Topic: Tutorial: creating a bitcoin instawallet clone with python and django - page 2. (Read 8923 times)

Have you checked the credentials you supplied in your bitcoind connection string?

BITCOIND_CONNECTION_STRING = "http://login:password@domain:8332"

I think that changing the version doesn't necessarily help that much...

Example bitcoin.conf:

testnet=1
server=1
rpcuser=TESTUSER
rpcpassword=TESTPW
rpcallowip=*
gen=0

I'm using bitcoind 0.5.2 , and i tested it with SafeBit, it's working fine.
Maybe i should check 0.4, and try your suggestions. thanks.

That error means that you are not getting proper results from the bitcoind. Try checking the connection string in settings.

Also with django you can go to console and execute "python manage.py shell" or with django-extensions installed "python manage.py shell_plus"

That way you can test on command line what goes wrong. Just try creating a bitcoin wallet object, and getting the receiving address.

rpcallowip=*

right? i've done that, still got the same error report.

You have to configure your bitcoin.conf (bitcoind daemon) to allow your IP address.

This error bothers me too much, Can you help me figure it out ? thanks!

I've installed django_bitcoin,
i'll try again.

You have to {% load currency_conversions %} in your template, and check that django_bitcoin is installed.

Otherwise, thanks for the feedback, I try to improve the tutorial later today.

Interesting, django+python+bitcoin,
I'll try this out.

EDIT:
@kangasbros: What does this mean?

Hi,

thanks for making this, I might use it at some point.
I only skimmed the first 1/3 of it and have some suggestions:

1.) when showing stuff the user has to enter in some shell (there might be different shells involved at some point, like bash and python shell), replicate the prompt, something like this:



that way, the user (always assume he knows nothing) always knows that this is commands he is supposed to enter and in which shell they go. Another upside to this is that you can also replicate the shells answer in cases where this might be reassuring, like so:


2.) When telling the reader to edit/create some file, you should always state the name of the file clearly. You could also emphasize the filename in the pretext.

Here is an example that leaves me uncertain about what the file should be named and where it goes:


You're telling the reader to create a folder and then give him some text he should put in a file... which file? db.env? Where does it go? In the templates folder? This is not clear, always be clear on this. This problem is seen in many tutorials: the author makes some assumptions about the users just _knowing_ where some config directives or newly created files should go. It might be crystal-clear to the author (who is an expert), but keep in mind that all the stuff you write is probably new to the reader, so he is very uncertain about things and it helps to reassure him by stating the obvious.

Other than that your tutorial seems great!

I will give you more feedback once I actually go through with it.

Thanks!

Hi, I wrote this little tutorial for those who are interested in developing bitcoin web apps with python/django

http://blog.kangasbros.fi/?p=85

This is my first time writing something like this, feedback welcome!

Edit: the github repo: https://github.com/kangasbros/django-bitcoin-instawallet