Topic: Python wrapper for bitcoind (Read 10684 times)
fyi: namecoind wrapper forked: http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=482
I'm differentiating users from developers, here. I recognize the Tracebacks are useful for developers, but as a user, I don't plan to be debugging his code. Plus, this isn't the result of a bug--it's a legitimate validation failure response. Not a big deal, it was just a recommendation...
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Or whatever info/format-string you want, but those Traceback messages tend to scare users.
Or whatever info/format-string you want, but those Traceback messages tend to scare users.
lol, for me it's the other way round.
it may be true but for me tracebacks are much more useful. custom error messages make finding bugs much harder and it can be a pain to reinstall the tracebacks.
Looks great, db.
Just a minor recommendation: given the ease with which you can catch errors in python, you might consider an except(BitcoinError) clause to gracefully fail when you have insufficient funds, or other error. Your original post showed this:
It should be pretty easy to produce something like this, instead:
Or whatever info/format-string you want, but those Traceback messages tend to scare users.
Just a minor recommendation: given the ease with which you can catch errors in python, you might consider an except(BitcoinError) clause to gracefully fail when you have insufficient funds, or other error. Your original post showed this:
Code:
>>> bitcoin.sendtoaddress("1Nsq3itZULUZjtZGcjNrtZtwT8aMsHu1R1", 1000000)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "bitcoin.py", line 73, in sendtoaddress
_cmd("sendtoaddress %s %d %s %s" % (bitcoinaddress, amount, comment, comment_to))
File "bitcoin.py", line 86, in _cmd
return _parse(_cmd_raw(args))[0]
File "bitcoin.py", line 92, in _cmd_raw
raise BitcoinError(errors)
bitcoin.BitcoinError: error: Insufficient funds
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "
File "bitcoin.py", line 73, in sendtoaddress
_cmd("sendtoaddress %s %d %s %s" % (bitcoinaddress, amount, comment, comment_to))
File "bitcoin.py", line 86, in _cmd
return _parse(_cmd_raw(args))[0]
File "bitcoin.py", line 92, in _cmd_raw
raise BitcoinError(errors)
bitcoin.BitcoinError: error: Insufficient funds
It should be pretty easy to produce something like this, instead:
Code:
>>> bitcoin.sendtoaddress("1Nsq3itZULUZjtZGcjNrtZtwT8aMsHu1R1", 1000000)
***ERROR: Insufficient funds***
Attempted Transaction: 1000000
Available Balance: 922100
***ERROR: Insufficient funds***
Attempted Transaction: 1000000
Available Balance: 922100
Or whatever info/format-string you want, but those Traceback messages tend to scare users.
That's great! Thanks db!
+1 
That's great! Thanks db!
While creating the Bitcoin automation for mullvad.net I made a python wrapper around bitcoind. Should anyone else find such a thing useful it is available here:
https://www.mullvad.net/download/bitcoin.py
Usage example:
>>> import bitcoin
>>> bitcoin.getaddressesbylabel("foo")
['16au2i9ny5pnwCPnoekov2hHMhtS7qcFjR', '19BkB63mo3NQRPNeHkc3bWnKGBU7oL8Dp7']
>>> bitcoin.getreceivedbylabel("Your Address")
6.0
>>> bitcoin.listreceivedbyaddress()
{'16au2i9ny5pnwCPnoekov2hHMhtS7qcFjR': {'amount': 2000.0, 'label': 'foo', 'confirmations': 226, 'address': '16au2i9ny5pnwCPnoekov2hHMhtS7qcFjR'}, '1FLD8wCNNBh2wg2mnGjD9ogoLaRxpSz7TW': {'amount': 6.0, 'label': 'Your Address', 'confirmations': 343, 'address': '1FLD8wCNNBh2wg2mnGjD9ogoLaRxpSz7TW'}}
>>> bitcoin.sendtoaddress("1Nsq3itZULUZjtZGcjNrtZtwT8aMsHu1R1", 1234.5)
>>> bitcoin.sendtoaddress("1Nsq3itZULUZjtZGcjNrtZtwT8aMsHu1R1", 1000000)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "bitcoin.py", line 73, in sendtoaddress
_cmd("sendtoaddress %s %d %s %s" % (bitcoinaddress, amount, comment, comment_to))
File "bitcoin.py", line 86, in _cmd
return _parse(_cmd_raw(args))[0]
File "bitcoin.py", line 92, in _cmd_raw
raise BitcoinError(errors)
bitcoin.BitcoinError: error: Insufficient funds
>>>
https://www.mullvad.net/download/bitcoin.py
Usage example:
>>> import bitcoin
>>> bitcoin.getaddressesbylabel("foo")
['16au2i9ny5pnwCPnoekov2hHMhtS7qcFjR', '19BkB63mo3NQRPNeHkc3bWnKGBU7oL8Dp7']
>>> bitcoin.getreceivedbylabel("Your Address")
6.0
>>> bitcoin.listreceivedbyaddress()
{'16au2i9ny5pnwCPnoekov2hHMhtS7qcFjR': {'amount': 2000.0, 'label': 'foo', 'confirmations': 226, 'address': '16au2i9ny5pnwCPnoekov2hHMhtS7qcFjR'}, '1FLD8wCNNBh2wg2mnGjD9ogoLaRxpSz7TW': {'amount': 6.0, 'label': 'Your Address', 'confirmations': 343, 'address': '1FLD8wCNNBh2wg2mnGjD9ogoLaRxpSz7TW'}}
>>> bitcoin.sendtoaddress("1Nsq3itZULUZjtZGcjNrtZtwT8aMsHu1R1", 1234.5)
>>> bitcoin.sendtoaddress("1Nsq3itZULUZjtZGcjNrtZtwT8aMsHu1R1", 1000000)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "
File "bitcoin.py", line 73, in sendtoaddress
_cmd("sendtoaddress %s %d %s %s" % (bitcoinaddress, amount, comment, comment_to))
File "bitcoin.py", line 86, in _cmd
return _parse(_cmd_raw(args))[0]
File "bitcoin.py", line 92, in _cmd_raw
raise BitcoinError(errors)
bitcoin.BitcoinError: error: Insufficient funds
>>>
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