Cannot import python-bitcoinlib into a simple script

[zander1983]

Hi
Im writing a simple python script to connect to a local bitcoin node and list transactions but I cant get the thing working.

I created a virtual environment with:

    

Code:

virtualenv bitcoinenv

And then activated:

    

Code:

source bitcoinenv/bin/activate

The I installed python-bitcoinlib with:

    

Code:

pip install python-bitcoinlib

I have a simple script:

Code:

    import requests
    import bitcoin.rpc

    # Connect to the local Bitcoin node
    connection = bitcoin.rpc.Proxy()

    # Get a list of unspent transactions
    unspent_transactions = connection.listunspent()

    # Print the unspent transactions
    print(unspent_transactions)

And I run this with:

    

Code:

python bitcoin.py

But I get the error:

Code:

    import bitcoin.rpc
    ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bitcoin.rpc'; 'bitcoin' is not a package

Heres more information about my environment. When I run:

    

Code:

which python

I get:

    /Users/me/Bitcoin/exchange/bitcoinenv/bin/python

When I run:
  
    

Code:

echo $VIRTUAL_ENV

I get:

    

Code:

/Users/me/Bitcoin/exchange/bitcoinenv

When I go to `/Users/me/Bitcoin/exchange/bitcoinenv/lib/python3.8/site-packages` and list the contents I see python_bitcoinlib-0.11.2.dist-info amongst others listed (which I think is correct).


When I run `pip --version` I get:


    

Code:

pip 22.3.1 from /Users/me/Bitcoin/exchange/bitcoinenv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip (python 3.8)

And when I run `python --version` I get:

    

Code:

Python 3.8.0

Has anyone any idea why I cant import the python-bitcoinlib library?

Thanks





EDIT:

I have changed the script to:

Code:

import bitcoin
from bitcoin.rpc import Proxy

# create a connection to the local bitcoin node
conn = Proxy(
    network='regtest'  # specify the network parameters as 'regtest'
)

# list the transactions in the wallet
print(conn.listtransactions())

When I run with

Code:

python3 scripts.py

I see the error:

Code:

    from bitcoin.rpc import Proxy
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bitcoin.rpc'

This is VERY frustrating! Any ideas?

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[WhyFhy]

VIRTUAL_ENV is likely running from the wrong directory if bitcoin.rpc ModuleNotFoundError: is a line 1 error.

[zander1983]

VIRTUAL_ENV is likely running from the wrong directory if bitcoin.rpc ModuleNotFoundError: is a line 1 error.

can you expand on this?

[WhyFhy]

VIRTUAL_ENV is likely running from the wrong directory if bitcoin.rpc ModuleNotFoundError: is a line 1 error.

can you expand on this?

 I'm guessing your pip or py environment paths are wrong. Or you are actually missing the bitcoin.rpc module from bitcoinlib try this.
 

Code:

pip install --upgrade bitcoin

[zander1983]

VIRTUAL_ENV is likely running from the wrong directory if bitcoin.rpc ModuleNotFoundError: is a line 1 error.

can you expand on this?

 I'm guessing your pip or py environment paths are wrong. Or you are actually missing the bitcoin.rpc module from bitcoinlib try this.
 

Code:

pip install --upgrade bitcoin

an uninstall and reinstall of python-bitcoinlib worked. Thanks.