract_type: MyContract
        address: 0xc123aAacCcbBbaAa444777000111222111222111
    ropsten:
      - contract_type: MyContract
        address: 0xc222000cCcbBbaAa444777000111222111222222

Geth

When using the geth provider, you can customize its settings. For example, to change the URI for an Ethereum network, do:

geth:
  ethereum:
    mainnet:
      uri: http://localhost:5030

Networks

Set default network and network providers:

ethereum:
  default_network: mainnet-fork
  mainnet_fork:
    default_provider: hardhat

Set the gas limit for a given network:

ethereum:
  default_network: mainnet-fork
  mainnet_fork:
    gas_limit: max

You may use one of:

"auto" - gas limit is estimated for each transaction
"max" - the maximum block gas limit is used
A number or numeric string, base 10 or 16 (e.g. 1234, "1234", 0x1234, "0x1234")

For the local network configuration, the default is "max". Otherwise it is "auto".

Plugins

Set which plugins you want to always use:

plugins:
  - name: solidity
    version: 0.1.0b2
  - name: ens

Install these plugins by running command:

ape plugins install

Testing

Configure your test accounts:

test:
  mnemonic: test test test test test test test test test test test junk
  number_of_accounts: 5