bitcoinbook/code/rpc_example.py

from bitcoin.rpc import RawProxy

# Create a connection to local Bitcoin Core node
p = RawProxy()

# Run the getblockchaininfo command, store the resulting data in info
info = p.getblockchaininfo()

# Retrieve the 'blocks' element from the info
print(info['blocks'])
ch03 rpc API, code examples, libraries 2016-02-05 02:52:15 +00:00			`from bitcoin.rpc import RawProxy`

			`# Create a connection to local Bitcoin Core node`
			`p = RawProxy()`

Rework ch03 for most recent version of Bitcoin Core 2017-10-19 20:38:27 +00:00			`# Run the getblockchaininfo command, store the resulting data in info`
			`info = p.getblockchaininfo()`
ch03 rpc API, code examples, libraries 2016-02-05 02:52:15 +00:00
			`# Retrieve the 'blocks' element from the info`
			`print(info['blocks'])`