PyOTA-CCurl 1.0.2

C Curl extension for PyOTA

This is an extension for the crypto functionality in PyOTA, the Python API for IOTA. When installed, it will significantly boost the performance of PyOTA’s crypto functionality.

This extension is installed as an add-on to the pyota package:

pip install pyota[ccurl]

Compatibility

This extension is currently compatible with Python 3.6 and 3.5 only.

I’ve documented the issues with the Python 2 C API. Adding Python 2 support is on my list, but it may take me a bit before I can get to it.

If you have experience with C and are interested in getting involved, please reach out to me on the IOTA Slack network or submit a pull request.

Testing

The easiest way to test the extension is to install it and then run the PyOTA unit tests.

Here’s a modified tox.ini file that for PyOTA that will install the C extension before running unit tests:

[tox]
envlist = py27, py35, py36

[testenv]
commands =
  pip install --pre pyota-ccurl
  nosetests
deps =
  mock
  nose

Note that this file needs to be installed in the PyOTA codebase!