XVerse Chrome Extension doesn't allow custom URLs for custom networks

[Warchant]

Component

XVerse Chrome Web Extension.

Severity

Minor.

Summary

I want to use XVerse for testing purposes on my custom signet network. XVerse allows selection of Mainnet, Testnet and Signet networks, but all of those are "pre-deployed" networks. I want to use my own custom network.

I successfully started bitcoind with my custom signet, started mempool, ensured correct configuration and made sure my mempool API is available over HTTPS.

But when I open XVerse Chrome Extension, I select "Signet" network, then paste url of my mempool API, it keeps showing me "Invalid URL" error.

I traced that to this code:

xverse-web-extension/src/app/utils/helper.ts

Lines 159 to 178 in 7c5a8e7

	export const isValidBtcApi = async (url: string, network: NetworkType) => {
	if (!validUrl.isUri(url)) {
	return false;
	}
	const btcClient = new BitcoinEsploraApiProvider({
	network,
	url,
	});
	const defaultBtcClient = new BitcoinEsploraApiProvider({
	network,
	});
	try {
	const [customHash, defaultHash] = await Promise.all([
	btcClient.getBlockHash(1),
	defaultBtcClient.getBlockHash(1),
	]);
	// this ensures the URL is for correct network
	return customHash === defaultHash;

Here, xverse fetches hash of a 1st block from 2 sources: from default url, and from a custom url that user provided.

If hashes are different, XVerse Chrome Extensionshows "Invalid URL" error.

But hashes are expected to be different, because I am using my own custom signet network.

Expected Fix

Please add a bypass for this check (maybe a checkbox?), such that XVerse Chrome Extension will "just accept" my whatever custom URL is provided.

This will add a support for custom signet networks.
Thank you.

[Warchant]

cc @abdulhaseeb4239 @victorkirov

[yknl]

Thanks for reporting, a fix is being implemented.

[taras-ostapovych-boostylabs]

like to this request

[bap2pecs]

Thanks for reporting, a fix is being implemented.

is there a branch/issue we can track? we also need to connect to our local Bitcoin regtest network

[Warchant]

Any progress?