block_headers.py (1034B)
1 #!/usr/bin/env python3 2 3 # A simple script that connects to a server and displays block headers 4 5 import time 6 import asyncio 7 8 from electrum.network import Network 9 from electrum.util import print_msg, json_encode, create_and_start_event_loop, log_exceptions 10 from electrum.simple_config import SimpleConfig 11 12 config = SimpleConfig() 13 14 # start network 15 loop, stopping_fut, loop_thread = create_and_start_event_loop() 16 network = Network(config) 17 network.start() 18 19 # wait until connected 20 while not network.is_connected(): 21 time.sleep(1) 22 print_msg("waiting for network to get connected...") 23 24 header_queue = asyncio.Queue() 25 26 @log_exceptions 27 async def f(): 28 try: 29 await network.interface.session.subscribe('blockchain.headers.subscribe', [], header_queue) 30 # 3. wait for results 31 while network.is_connected(): 32 header = await header_queue.get() 33 print_msg(json_encode(header)) 34 finally: 35 stopping_fut.set_result(1) 36 37 # 2. send the subscription 38 asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(f(), loop)