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+#!/bin/bash
+# This Script is for Testing the API functionality on both local and betanet.
+# -l to run localnet, -b to run betanet(mutually exclusive)
+# -v to see returns from each request
+# Right now only tests whether a response is recieved
+# You must have properly cloned into the dapp-examples repo and have installed nodejs
+VERBOSE="FALSE"
+TESTS_RAN=0
+TESTS_PASSED=0
+
+red=`tput setaf 1`
+green=`tput setaf 2`
+blue=`tput setaf 6`
+white=`tput sgr0`
+yellow=`tput setaf 11`
+reset=`tput sgr0`
+
+function response_test() {
+	if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
+		echo "${green}RESPONSE RECIEVED${reset}"
+		return 1
+	else
+		echo "${red}NO RESPONSE${reset}"
+		return 0
+	fi
+}
+
+function isHashTest() {
+	if [ "$TRANSACTION" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [[ "$TRANSACTION_HASH" =~ ^0x[0-9a-f]{64}$ ]]; then
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION HASH VALID${reset}
+			echo
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}TRANSACTION HASH INVALID${reset}
+	return 0
+}
+
+function isHexTest() {
+	if [ "$1" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [[ "$1" =~ ^0x[0-9a-f]+$ ]]; then
+			echo ${green}VALID HEX RECIEVED${reset}
+			echo
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}INVALID HEX RECIEVED${reset}
+	return 0
+}
+
+### SETUP COMMANDLINE FLAGS ###
+while getopts "lbvp" OPTION; do
+	case $OPTION in
+	b)
+		NETWORK="betanet"
+		declare -A PORT=( [POST]="http://s0.b.hmny.io:9500/" [GET]="http://e0.b.hmny.io:5000/" )
+		BLOCK_0_HASH=$(curl --location --request POST "http://l0.b.hmny.io:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"0x1\", true],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result.hash')
+		echo "BLOCK0HASH:"
+		echo "$BLOCK_0_HASH"
+		
+		SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION=$(node ../dapp-examples/nodejs/apiTestSign.js)
+		echo "RAWTX"
+		echo "$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"
+		TRANSACTION_HASH=$(curl  --location --request POST "http://l0.b.hmny.io:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			    --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\""$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"\"],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result')
+		echo "TRANSACTION_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_HASH
+		sleep 20s
+		TRANSACTION=$(curl --location --request POST "http://l0.b.hmny.io:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"],\"id\":1}")
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION"
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockHash')
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockNumber')
+		TRANSACTION_INDEX=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.transactionIndex')  #Needs to be get transaction Index
+		
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID=$(( $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER ))
+		echo TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER"
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_INDEX:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_INDEX
+
+		;;
+	l)
+		NETWORK="localnet"
+		declare -A PORT=( [POST]="localhost:9500/" [GET]="localhost:5099/" )
+		BLOCK_0_HASH=$(curl -s --location --request POST "localhost:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"0x1\", true],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result.hash')
+
+		echo "BLOCK0HASH:"
+		echo "$BLOCK_0_HASH"
+		
+		SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION=$(node ../dapp-examples/nodejs/apiTestSign.js localnet)
+		echo "RAWTX"
+		echo "$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"
+		TRANSACTION_HASH=$(curl  --location --request POST "localhost:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			    --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\""$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION"\"],\"id\":1}" | jq -r '.result')
+		echo "TRANSACTION_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_HASH
+		sleep 20s
+		TRANSACTION=$(curl --location --request POST "http://localhost:9500" \
+			  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			  --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"],\"id\":1}")
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION"
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockHash')
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.blockNumber')
+		TRANSACTION_INDEX=$(echo $TRANSACTION | jq -r '.result.transactionIndex')  
+
+		TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID=$(( $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER ))
+		echo TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER:"
+		echo "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER"
+
+		echo "TRANSACTION_INDEX:"
+		echo $TRANSACTION_INDEX
+		;;
+	v)
+		VERBOSE="TRUE"
+		;;
+	p)
+		PRETTY="TRUE"
+		;;
+	esac
+		done
+
+if [ $OPTIND -eq 1 ]; then echo "No options were passed, -l for localnet, -b for betanet, -v to view logs of either"; exit;  fi
+
+declare -A GETDATA=( [GET_blocks]="blocks?from=$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID&to=$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_ID" [GET_tx]="tx?id=0" [GET_address]="address?id=0" [GET_node-count]="node-count" [GET_shard]="shard?id=0" [GET_committee]="committee?shard_id=0&epoch=0" )
+declare -A POSTDATA
+
+if [ "$NETWORK" == "localnet" ]; then
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByHash]="hmy_getBlockByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByNumber]="hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getCode]="hmy_getCode\",\"params\":[\"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByHash]="hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]="hmy_getTransactionReceipt\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_syncing]="hmy_syncing\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_peerCount]="net_peerCount\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBalance]="hmy_getBalance\",\"params\":[\"one18t4yj4fuutj83uwqckkvxp9gfa0568uc48ggj7\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getStorageAt]="hmy_getStorageAt\",\"params\":[\"0xD7Ff41CA29306122185A07d04293DdB35F24Cf2d\", \"0\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionCount]="hmy_getTransactionCount\",\"params\":[\"0x806171f95C5a74371a19e8a312c9e5Cb4E1D24f6\", \"latest\"]" # what is this
