fix: deprecate getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress

web3.js/src/connection.ts

@@ -931,13 +931,6 @@ const StakeActivationResult = pick({
   inactive: number(),
 });
 
-/**
- * Expected JSON RPC response for the "getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress" message
- */
-const GetConfirmedSignaturesForAddressRpcResult = jsonRpcResult(
-  array(string()),
-);
-
 /**
  * Expected JSON RPC response for the "getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress2" message
  */
@@ -2596,6 +2589,7 @@ export class Connection {
   /**
    * Fetch a list of all the confirmed signatures for transactions involving an address
    * within a specified slot range. Max range allowed is 10,000 slots.
+   * @deprecated Deprecated since v1.3. Use `Connection.getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress2()` instead.
    *
    * @param address queried address
    * @param startSlot start slot, inclusive
@@ -2606,17 +2600,59 @@ export class Connection {
     startSlot: number,
     endSlot: number,
   ): Promise<Array<TransactionSignature>> {
-    const unsafeRes = await this._rpcRequest(
+    let options: any = {};
-      'getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress',
+
-      [address.toBase58(), startSlot, endSlot],
+    let firstAvailableBlock = await this.getFirstAvailableBlock();
-    );
+    while (!('until' in options)) {
-    const res = create(unsafeRes, GetConfirmedSignaturesForAddressRpcResult);
+      startSlot--;
-    if ('error' in res) {
+      if (startSlot <= 0 || startSlot < firstAvailableBlock) {
-      throw new Error(
+        break;
-        'failed to get confirmed signatures for address: ' + res.error.message,
+      }
-      );
+
+      try {
+        const block = await this.getConfirmedBlockSignatures(startSlot);
+        if (block.signatures.length > 0) {
+          options.until = block.signatures[
+            block.signatures.length - 1
+          ].toString();
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err.message.includes('skipped')) {
+          continue;
+        } else {
+          throw err;
+        }
+      }
     }
-    return res.result;
+
+    let highestConfirmedRoot = await this.getSlot('finalized');
+    while (!('before' in options)) {
+      endSlot++;
+      if (endSlot > highestConfirmedRoot) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const block = await this.getConfirmedBlockSignatures(endSlot);
+        if (block.signatures.length > 0) {
+          options.before = block.signatures[
+            block.signatures.length - 1
+          ].toString();
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err.message.includes('skipped')) {
+          continue;
+        } else {
+          throw err;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    const confirmedSignatureInfo = await this.getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress2(
+      address,
+      options,
+    );
+    return confirmedSignatureInfo.map(info => info.signature);
   }
 
   /**

web3.js/test/connection.test.ts

@@ -597,9 +597,50 @@ describe('Connection', () => {
 
     // getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress tests...
     await mockRpcResponse({
-      method: 'getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress',
+      method: 'getFirstAvailableBlock',
-      params: [address.toBase58(), slot, slot + 1],
+      params: [],
-      value: [expectedSignature],
+      value: 0,
+    });
+    const mockSignature =
+      '5SHZ9NwpnS9zYnauN7pnuborKf39zGMr11XpMC59VvRSeDJNcnYLecmdxXCVuBFPNQLdCBBjyZiNCL4KoHKr3tvz';
+    await mockRpcResponse({
+      method: 'getConfirmedBlock',
+      params: [slot, {transactionDetails: 'signatures', rewards: false}],
+      value: {
+        blockTime: 1614281964,
+        blockhash: 'H5nJ91eGag3B5ZSRHZ7zG5ZwXJ6ywCt2hyR8xCsV7xMo',
+        previousBlockhash: 'H5nJ91eGag3B5ZSRHZ7zG5ZwXJ6ywCt2hyR8xCsV7xMo',
+        parentSlot: 1,
+        signatures: [mockSignature],
+      },
+    });
+    await mockRpcResponse({
+      method: 'getSlot',
+      params: [],
+      value: 123,
+    });
+    await mockRpcResponse({
+      method: 'getConfirmedBlock',
+      params: [slot + 2, {transactionDetails: 'signatures', rewards: false}],
+      value: {
+        blockTime: 1614281964,
+        blockhash: 'H5nJ91eGag3B5ZSRHZ7zG5ZwXJ6ywCt2hyR8xCsV7xMo',
+        previousBlockhash: 'H5nJ91eGag3B5ZSRHZ7zG5ZwXJ6ywCt2hyR8xCsV7xMo',
+        parentSlot: 1,
+        signatures: [mockSignature],
+      },
+    });
+    await mockRpcResponse({
+      method: 'getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress2',
+      params: [address.toBase58(), {before: mockSignature}],
+      value: [
+        {
+          signature: expectedSignature,
+          slot,
+          err: null,
+          memo: null,
+        },
+      ],
     });
 
     const confirmedSignatures = await connection.getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress(
@@ -611,17 +652,17 @@ describe('Connection', () => {
 
     const badSlot = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER - 1;
     await mockRpcResponse({
-      method: 'getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress',
+      method: 'getConfirmedBlock',
-      params: [address.toBase58(), badSlot, badSlot + 1],
+      params: [badSlot - 1, {transactionDetails: 'signatures', rewards: false}],
-      value: [],
+      error: {message: 'Block not available for slot ' + badSlot},
     });
-
+    expect(
-    const emptySignatures = await connection.getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress(
+      connection.getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress(
-      address,
+        address,
-      badSlot,
+        badSlot,
-      badSlot + 1,
+        badSlot + 1,
-    );
+      ),
-    expect(emptySignatures).to.have.length(0);
+    ).to.be.rejected;
 
     // getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress2 tests...
     await mockRpcResponse({