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CodingContract.getContract() method

Get various data about a specific contract.

Signature:

getContract(filename: string, host?: string): CodingContractObject;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
filename	string	Filename of the contract.
host	string	(Optional) Hostname/IP of the server containing the contract. Optional. Default to the current server if not provided.

Returns:

CodingContractObject

An object containing various data about the contract specified.

Remarks

RAM cost: 15 GB

The returned object includes the type, data, description as well as methods for getting the number of tries remaining and submitting your answer. Depending on the type of the contract, the data is typed differently. Using type-narrowing, you can get the correct type of the data:

Example

const contract = ns.codingcontract.getContract(fileName, hostName);
if (contract.type === ns.enums.CodingContractName.FindLargestPrimeFactor) {
  const data = contract.data;
  // ^? data: number
}