Web3.py

Introduction

Web3.py is a set of libraries that allow developers to interact with Ethereum nodes using HTTP, IPC, or WebSocket protocols with Python. Moonbeam has an Ethereum-like API available that is fully compatible with Ethereum-style JSON RPC invocations. Therefore, developers can leverage this compatibility and use the web3.py library to interact with a Moonbeam node as if they were doing so on Ethereum.

Setup Web3.py with Edgeware

To get started with the web3.py library, install it using the following command:

pip3 install web3

Once done, the simplest setup to start using the library and its methods is the following:

from web3 import Web3

web3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider('RPC_URL'))

Depending on which network you want to connect to, you can set the RPC_URL to the following values:

Edgeware development node:

• RPC_URL: http://localhost:9933/``

Beresheet testnet:

• RPC_URL: https://beresheet2.edgewa.re/evm(Alternatively, one can use https://beresheetX.edgewa.re/evm where X can be any number from 1 to 8.)

Edgeware mainnet:

• RPC_URL: https://mainnet2.edgewa.re/evm(Alternatively, one can usehttps://mainnetX.edgewa.re/evm where X can be any number from 1 to 20.)

Tutorial for using Web3.py on Edgeware

using-web3.py