Incoherent Node id in events

[d4rk0snet]

So here is my problem, in the dictionnary , you have a node id. but there is nowhere to map this node_id to the polkadot stash address of a validator node. The more disturbing is that when i retrieve the events info for PayoutStarted, the same stash address has 2 different node id. In my example , i asked for the payoutStarted Events. According to the polkadot documentation, in args i should get :

PayoutStarted(u32, AccountId32) interface: api.events.staking.PayoutStarted.is summary: The stakers' rewards are getting paid. [era_index, validator_stash]

So, if the nodeId is an internal id, at least we should have the same one for the same stash account and this is not the case.

Do you have any informations about it ?

[ipapandinas]

hi @d4rk0snet

the nodeId field is not related to the chain, it is a field handled by the database of the dictionary, I do not recommend to use this value.

If you want to filter PayoutStarted event for a specific address you can filter your query on argsValue:

{
  events(
    orderBy: [BLOCK_HEIGHT_DESC, EVENT_INDEX_DESC]
    filter: {
      and: [
        {
          call: { equalTo: "PayoutStarted" }
          argsValue: {
            contains: "TERNOA_ADDRESS" # 👈 use a Ternoa Address here
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ) {
    nodes {
      call
      blockId
      argsValue
      argsName
    }
  }
}