Marlowe Runtime
Marlowe Runtime is the application backend for managing Marlowe contracts on the Cardano blockchain. It provides easy-to-use, higher-level APIs and complete backend services that enable developers to build and deploy enterprise and Web3 DApp solutions using Marlowe, but without having to assemble the “plumbing” that manually orchestrates a backend workflow for a Marlowe-based application.
Marlowe Runtime's role
Marlowe has a refined view of the Cardano ledger model. The job of Runtime is to map between the Marlowe conceptual model and the Cardano ledger model in both directions. Runtime takes commands relevant to Marlowe ledger and maps them to Cardano ledger. This can also be done with the REST API.
Primarily, you can do two types of things with Runtime:
- Discovering and querying on-chain Marlowe contracts
- Creating Marlowe transactions
More specifically, the tasks you can do with Runtime include the following:
- Creating contracts
- Building transactions
- Submitting transactions
- Querying contract history
- Listing contracts
- Other tasks
Comprehensive overview
For a detailed overview description of Runtime, please see:
The ReadMe file covers the following topics:
- Marlowe Runtime diagrams
- Architecture
- Backend services
- Marlowe Runtime command-line interface
- Web services
- Related documentation
Getting started > Deployment options
Tutorials > Playbooks > Deploying Marlowe Runtime
Runtime protocol reference
Runtime video tutorials
| Video title | Presenter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Using the Marlowe Runtime backend to execute a Marlowe contract on Cardano's preview network | Brian Bush | Oct 2022 |
| Marlowe Runtime | Brian Bush | Oct 2022 |