Official Python STEEM Library
steem-python
is the official Steem library for Python. It comes with a
BIP38 encrypted wallet and a practical CLI utility called steempy
.
This library currently works on Python 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6. Python 3.3 and 3.4 support forthcoming.
Installation
With pip:
pip3 install steem # pip install steem for 2.7
From Source:
git clone https://github.com/steemit/steem-python.git
cd steem-python
python3 setup.py install # python setup.py install for 2.7
Homebrew Build Prereqs
If you're on a mac, you may need to do the following first:
brew install openssl
export CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix openssl)/include $CFLAGS"
export LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix openssl)/lib $LDFLAGS"
CLI tools bundled
The library comes with a few console scripts.
steempy
:- rudimentary blockchain CLI (needs some TLC and more TLAs)
steemtail
:- useful for e.g.
steemtail -f -j | jq --unbuffered --sort-keys .
- useful for e.g.
Documentation
Documentation is available at http://steem.readthedocs.io
Tests
Some tests are included. They can be run via:
python setup.py test
TODO
- more unit tests
- 100% documentation coverage, consistent documentation
- migrate to click CLI library
Notice
This library is under development. Beware.