+	POSTDATA[hmy_sendRawTransaction]="hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\"$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getLogs]="hmy_getLogs\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getFilterChanges]="hmy_getFilterChanges\", \"params\":[\"0x58010795a282878ed0d61da72a14b8b0\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]="hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newBlockFilter]="hmy_newBlockFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newFilter]="hmy_newFilter\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"0x5725b5b2ab28206e7256a78cda4f9050c2629fd85110ffa54eacd2a13ba68072\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_call]="hmy_call\", \"params\":[{\"to\": \"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\"}, \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_gasPrice]="hmy_gasPrice\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_blockNumber]="hmy_blockNumber\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_version]="net_version\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_protocolVersion]="hmy_protocolVersion\",\"params\":[]"
+fi
+
+if [ "$NETWORK" == "betanet" ]; then
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByHash]="hmy_getBlockByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockByNumber]="hmy_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", true]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]="hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getCode]="hmy_getCode\",\"params\":[\"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]="hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_NUMBER\", \"$TRANSACTION_INDEX\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionByHash]="hmy_getTransactionByHash\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]="hmy_getTransactionReceipt\",\"params\":[\"$TRANSACTION_HASH\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_syncing]="hmy_syncing\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_peerCount]="net_peerCount\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getBalance]="hmy_getBalance\",\"params\":[\"one18t4yj4fuutj83uwqckkvxp9gfa0568uc48ggj7\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getStorageAt]="hmy_getStorageAt\",\"params\":[\"0xD7Ff41CA29306122185A07d04293DdB35F24Cf2d\", \"0\", \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getTransactionCount]="hmy_getTransactionCount\",\"params\":[\"0x806171f95C5a74371a19e8a312c9e5Cb4E1D24f6\", \"latest\"]" # what is this
+	POSTDATA[hmy_sendRawTransaction]="hmy_sendRawTransaction\",\"params\":[\"$SIGNED_RAW_TRANSACTION\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getLogs]="hmy_getLogs\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_getFilterChanges]="hmy_getFilterChanges\", \"params\":[\"0x58010795a282878ed0d61da72a14b8b0\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]="hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newBlockFilter]="hmy_newBlockFilter\", \"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_newFilter]="hmy_newFilter\", \"params\":[{\"BlockHash\": \"0x5725b5b2ab28206e7256a78cda4f9050c2629fd85110ffa54eacd2a13ba68072\"}]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_call]="hmy_call\", \"params\":[{\"to\": \"0x08AE1abFE01aEA60a47663bCe0794eCCD5763c19\"}, \"latest\"]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_gasPrice]="hmy_gasPrice\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_blockNumber]="hmy_blockNumber\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[net_version]="net_version\",\"params\":[]"
+	POSTDATA[hmy_protocolVersion]="hmy_protocolVersion\",\"params\":[]"
+fi
+
+declare -A RESPONSES
+
+RESPONSES[GET_blocks]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_tx]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_address]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_node-count]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_shard]=""
+RESPONSES[GET_committee]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByHash]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByNumber]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getCode]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByHash]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_syncing]=""
+RESPONSES[net_peerCount]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getBalance]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getStorageAt]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionCount]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_sendRawTransaction]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getLogs]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_getFilterChanges]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_newBlockFilter]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_newFilter]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_call]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_gasPrice]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_blockNumber]=""
+RESPONSES[net_version]=""
+RESPONSES[hmy_protocolVersion]=""
+
+### Processes GET requests and stores reponses in RESPONSES ###
+function GET_requests() {
+	for K in "${!GETDATA[@]}"; 
+	do
+		RESPONSES[$K]=$(curl -s --location --request GET "${PORT[GET]}${GETDATA[$K]}" \
+	  		--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			--data "")
+	done
+}
+
+### Processes POST requests and stores reponses in RESPONSES ###
+function POST_requests() {
+	for K in "${!POSTDATA[@]}"; 
+	do	
+		RESPONSES[$K]="$(curl -s --location --request POST "${PORT[POST]}" \
+	  		--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+			--data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"${POSTDATA[$K]},\"id\":1}")"
+	done
+}
+
+function log_API_responses() {
+	for K in "${!GETDATA[@]}"; 
+	do
+		echo "${yellow}$K"
+		echo "${blue}REQUEST:"
+		echo "${white}${GETDATA[$K]}"
+		echo "${blue}RESPONSE:" ${white}
+		echo ${RESPONSES[$K]} #| jq .
