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| -rwxr-xr-x | contrib/signet/getcoins.py | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/signet/getcoins.py b/contrib/signet/getcoins.py new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..691f0bb1b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/signet/getcoins.py @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python3 +# Copyright (c) 2020 The Bitcoin Core developers +# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying +# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. + +import argparse +import subprocess +import requests +import sys + +parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Script to get coins from a faucet.', epilog='You may need to start with double-dash (--) when providing bitcoin-cli arguments.') +parser.add_argument('-c', '--cmd', dest='cmd', default='bitcoin-cli', help='bitcoin-cli command to use') +parser.add_argument('-f', '--faucet', dest='faucet', default='https://signetfaucet.com/claim', help='URL of the faucet') +parser.add_argument('-a', '--addr', dest='addr', default='', help='Bitcoin address to which the faucet should send') +parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', dest='password', default='', help='Faucet password, if any') +parser.add_argument('bitcoin_cli_args', nargs='*', help='Arguments to pass on to bitcoin-cli (default: -signet)') + +args = parser.parse_args() + +if args.addr == '': + if args.bitcoin_cli_args == []: + args.bitcoin_cli_args = ['-signet'] + # get address for receiving coins + try: + args.addr = subprocess.check_output([args.cmd] + args.bitcoin_cli_args + ['getnewaddress', 'faucet', 'bech32']).strip() + except FileNotFoundError: + print('The binary', args.cmd, 'could not be found.') + exit() + +data = {'address': args.addr, 'password': args.password} +try: + res = requests.post(args.faucet, data=data) +except: + print('Unexpected error when contacting faucet:', sys.exc_info()[0]) + exit() +print(res.text) |