Update a Contract with the Flow CLI
Update an existing contract deployed to a Flow account using the Flow CLI.
flow accounts update-contract <name> <filename>
Example Usage
> flow accounts update-contract FungibleToken ./FungibleToken.cdc
Contract 'FungibleToken' updated on account '0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7'
Address 0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7
Balance 99999999999.70000000
Keys 1
Key 0 Public Key 640a5a359bf3536d15192f18d872d57c98a96cb871b92b70cecb0739c2d5c37b4be12548d3526933c2cda9b0b9c69412f45ffb6b85b6840d8569d969fe84e5b7
Weight 1000
Signature Algorithm ECDSA_P256
Hash Algorithm SHA3_256
Revoked false
Sequence Number 6
Index 0
Contracts Deployed: 1
Contract: 'FungibleToken'
Testnet Example
> flow accounts update-contract FungibleToken ./FungibleToken.cdc --signer alice --network testnet
Contract 'FungibleToken' updated on account '0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7'
Address 0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7
Balance 99999999999.70000000
Keys 1
Key 0 Public Key 640a5a359bf3536d15192f18d872d57c98a96cb871b92b70cecb0739c2d5c37b4be12548d3526933c2cda9b0b9c69412f45ffb6b85b6840d8569d969fe84e5b7
Weight 1000
Signature Algorithm ECDSA_P256
Hash Algorithm SHA3_256
Revoked false
Sequence Number 6
Index 0
Contracts Deployed: 1
Contract: 'FungibleToken'
Make sure alice account is defined in flow.json
Arguments
Name
- Name:
name
- Valid inputs: Any string value
Name of the contract as it is defined in the contract source code.
Filename
- Name:
filename
- Valid inputs: Any filename and path valid on the system.
Filename of the file containing contract source code.
Flags
Signer
- Flag:
--signer
- Valid inputs: the name of an account defined in the configuration (
flow.json
)
Specify the name of the account that will be used to sign the transaction.
Include Fields
- Flag:
--include
- Valid inputs:
contracts
Specify fields to include in the result output. Applies only to the text output.
Host
- Flag:
--host
- Valid inputs: an IP address or hostname.
- Default:
127.0.0.1:3569
(Flow Emulator)
Specify the hostname of the Access API that will be
used to execute the command. This flag overrides
any host defined by the --network
flag.
Network Key
- Flag:
--network-key
- Valid inputs: A valid network public key of the host in hex string format
Specify the network public key of the Access API that will be used to create a secure GRPC client when executing the command.
Network
- Flag:
--network
- Short Flag:
-n
- Valid inputs: the name of a network defined in the configuration (
flow.json
) - Default:
emulator
Specify which network you want the command to use for execution.
Filter
- Flag:
--filter
- Short Flag:
-x
- Valid inputs: a case-sensitive name of the result property
Specify any property name from the result you want to return as the only value.
Output
- Flag:
--output
- Short Flag:
-o
- Valid inputs:
json
,inline
Specify the format of the command results.
Save
- Flag:
--save
- Short Flag:
-s
- Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem
Specify the filename where you want the result to be saved
Log
- Flag:
--log
- Short Flag:
-l
- Valid inputs:
none
,error
,debug
- Default:
info
Specify the log level. Control how much output you want to see during command execution.
Configuration
- Flag:
--config-path
- Short Flag:
-f
- Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem
- Default:
flow.json
Specify the path to the flow.json
configuration file.
You can use the -f
flag multiple times to merge
several configuration files.