generate types json second try (#2178)

# Goal
The goal of this PR is to generate a types.json file and publish it with api-augment and the release artifacts.

Closes #2062 

with @wilwade and @enddynayn 
Co-authored-by: Wil Wade <[email protected]>

Author: shannonwells

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ jobs:
           docker run -d --rm --net=net-${{env.RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME}} \
             -v `pwd`:/app \
             --name test-node \
-            ubuntu:22.04 \
+            ubuntu:24.04 \
               /bin/sh -c "chmod +x /app/${{env.TEST_BIN_FILENAME}} && /app/${{env.TEST_BIN_FILENAME}} \
-              --chain=frequency-bench \
+              --chain=frequency \
               --rpc-external \
               --rpc-cors=all \
               --rpc-methods=Unsafe \
@@ -559,9 +559,9 @@ jobs:
           docker run -d --rm --net=net-${{env.RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME}} \
             -v `pwd`:/app \
             --name ref-node \
-            ubuntu:22.04 \
+            ubuntu:24.04 \
               /bin/sh -c "chmod +x /app/${{env.REF_BIN_FILENAME}} && /app/${{env.REF_BIN_FILENAME}} \
-              --chain=frequency-bench \
+              --chain=frequency \
               --rpc-external \
               --rpc-cors=all \
               --rpc-methods=Unsafe \
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compare Metadata
         timeout-minutes: 10
         run: |
-          CMD="docker run --pull always --net=net-${{env.RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME}} jacogr/polkadot-js-tools:0.57.1 metadata ws://ref-node:9944 ws://test-node:9944"
+          CMD="docker run --pull always --net=net-${{env.RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME}} jacogr/polkadot-js-tools:0.59.1 metadata ws://ref-node:9944 ws://test-node:9944"
           echo -e "Running:\n$CMD"
           $CMD >> ${{env.OUTPUT_DIR}}/${{env.OUTPUT_FILENAME}}
           cat ${{env.OUTPUT_DIR}}/${{env.OUTPUT_FILENAME}} | egrep -n -i ''
@@ -718,6 +718,12 @@ jobs:
           pattern: artifacts-*-${{github.run_id}}
           path: /tmp
           merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Download api-augment artifacts
+        id: download-js
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: js-api-augment-${{github.run_id}}
+          path: /tmp/polkadot-api-types-json
       - name: List Downloaded Artifacts
         working-directory: /tmp
         run: |
@@ -763,6 +769,7 @@ jobs:
           files: |
             /tmp/frequency*.*
             /tmp/metadata-compare-*
+            /tmp/polkadot-api-types-json/json/types.json
       - name: Publish Full Release on GitHub
         if: steps.is-full-release.outputs.is-full-release == 'true'
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@9d7c94cfd0a1f3ed45544c887983e9fa900f0564
@@ -772,6 +779,7 @@ jobs:
           files: |
             /tmp/frequency*.*
             /tmp/metadata-compare-*
+            /tmp/polkadot-api-types-json/json/types.json
       - name: Get Latest Commit
         id: get-latest-commit
         run: |

js/api-augment/package.json

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "prepackage": "cp CONTRIBUTING.md README.md ../../LICENSE ./dist",
     "prebuild": "npm run generate",
     "build": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.types.json && tsc -p ./tsconfig.cjs.json && tsc -p ./tsconfig.esm.json",
-    "postbuild": "npm run package",
+    "build:types-json": "node scripts/generate.mjs",
+    "postbuild": "npm run package && npm run build:types-json",
     "fetch:local": "curl -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"id\":\"1\", \"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\", \"method\": \"state_getMetadata\", \"params\":[]}' http://localhost:9944 -o ./metadata.json",
     "generate:defs": "node --import=tsx/esm node_modules/.bin/polkadot-types-from-defs --package @frequency-chain/api-augment --input ./interfaces --endpoint ./metadata.json",
     "generate:meta": "node --import=tsx/esm node_modules/.bin/polkadot-types-from-chain --package @frequency-chain/api-augment --endpoint ./metadata.json --output ./interfaces",

js/api-augment/scripts/generate.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { types } from '../dist/esm/index.js';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { dirname } from 'path';
+
+// Get the filename from the URL
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+// Get the directory name from the filename
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+const outdir = path.join(__dirname, '../dist/json/');
+
+fs.mkdirSync(outdir, { recursive: true });
+
+fs.writeFileSync(path.join(outdir, 'types.json'), JSON.stringify(types, null, 4));