Fix: vm-connector used obsolete software

The vm-connector service used to run with obsolete versions of the aleph-sdk and Python.

Solution: Use the latest the version of the SDK and pin the version of dependencies.

docker/vm_connector.dockerfile

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-FROM python:3.9
+FROM python:3.11
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get install -y \
      libsecp256k1-dev \
      zip \
      && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN pip install fastapi aiofiles uvicorn aleph-client eth-account
+RUN pip install 'fastapi==0.110.0' 'aiofiles==23.2.1' 'uvicorn==0.29.0' 'aleph-sdk-python==0.9.1'
 
 WORKDIR /opt
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/opt

vm_connector/main.py

@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
 
 import aiohttp
-from aleph_client.asynchronous import create_post
-from aleph_client.chains.common import get_fallback_private_key
-from aleph_client.chains.ethereum import ETHAccount
-from aleph_client.types import StorageEnum
+from aleph_message.status import MessageStatus
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.responses import Response, StreamingResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+from aleph.sdk import AuthenticatedAlephHttpClient
+from aleph.sdk.chains.common import get_fallback_private_key
+from aleph.sdk.chains.ethereum import ETHAccount
+from aleph.sdk.types import StorageEnum
+
 from .conf import settings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
@@ -167,17 +169,21 @@ async def publish_data(body: PostBody):
     content = json.loads(message["item_content"])
     content_content = content["content"]
 
-    result = await create_post(
-        account=account,
-        post_content=content_content,
-        post_type=content["type"],
-        address=content["address"],
-        ref=None,
-        channel=message["channel"],
-        inline=True,
-        storage_engine=StorageEnum.storage,
-    )
-    return {"status": "success"}
+    async with AuthenticatedAlephHttpClient(account) as client:
+        result, status = await client.create_post(
+            post_content=content_content,
+            post_type=content["type"],
+            address=content["address"],
+            ref=None,
+            channel=message["channel"],
+            inline=True,
+            storage_engine=StorageEnum.storage,
+            sync=True,
+        )
+    if status == MessageStatus.PROCESSED:
+        return {"status": "success"}
+    else:
+        return {"status": "error"}
 
 
 @app.get("/properties")