How to Use Blockbook as Bitcoinlib Service Provider

Nov 20, 2023

Config Bitcoinlib Provider

The config file of Bitcoinlib provider is located at ~/.bitcoinlib/providers.json.
“~” should be your home dir, If you are using Windows OS, It will be something like C:/Users/user_name/.
We are using Dogecoin testnet as an example.
The content of providers.json should contain the config below:

    "blockbook.dogecoin_testnet": {
        "provider": "blockbook",
        "network": "dogecoin_testnet",
        "client_class": "BlockbookClient",
        "provider_coin_id": "",
        "url": "https://your-blockbook-address-or-domain/api/v2/",
        "api_key": "",
        "priority": 10,
        "denominator": 100000000,
        "network_overrides": null
    }

A simple test

Use your favorite editor to create a .py code file:

from bitcoinlib.wallets import *
from bitcoinlib.networks import *
from bitcoinlib.keys import *

wallet_name = "DogeTestBlockbook"
network = "dogecoin_testnet"

mne = Mnemonic().generate()
print(mne)
w = wallet_create_or_open(wallet_name, network=network, keys=mne)

address = w.get_key().address
print(address)

w.utxos_update()

info = w.info()
print(info)

Run the code above, It should run without problem and print out a lot of infomation including address and balance.
You can charge to the address and run the code again, It should update utxo infomation and give you the right balance.
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