SteemPY Tutorials #2 - Basic Functions

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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

• SteemPY Tutorials #1

The Tutorial

Import the Steem function from steem library. After importing, we can use the function to access further commands (variables) inside that function.

>>> from steem import Steem
>>> s = Steem()

All keys

Using all keys, we can query.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf').keys()

Id

This represents the 'user id' of the steem account holder. This is assigned whenever the user joins for 1st time and it remains permanent for the 'username'

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['id']
231859

Name

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['name']
'lonelywolf'

Owner, Active, Posting, Memo Keys

Here, all the keys required to access account's different features.

• Owner

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['owner']
{'weight_threshold': 1, 'account_auths': [], 'key_auths': [['**************************************************', 1]]}

• Active

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['active']
{'weight_threshold': 1, 'account_auths': [], 'key_auths': [['**************************************************', 1]]}

• Posting

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['posting']
{'weight_threshold': 1, 'account_auths': [], 'key_auths': [['**************************************************', 1]]}

• Memo

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['memo_key']
'**************************************************'

Proxy

It is null in this case as no proxy server used.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['proxy']
''

Last owner update

It comes from the UNIX command i.e. January 1st 1970. Also birthdays are written in timestamps (time from this date till date).

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['last_owner_update']
'1970-01-01T00:00:00'

Last account update

It mainly is when the account settings (public profile) was last updated.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['last_account_update']
'2018-11-13T17:57:18'

Account creation time

The date, time when the account was created.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['created']
'2017-10-09T08:00:57'

Recovery account

If your account gets hacked, it can be recovered before any data is manipulated.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['recovery_account']
'steem'
>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['last_account_recovery']
'1970-01-01T00:00:00'

Click here for details.

Post counts

The no. of posts posted by the user.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['post_count']
142

Can vote

Whether a person can vote or not.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['can_vote']
True

Voting Power

This depends upon the 'steem power' a user holds. Here, it calculates out of 10,000.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['voting_power']
9715

So, I hold 97.15 % voting power currently.

Last vote time

Last time, I voted.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['last_vote_time']
'2018-11-23T11:50:27'

Balance

All balances in steem, SBD.
The user account looks like this...
wallet.png

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['balance']
'0.000 STEEM'

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['sbd_balance']
'0.000 SBD'

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['savings_sbd_balance']
'0.000 SBD'

Witness votes

The witnesses I have voted for.

>>> s.get_account('lonelywolf')['witness_votes']
['steemed', 'utopian-io', `imacryptorick`]

That's all for this tutorial, stay tuned for the next tutorials.

Proof of Work Done

GitHub: https://github.com/lonelywolf1