feat: enhance Block type and update SyncClient methods to include nativeBytes

src/cardano.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ export type TxEvent = GenericTxEvent<cardano.Tx>;
 export type MempoolEvent = GenericTxInMempoolEvent<cardano.Tx>;
 export type TxHash = Uint8Array;
 export type TxCbor = Uint8Array;
+export type Block = {
+  parsedBlock: cardano.Block;
+  nativeBytes: Uint8Array;
+};
 
 function toMempoolEvent(txInMempool: submit.TxInMempool): MempoolEvent {
   return {
@@ -60,6 +64,16 @@ function anyChainToBlock(msg: sync.AnyChainBlock) {
   return msg.chain.case == "cardano" ? msg.chain.value : null;
 }
 
+function anyChainToBlockWithBytes(msg: sync.AnyChainBlock): Block | null {
+  if (msg.chain.case == "cardano") {
+    return {
+      parsedBlock: msg.chain.value,
+      nativeBytes: msg.nativeBytes
+    };
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 function pointToBlockRef(p: ChainPoint) {
   return new sync.BlockRef({
     index: BigInt(p.slot),
@@ -146,13 +160,13 @@ export class SyncClient {
     return blockRefToPoint(res.tip!);
   }
 
-  async fetchBlock(p: ChainPoint): Promise<cardano.Block> {
+  async fetchBlock(p: ChainPoint): Promise<Block> {
     const req = pointToBlockRef(p);
     const res = await this.inner.fetchBlock({ ref: [req] });
-    return anyChainToBlock(res.block[0])!;
+    return anyChainToBlockWithBytes(res.block[0])!;
   }
 
-  async fetchHistory(p: ChainPoint | undefined, maxItems = 1): Promise<cardano.Block> {
+  async fetchHistory(p: ChainPoint | undefined, maxItems = 1): Promise<Block[]> {
     const req = new sync.DumpHistoryRequest({
       startToken: p ? new sync.BlockRef({
         index: BigInt(p.slot),
@@ -167,9 +181,9 @@ export class SyncClient {
       throw new Error("No block history found for the provided ChainPoint.");
     }
 
-    const block = anyChainToBlock(res.block[0]);
-
-    return block!;
+    return res.block
+      .map(anyChainToBlockWithBytes)
+      .filter((block): block is Block => block !== null);
   }
 }
 

src/index.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export {
   SubmitClient as CardanoSubmitClient,
   WatchClient as CardanoWatchClient,
   ChainPoint as CardanoChainPoint,
+  Block as CardanoBlock,
   Utxo as CardanoUtxo,
   TipEvent as CardanoTipEvent,
   TxEvent as CardanoTxEvent,

test/index.test.mts

@@ -429,14 +429,17 @@ describe("SyncClient", () => {
     expect(tip.hash.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   });
   test("fetchBlock", async () => {
-    const block = await syncClient.fetchBlock({
+    const blockWithBytes = await syncClient.fetchBlock({
       slot: 85213090,
       hash: 'e50842b1cc3ac813cb88d1533c3dea0f92e0ea945f53487c1d960c2210d0c3ba',
     });
 
+    expect(blockWithBytes.nativeBytes).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array);
+    expect(blockWithBytes.nativeBytes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
     expect({ 
-      body: block.body?.toJson(), 
-      header: block.header?.toJson() 
+      body: blockWithBytes.parsedBlock.body?.toJson(), 
+      header: blockWithBytes.parsedBlock.header?.toJson() 
     }).toEqual({
       body: {},
       header: {
@@ -447,14 +450,21 @@ describe("SyncClient", () => {
     });
   });
   test("fetchHistory", async () => {
-    const block = await syncClient.fetchHistory({
+    const blocks = await syncClient.fetchHistory({
       slot: 85213090,
       hash: 'e50842b1cc3ac813cb88d1533c3dea0f92e0ea945f53487c1d960c2210d0c3ba',
-    });
+    }, 1);
+
+    expect(Array.isArray(blocks)).toBe(true);
+    expect(blocks.length).toBe(1);
+
+    const firstBlock = blocks[0];
+    expect(firstBlock.nativeBytes).toBeInstanceOf(Uint8Array);
+    expect(firstBlock.nativeBytes.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 
     expect({ 
-      body: block.body?.toJson(), 
-      header: block.header?.toJson() 
+      body: firstBlock.parsedBlock.body?.toJson(), 
+      header: firstBlock.parsedBlock.header?.toJson() 
     }).toEqual({
       body: {},
       header: {