balpy 0.0.0a34

Balancer V2 Python API

balpy

Python tools for interacting with Balancer Protocol V2 in Python.

DISCLAIMER: While balpy is intended to be a useful tool to simplify interacting with Balancer V2 Smart Contracts, this package is an ALPHA-build and should be considered as such. Use at your own risk! This package is capable of sending Ethereum (or EVM compatible) tokens controlled by whatever private key you provide. User assumes all liability for using this software; contributors to this package are not liable for any undesirable results. Users are STRONGLY encouraged to experiment with this package on testnets before using it on mainnet with valuable assets.

Usage

balpy has been tested on:

• MacOS using Python 3.9.0
• Linux using Python 3.9-dev
• Windows using Python 3.9.5

Install

I recommend using a virtual environment:

python3 -m venv ./venv
source ./venv/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install balpy

See release on PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/balpy/

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/balancer-labs/balpy.git
cd balpy
python3 -m build
python3 -m pip install dist/<your_build>.whl

Environment Variables

You must set these two environment variables in order to use the balpy module

• KEY_API_ETHERSCAN: API key for Etherscan for gas prices
• KEY_PRIVATE: Plain text private key for signing transactions

You also must set AT LEAST one of these environment variables to connect to the network

• KEY_API_INFURA: API key for Infura for sending transactions
• BALPY_CUSTOM_RPC: Custom RPC URL (like localhost or Polygon RPC)

Samples

See README.md in samples/ for more information.