#!/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)