SteemPY Tutorials - #1, Installation & Basics

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Hello, steemians.
This is a new tutorial series on accessing Steem blockchain using python programming language.

Repository

• https://github.com/steemit/steem-python

Requirements

• Python

Difficulty

• Basic

Tutorial Contents

• You will learn how to install the official steem-py to your windows and use it via CMD(command line)

Curriculum

• None currently

The Tutorial

Setup

• Install 'Git' and get access from the command prompt (cmd). Download from here.
  

• Go to the required drive/directory, where steem-python is to be installed using the command prompt (cmd).

For windows, suppose go to E:\ drive (cmd is not case-sensitive)

$ E:

• Now, make a clone of the official GitHub repository of "steem-python" using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/steemit/steem-python

• A folder named "steem-python" is created. Go to the folder using the following command in cmd:

$ cd steem-python

• Inside this folder, we find a file - "setup.py". Install it using python command as follows:

  $ python setup.py install

Nice, The tool is installed successfully!!...

Coding

Now, let's check if it is working.
For this, we follow some basic examples from here

first, we initialize Steem class

from steem import Steem
s = Steem()

then we're getting the account of 'ned' and his sbd balance and printing it

That's all for today, stay tuned for next tutorials.

Proof of Work Done

GitHub: https://github.com/lonelywolf1