feat(providers): ipc transport

Cargo.toml

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ alloy-signer-ledger = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "d5967a
 alloy-signer-trezor = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "d5967ab", default-features = false }
 alloy-transport = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "d5967ab", default-features = false }
 alloy-transport-http = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "d5967ab", default-features = false }
-alloy-transport-ipc = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "d5967ab", default-features = false }
+alloy-transport-ipc = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "d5967ab", features = [
+    "mock",
+] }
 alloy-transport-ws = { git = "https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy", rev = "d5967ab", default-features = false }
 
 alloy-core = { version = "0.6.4", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }

examples/providers/Cargo.toml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ alloy-node-bindings.workspace = true
 alloy-transport.workspace = true
 alloy-transport-http.workspace = true
 alloy-transport-ws.workspace = true
+alloy-transport-ipc.workspace = true
 alloy-network.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 eyre = "0.6.12"

examples/providers/examples/ipc.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use alloy_network::Ethereum;
+use alloy_provider::{Provider, RootProvider};
+use alloy_rpc_client::RpcClient;
+use alloy_transport_ipc::IpcConnect;
+use eyre::Result;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    // Setup the IPC transport which is consumed by the RPC client
+    let ipc_path = "/tmp/reth.ipc";
+
+    // IPC transport
+    let ipc = IpcConnect::from(ipc_path.to_string());
+
+    // RPC client using IPC transport
+    let ipc_client = RpcClient::connect_pubsub(ipc).await?;
+
+    let provider = RootProvider::<Ethereum, _>::new(ipc_client);
+
+    let latest_block = provider.get_block_number().await?;
+
+    println!("Latest block: {}", latest_block);
+
+    Ok(())
+}