aiosubstrate 0.1.1
A library for interacting with Substrate node (py-substrate-interface fork)
Requires Python: <3.13,>=3.10
Keywords: interface, polkascan, polkadot, substrate, blockchain, rpc, kusama

# aiosubstrate

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> ⚠️ This project is not related to the PolkaScan or JAMdotTech teams! Please, do not send them aiosubstrate bug reports!

> ⚠️ This project is currently in the beta stage. Use with caution.

A library for interacting with Substrate node, an unofficial fork of [py-polkadot-sdk](https://github.com/JAMdotTech/py-polkadot-sdk/) (previously known [py-substrate-interface](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface)) as with primary goal to achieve compatibility with Python asyncio.

## Description

This library specializes in interfacing with a [Substrate](https://substrate.io/) node; querying storage, composing extrinsics, SCALE encoding/decoding and providing additional convenience methods to deal with the features and metadata of the Substrate runtime.

## Documentation

* Upstream: [Library documentation](https://jamdottech.github.io/py-polkadot-sdk/)
* Upstream: [Metadata documentation for Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem runtimes](https://jamdottech.github.io/py-polkadot-metadata-docs/)

## Installation

```shell
pip install aiosubstrate

# with additional crypto libraries
pip install aiosubstrate[full]
```

## Initialization

```python
substrate = SubstrateInterface(url="ws://127.0.0.1:9944")
```

After connecting certain properties like `ss58_format` will be determined automatically by querying the RPC node. At the moment this will work for most `MetadataV14` and above runtimes like Polkadot, Kusama, Acala, Moonbeam. For older or runtimes under development the `ss58_format` (default 42) and other properties should be set manually.

## Quick usage

### Balance information of an account

```python
result = await substrate.query('System', 'Account', ['F4xQKRUagnSGjFqafyhajLs94e7Vvzvr8ebwYJceKpr8R7T'])
print(result.value['data']['free']) # 635278638077956496
```

### Create balance transfer extrinsic

```python
call = await substrate.compose_call(
    call_module='Balances',
    call_function='transfer',
    call_params={
        'dest': '5E9oDs9PjpsBbxXxRE9uMaZZhnBAV38n2ouLB28oecBDdeQo',
        'value': 1 * 10**12
    }
)

keypair = Keypair.create_from_uri('//Alice')
extrinsic = await substrate.create_signed_extrinsic(call=call, keypair=keypair)

receipt = await substrate.submit_extrinsic(extrinsic, wait_for_inclusion=True)

print(f"Extrinsic '{receipt.extrinsic_hash}' sent and included in block '{receipt.block_hash}'")
```

## Contact and Support

> ⚠️ This project is not related to the PolkaScan or JAMdotTech teams! Please, do not send them aiosubstrate bug reports!

For questions, please see the [Substrate StackExchange](https://substrate.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/python) or [Github Discussions](https://github.com/JAMdotTech/py-polkadot-sdk/discussions).

## License

[Apache 2.0](https://github.com/dipdup-io/aiosubstrate/blob/master/LICENSE)