engkudigital / solana-py

Solana Python SDK

Solana.py

Solana Python API built on the JSON RPC API.

Python version of solana-web3.js for interacting with Solana.

Read the Documentation.

Quickstart

Installation

pip install solana

General Usage

import solana

API Client

from solana.rpc.api import Client

http_client = Client("https://api.devnet.solana.com")

Async API Client

import asyncio
from solana.rpc.async_api import AsyncClient

async def main():
    async with AsyncClient("https://api.devnet.solana.com") as client:
        res = await client.is_connected()
    print(res)  # True

    # Alternatively, close the client explicitly instead of using a context manager:
    client = AsyncClient("https://api.devnet.solana.com")
    res = await client.is_connected()
    print(res)  # True
    await client.close()

asyncio.run(main())

Development

Setup

1. Install pipenv.

brew install pipenv

2. Install dev dependencies.

pipenv install --dev

3. Activate the pipenv shell.

pipenv shell

Lint

make lint

Tests

# All tests
make tests
# Unit tests only
make unit-tests
# Integration tests only
make int-tests

Start a Solana Localnet

Install docker.

# Update/pull latest docker image
pipenv run update-localnet
# Start localnet instance
pipenv run start-localnet

Using Jupyter Notebook

make notebook