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Our Python SDK, blockfrost-python requires at least Python 3.7 in order to work.

Installation

PyPI Latest Release

$ pip install blockfrost-python

Usage

Using the SDK is pretty straight-forward as you can see from the following examples.

Cardano

from blockfrost import BlockFrostApi, ApiError, ApiUrls

api = BlockFrostApi(
project_id='YOUR API KEY HERE', # or export environment variable BLOCKFROST_PROJECT_ID
# optional: pass base_url or export BLOCKFROST_API_URL to use testnet, defaults to ApiUrls.mainnet.value
base_url=ApiUrls.testnet.value,
)
try:
health = api.health()
print(health) # prints object: HealthResponse(is_healthy=True)
health = api.health(return_type='json') # Can be useful if python wrapper is behind api version
print(health) # prints json: {"is_healthy":True}
health = api.health(return_type='pandas')
print(health) # prints Dataframe: is_healthy
# 0 True


account_rewards = api.account_rewards(
stake_address='stake1ux3g2c9dx2nhhehyrezyxpkstartcqmu9hk63qgfkccw5rqttygt7',
count=20,
)
print(account_rewards[0].epoch) # prints 221
print(len(account_rewards)) # prints 20

account_rewards = api.account_rewards(
stake_address='stake1ux3g2c9dx2nhhehyrezyxpkstartcqmu9hk63qgfkccw5rqttygt7',
count=20,
gather_pages=True, # will collect all pages
)
print(account_rewards[0].epoch) # prints 221
print(len(account_rewards)) # prints 57

address = api.address(
address='addr1qxqs59lphg8g6qndelq8xwqn60ag3aeyfcp33c2kdp46a09re5df3pzwwmyq946axfcejy5n4x0y99wqpgtp2gd0k09qsgy6pz')
print(address.type) # prints 'shelley'
for amount in address.amount:
print(amount.unit) # prints 'lovelace'

except ApiError as e:
print(e)

IPFS

from blockfrost import BlockFrostIPFS, ApiError

ipfs = BlockFrostIPFS(
project_id='YOUR API KEY HERE' # or export environment variable BLOCKFROST_PROJECT_ID
)
file_hash = None
try:
ipfs_object = ipfs.add('./README.md')
file_hash = ipfs_object.ipfs_hash
print(file_hash)
except ApiError as e:
print(e)

try:
with open('./README_downloaded.md', 'w') as file:
file_data = ipfs.gateway(IPFS_path=file_hash).text
file.write(file_data)
except ApiError as e:
print(e)