NEP-11

The NEP-11 proposal outlines the standard for writing NFT (Non-fungible token) contracts. This document will explain how to write a simple NFT contract using C#.

Defining NFT attributes#

A shortcut for developers to develop NFT contracts is inheriting directly from the class Nep11Token<Nep11TokenState>, where Nep11TokenState is the class accommodating all the NFT attributes. In addition to the default Name and Owner fields, you can add customized attributes, such as images, videos, categories, URLs, attack power, defense power, etc.

Fields	Example	Description
Name	HarryPotter #001	NFT name
Owner	0x4578060c29f4c03f1e16c84312429d991952c94c	NFT owner
Type	0	Type（customized）
Image	https://neo.org/images/HarryPotter.jpg	Image（customized）
ATK	3000	Attack power（customized）
DEF	3000	Defense power（customized）

An NFT asset requires a unique identifier. If your contract includes NFT assets with different names, you can use the Name field in Nep11TokenState as TokenID. If there are NFT assets with duplicate name, you need to add a new field like ID or TokenID.

Particularly, it is recommended that developers name the image field Image in order for the wallet to display the NFT image properly. Wallet developers can also capture NFT images based on the NFT Image attribute.

The TokenState code example is as follows：

public class MyTokenState : Nep11TokenState{    public string Image { get; set; }        public MyTokenState(string name)    {        //TODO: Replace it with your own URL.        Image = "https://neo.org/images/" + name + ".jpg";    }}

After inheriting Nep11Token<Nep11TokenState> you need to rewrite the Symbol method, as follows:

public override string Symbol() => "MNFT";

Distribution Method#

The base class Nep11Token doesn't include the method for NFT distribution. Developers can write it on demand. In this example we create a method Airdrop, which functions airdrop of NFT to the specified address, to enable the contract owner to issue NFT assets.

public static bool Airdrop(UInt160 to, string name){    if (!IsOwner()) throw new Exception("No authorization.");    if (!to.IsValid) throw new Exception("Amount is invalid.");
    Mint(name, new MyTokenState(name));    return true;}

In the above code segment, the Mint method is inherited from Nep11Token. To invoke it, you just need to pass in TokenID and the TokenState object of NFT.

Example#

The complete code is as follows:

using Neo;using Neo.SmartContract;using Neo.SmartContract.Framework;using Neo.SmartContract.Framework.Attributes;using Neo.SmartContract.Framework.Services;using System;
namespace Contract1{    [SupportedStandards("NEP-11")]    public class Contract1 : Nep11Token<MyTokenState>    {        //TODO: Replace it with your own address.        [InitialValue("NiNmXL8FjEUEs1nfX9uHFBNaenxDHJtmuB", ContractParameterType.Hash160)]        static readonly UInt160 Owner = default;
        private static bool IsOwner() => Runtime.CheckWitness(Owner);
        public override string Symbol() => "MNFT";
        public static bool Airdrop(UInt160 to, string name)        {            if (!IsOwner()) throw new Exception("No authorization.");            if (!to.IsValid) throw new Exception("Amount is invalid.");
            Mint(name, new MyTokenState(name));            return true;        }    }
    public class MyTokenState : Nep11TokenState    {        public string Image { get; set; }
        public MyTokenState(string name)        {            //TODO: Replace it with your own URL.            Image = "https://neo.org/images/" + name + ".jpg";        }    }}

To enable the user to purchase NFT with GAS, you can add the following method:

public static void OnNEP17Payment(UInt160 from, BigInteger amount, object _){        if (Runtime.CallingScriptHash != GAS.Hash)        throw new Exception("Please pay with GAS");    amount /= 100000000;    for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++)    {        //TODO: Please replace with your own naming logic. TokenId is not allowed to be the same        var name = "HarryPotter #001";        Mint(name, new MyTokenState(name));    }}

By now we have completed a simple NFT contract.

Methods and events in base class#

The base class Nep11Token also provides the following methods and events:

NEP-11 methods#

Name	Parameters	Returns	Description
symbol	--	String	Returns the contract symbol, e.g. "MNFT"
decimals	--	Integer	Returns the integer 0
totalSupply	--	Integer	NFT total supply. Total supply= Amount of minted tokens - Amount of burned tokens
balanceOf	Hash160（owner）	Integer	The total amount of NFT owned by the user
ownerOf	ByteArray（tokenId）	Hash160	Returns the owner of the specified NFT.
properties	ByteArray（tokenId）	Map	Returns the properties of the given NFT.
tokens		InteropInterface	Returns all of the tokens minted by the contract.
tokensOf	Hash160（owner）	InteropInterface	Returns all of the token ids owned by the specified address
transfer	Hash160（to） ByteArray（tokenId） Any（data）	Boolean	It transfers an amount of NFT with TokenId. This method requires the signature of NFT owner.

Events#

Name	Parameters	Returns	Description
transfer	Hash160（from） Hash160（to） Integer（amount） ByteArray（tokenId）	Transfer event	When the `from` address is set to `null` tokens are created; When the `to` address set to `null`tokens are burned.