bitcoin-python-async-rpc

Lightweight Bitcoin async JSON-RPC Python client.

Serves as a tiny layer between an application and a Bitcoin daemon, its primary usage is querying the current state of Bitcoin blockchain, network stats, transactions...

If you want complete Bitcoin experience in Python, consult python-bitcoinlib .

Installation

$ pip install bitcoinrpc

Supported methods

Here is a list of supported methods, divided by their categories. Should you need method not implemented, wrap the call in BitcoinRPC.acall(<your_method>, ...) coroutine.

Blockchain

Method	Supported?
`getbestblockhash`	✔
`getblock`	✔
`getblockchaininfo`	✔
`getblockhash`	✔
`getblockheader`	✔
`getblockstats`	✔
`getdifficulty`	✔
`getmempoolinfo`	✔
`getnetworkhashps`	✔

Mining

Method	Supported?
`getmininginfo`	✔

Network

Method	Supported?
`getconnectioncount`	✔
`getnetworkinfo`	✔

Raw transactions

Method	Supported?
`getrawtransaction`	✔

Usage

Minimal illustration (assuming Python 3.8, where you can run async code in console)

$ python -m asyncio
>>> import asyncio
>>>
>>> from bitcoinrpc import BitcoinRPC
>>> rpc = BitcoinRPC("127.0.0.1", 8332, "rpc_user", "rpc_passwd")
>>> await rpc.getconnectioncount()
10

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