+		echo
+		echo
+	done
+	for K in "${!POSTDATA[@]}"; 
+	do 
+		echo "${yellow}$K"
+		echo "${blue}REQUEST:"
+		echo "${white}${POSTDATA[$K]}"
+		echo "${blue}RESPONSE: $white"
+		echo ${RESPONSES[$K]} #| jq .
+		echo
+		echo
+	done
+}
+
+GET_requests
+POST_requests
+### BASIC QUERY TESTS ###
+
+function Explorer_getBlock_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET blocks(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_blocks]}	
+	if [ "$?"  == "1" ]; then 
+		BLOCKBYIDHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[GET_blocks]} | jq -r .[0].id)
+		if [ "$BLOCKBYIDHASH" != "null" ]; then		
+			if [ "$BLOCKBYIDHASH" == "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH" ]; then
+				TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+				echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+				echo
+				return
+			fi
+		fi
+		echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	fi
+	echo
+}
+
+#Needs updating - wtf does getTx do - no arguments?
+function Explorer_getTx_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET tx(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_tx]}
+	if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then 
+		TX_HASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[GET_tx]} | jq -r .id) # fix agrs to jq
+		if [ "$TX_HASH" != "null" ]; then		
+			if [ "$TX_HASH" == "$TX_HASH" ]; then
+				TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+				echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+				echo
+				return
+			fi
+		fi
+		echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	fi
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getExplorerNodeAdress_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET address(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_address]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getExplorerNode_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET node-count(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_node-count]}
+	if [ ${RESPONSES[GET_node-count]}="2" ]; then
+		echo ${green}SANE VALUE, 2 explorer nodes reported $reset
+		TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+	else
+		echo ${red}non 2 explorer nodes reported $reset
+	fi
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getShard_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET shard(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_shard]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function Explorer_getCommitte_test() {	
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "GET committe(explorer) test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[GET_committee]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+### API POST REQUESTS ###
+
+function API_getBlockByNumber_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockByNumber test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByNumber]}
+	BLOCKBYNUMBERHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByNumber]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	
+	if [ "$BLOCKBLOCKBYNUMBERHASH" != "null" ]; then		
+		if [ "$BLOCKBYNUMBERHASH" == "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBlockByHash_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockByHash test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByHash]}
+	BLOCKBYHASHHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockByHash]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	if [ "$BLOCKBYHASHBYHASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$BLOCKBYHASHHASH" == "$TRANSACTION_BLOCK_HASH" ]; then	
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}BLOCK HASH MATCHES TX${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}BLOCK HASH DOES NOT MATCH TX OR IS NULL${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBlockTransactionCountByHash_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]}
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByHash]} | jq -r '.result')
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH=$(( TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH ))
+	if [ "$TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ $TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYHASH -gt 0 ]; then	
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}NON ZERO TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}INVALID TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber_test() {	
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]}
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber]} | jq -r '.result')
+	TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER=$(( TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER ))
+	if [ "$BLOCKBYHASH" != "null" ]; then		
+		if [ $TRANSACTIONCOUNTBYNUMBER -gt 0 ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}NON ZERO TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red}NON NATURAL TRANSACTION COUNT IN BLOCK${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getCode_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getCode test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getCode]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]}
+	TRANSACTIONHASHBYHASHANDINDEX=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYHASHANDINDEX" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYHASHANDINDEX" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then	
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKHASH AND INDEX MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKHASH AND INDEX MATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]}
+	TRANSACTIONHASHBYNUMBERANDINDEX=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYNUMBERANDINDEX" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TRANSACTIONHASHBYNUMBERANDINDEX" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKNUMBER AND INDEX MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION FROM BLOCKNUMBER AND INDEX MISMATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionByHash_test() {	
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))	
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionByHash test:"
