feat(cast): get logs in batch and count

[wetkeyboard]

I found some RPC providers doesn't support to query eth_logs in a large range, eg:

Fetch the USDT Transfer logs from block 17,000,000 to 18,000,000:

cast logs --from-block 17000000 --to-block 18000000 --address 0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7 "Transfer(address,address,uint256)"

The rpc provider response with:

Error: server returned an error response: error code -32600: params: fromBlock and toBlock the block range with a limit of 10000 blocks.

So here I propose to add a --batch flag to split the large range into smaller batches, and fetch the logs in batch, and a --count flag to only output the count of the logs.

[grandizzy]

thank you @wetkeyboard I though don't think we should add such in cast but rather let external tools to deal with... @zerosnacks wdyt?

[wetkeyboard]

thank you @wetkeyboard I though don't think we should add such in cast but rather let external tools to deal with... @zerosnacks wdyt?

@grandizzy This feature would be really helpful for querying events over large block ranges. For example, when you need to track Upgraded events for a proxy contract across months of history, or analyze token transfers over extended periods - many RPC providers limit you to 10k blocks per request.
Having this built into cast saves users from writing custom batching logic every time they hit these limits. The flags are optional so it doesn't affect existing workflows.

[mattsse]

imo this is something we can add to alloy as a helper type and then reuse here?

wdyt @wetkeyboard

[wetkeyboard]

imo this is something we can add to alloy as a helper type and then reuse here?

wdyt @wetkeyboard

Sure, but I'm new to alloy, will try my best to handle it, may need some time here.

[onbjerg]

Blocked by alloy-rs/alloy#2884