bitcoinlib.services.bitcoind module

class bitcoinlib.services.bitcoind.BitcoindClient(network='bitcoin', base_url='', denominator=100000000, *args)[source]

Bases: bitcoinlib.services.baseclient.BaseClient

Class to interact with bitcoind, the Bitcoin deamon

Open connection to bitcoin node

Parameters

  • network – Bitcoin mainnet or testnet. Default is bitcoin mainnet

  • base_url – Connection URL in format http(s)://user:password@host:port.

  • denominator – Denominator for this currency. Should be always 100000000 (satoshis) for bitcoin

Type

str

Type

str

Type

str

blockcount()[source]
estimatefee(blocks)[source]
static from_config(configfile=None, network='bitcoin')[source]

Read settings from bitcoind config file

Parameters

  • configfile – Path to config file. Leave empty to look in default places

  • network – Bitcoin mainnet or testnet. Default is bitcoin mainnet

Type

str

Type

str

Return BitcoindClient

getblock(blockid, parse_transactions=True, page=1, limit=None)[source]
getinfo()[source]
getrawblock(blockid)[source]
getrawtransaction(txid)[source]
gettransaction(txid)[source]
isspent(txid, index)[source]
mempool(txid='')[source]
sendrawtransaction(rawtx)[source]
exception bitcoinlib.services.bitcoind.ConfigError(msg='')[source]

Bases: Exception