I’m trying to pass some arguments when installing / upgrading a canister from dfx and I can’t seem to figure it out. In the rust canister I have this code: #[derive(CandidType, Deserialize, Debug, Default)] struct SendArgs { greet: String, } #[init] fn init() { let call_arg = ic_cdk::api:…

Posting here as well so this gets documented for other people trying the same things: @chenyan figured out that the problem was my did file. It needs to include the params at a service level, so dfx can work. (e.g. service : (text) → { … }) Old did file: service : { add : (text) -> (bool); g…

How to pass install arguments from dfx?

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paulyoung May 15, 2022, 6:40am 4

Maybe @senior.joinu or @nomeata can shed some light on this.

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How to pass install arguments from dfx?

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