beacon-client-py 0.2.0

A Python Client for interacting with the Ethereum Beacon Chain API

beacon-client-py

A Python client for interacting with the Ethereum Beacon Chain API

Beacon Chain API Reference

Ethereum Consensus Specification

Ethereum Consensus Specification Annotated

This implementation also leans on types implemented here

Installation

pip install beacon-client-py

Simple Example

from beacon_client.api import BeaconChainAPI

client = BeaconChainAPI("http://localhost:5052")
client.get_headers_from_block_id(block_id="head")

Streaming Example

for event in client.stream_events(head=True, block=True, attestation=True):
    match event.event:
        case "head":
            print(client.parse_head(event.data))
        case "block":
            print(client.parse_block(event.data))
        case "attestation":
            print(client.parse_attestation(event.data))
        case other:
            pass

Development

Run the docs locally

poetry run mkdocs serve

Formatter

poetry run black .

Tests

poetry run pytest -vv

linter

poetry run flake8

note: requires poetry version 1.2.x or higher