harwey-t / cashaddress

Python tool for convert bitcoin cash legacy addresses

cashaddress

cashaddress is python library which is able to convert legacy BCH address to new format.

Installation

To install this library and its dependencies use:

pip install cashaddress

Usage examples

The first thing you need to do is import the library via:

from cashaddress import convert

Converting address

It does not matter if you use legacy or new address as input.

Then you can convert your address via:

address = convert.to_cash_address('155fzsEBHy9Ri2bMQ8uuuR3tv1YzcDywd4')

or

address = convert.to_legacy_address('bitcoincash:qqkv9wr69ry2p9l53lxp635va4h86wv435995w8p2h')

Validating address

You can also validate address via:

convert.is_valid('155fzsEBHy9Ri2bMQ8uuuR3tv1YzcDywd4')

or

convert.is_valid('bitcoincash:qqkv9wr69ry2p9l53lxp635va4h86wv435995w8p2h')

Development

1. Clone the repository

2. Create virtualenv

3. Do your thing

4. Run tests

   pytest