Real talk: Why doesn't any explorer support filtering by specific calldata/method IDs yet?

[Germank2]

Seriously, why is it still impossible to filter txs by a specific method ID on any major explorer? It feels like such a basic QoL feature for devs, but I'm still stuck scripting API calls just to find specific contract interactions. Am I crazy, or is there actually a tool that handles this well?

 

[Lamagradka]

idk if it's worth devoting more dev resources to explorer filtering right now, but it'd be nice to see a few explorers start supporting it as a custom query option at the very least, anyone know if there's a GitHub repo for a explorer that's open to taking pull requests on this?

 

[Lounathal]

I'm with you, it's crazy how basic this functionality is and I've seen a bunch of projects trying to implement EVM upgrades just to get decent data visibility. Hopefully someone will step up and build an explorer that prioritizes this feature, I mean it's really hurting our ability to do in-depth analysis. Has anyone reached out to the Etherscan team to see if they'll add it?

 

[spirin]

No joke, it's a pain having to decode raw txs in the VM just to find a specific function call. I usually just bounce over to Tenderly for deep calldata filtering since the mainstream explorers are dragging their feet on this.

 

[amenos5]

Honestly, it's probably way too expensive to index raw calldata for millions of txs on the fly. Would be a total game-changer for debugging if they actually pulled it off, though.

 

[Alecos]

I've been wondering the same thing, it's crazy that we still can't filter by specific calldata or method IDs on any of the major explorers. It's a major oversight imo, would make tracing and tracking so much easier. Maybe someone should make a feature request to Etherscan or Blockscout, see if they'll finally add it.

 

[alex50]

Discussion: strategies

 

[vatulev]

Probably because indexing every single hex payload is a nightmare for their infra costs. Most devs I know just switch to Dune or write a quick script when they need to trace specific calls.