Adds handling for POA middleware without env var. (#1007)

Dockerfile

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ ENV AQUARIUS_BIND_URL='http://0.0.0.0:5000'
 ENV ALLOW_FREE_ASSETS_ONLY='false'
 # docker-entrypoint.sh configuration file variables
 ENV AQUARIUS_WORKERS='8'
-ENV USE_POA_MIDDLEWARE='1'
 ENV EVENTS_ALLOW=''
 ENV RUN_EVENTS_MONITOR='1'
 #ENV ASSET_PURGATORY_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oceanprotocol/list-purgatory/main/list-assets.json"

README.md

@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ METADATA_CONTRACT_ADDRESS
 # The block number of `Metadata` contract deployment
 METADATA_CONTRACT_BLOCK
 
-# Enable the use of poa_middleware if the network is a POA network such as Rinkeby. (no need to set for rinkeby specifically, since that is already treated in the code, but any other POA network should have this flag setup)
-USE_POA_MIDDLEWARE
-
 # if set to 1, read events from the first Metadata and BFactory block number, or a specific block number (used for debugging)
 IGNORE_LAST_BLOCK
 

aquarius/events/util.py

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from web3 import Web3
+from web3.exceptions import ExtraDataLengthError
 
 import addresses
-from aquarius.app.util import get_bool_env_value
 from aquarius.events.http_provider import get_web3_connection_provider
 from web3.logs import DISCARD
 
@@ -266,11 +266,9 @@ def setup_web3(_logger=None):
     provider = get_web3_connection_provider(network_rpc)
     web3 = Web3(provider)
 
-    if (
-        get_bool_env_value("USE_POA_MIDDLEWARE", 0)
-        or get_network_name().lower() == "rinkeby"
-        or get_network_name().lower() == "mumbai"
-    ):
+    try:
+        web3.eth.get_block("latest")
+    except ExtraDataLengthError:
         from web3.middleware import geth_poa_middleware
 
         web3.middleware_onion.inject(geth_poa_middleware, layer=0)