+	TX_HASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByHash]} | jq -r '.result.hash')
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionByHash]} 
+	if [ "$TX_HASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TX_HASH" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION HASH MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION HASH MISMATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionReceipt_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))	
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionReceipt test:"
+	TX_HASH=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]} | jq -r '.result.transactionHash')
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionReceipt]} 
+	if [ "$TX_HASH" != "null" ]; then	
+		if [ "$TX_HASH" == "$TRANSACTION_HASH" ]; then
+			TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 ))
+			echo ${green}TRANSACTION HASH MATCH${reset}
+			echo
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo ${red} TRANSACTION HASH MISMATCH${reset}
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_syncing_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_syncing test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_syncing]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_netPeerCount_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST net_peerCount test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[net_peerCount]}	
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getBalance_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getBalance test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getBalance]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getStorageAt_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getStorageAt test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getStorageAt]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getTransactionCount_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getTransactionCount test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getTransactionCount]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_sendRawTransaction_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_sendRawTransaction test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_sendRawTransaction]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getLogs_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getLogs test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getLogs]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_getFilterChanges_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_getFilterChanges test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_getFilterChanges]}	
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_newPendingTransactionFilter_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_sendRawTransaction test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_newPendingTransactionFilter]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_newBlockFilter_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_newBlockFilter test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_newBlockFilter]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_newFilter_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_newFilter test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_newFilter]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_call_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_call test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_call]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_gasPrice_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_gasPrice test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_gasPrice]}
+	if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then
+		RESULT=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_gasPrice]} | jq -r '.result')
+		isHexTest $RESULT
+		[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	fi
+}
+
+function API_blockNumber_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_blockNumber test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_blockNumber]}
+	if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then
+		RESULT=$(echo ${RESPONSES[hmy_blockNumber]} | jq -r '.result')
+		isHexTest $RESULT
+		[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	fi
+}
+
+function API_net_version_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST net_version test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[net_version]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function API_protocolVersion_test() {
+	TESTS_RAN=$(( TESTS_RAN + 1 ))
+	echo "POST hmy_protocolVersion test:"
+	response_test ${RESPONSES[hmy_protocolVersion]}
+	[ "$?" == "1" ] && TESTS_PASSED=$(( TESTS_PASSED + 1 )) 
+	echo
+}
+
+function run_tests() {
+	echo "### TESTING RPC CALLS ###"
+	echo
+	### Calls to the individual API method test ###
+	Explorer_getBlock_test
+	Explorer_getTx_test
+	Explorer_getExplorerNodeAdress_test
+	Explorer_getExplorerNode_test
+	Explorer_getShard_test
+	Explorer_getCommitte_test
+	API_getBlockByNumber_test
+	API_getBlockByHash_test
+	API_getBlockTransactionCountByHash_test
+	API_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber_test
+	API_getCode_test
+	API_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex_test
+	API_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex_test
+	API_getTransactionByHash_test
+	API_getTransactionReceipt_test
+	API_syncing_test
+	API_netPeerCount_test
+	API_getBalance_test
+	API_getStorageAt_test
+	API_getTransactionCount_test
+	API_sendRawTransaction_test
+	API_getLogs_test
+	API_getFilterChanges_test
+	API_newPendingTransactionFilter_test
+	API_sendRawTransaction_test
+	API_newBlockFilter_test
+	API_newFilter_test
+	API_call_test
+	API_gasPrice_test
+	API_blockNumber_test
+	API_net_version_test
+	API_protocolVersion_test
+
+	TESTS_FAILED=$(( $TESTS_RAN - $TESTS_PASSED ))
+	echo -n ${red}
+	[ $TESTS_FAILED -eq 0 ] && echo -n ${green}
+	echo "PASSED $TESTS_PASSED/$TESTS_RAN: $TESTS_FAILED TESTS FAILED"${reset}
+}
+
+
+
+if [ "$VERBOSE" == "TRUE" ]; then
+	log_API_responses
+fi
+### BETANET TESTS ###
+
+run_tests