#!/usr/bin/env python3 # A simple script that connects to a server and displays block headers import time import asyncio from electrum.network import Network from electrum.util import print_msg, json_encode, create_and_start_event_loop, log_exceptions from electrum.simple_config import SimpleConfig config = SimpleConfig() # start network loop, stopping_fut, loop_thread = create_and_start_event_loop() network = Network(config) network.start() # wait until connected while not network.is_connected(): time.sleep(1) print_msg("waiting for network to get connected...") header_queue = asyncio.Queue() @log_exceptions async def f(): try: await network.interface.session.subscribe('blockchain.headers.subscribe', [], header_queue) # 3. wait for results while network.is_connected(): header = await header_queue.get() print_msg(json_encode(header)) finally: stopping_fut.set_result(1) # 2. send the subscription asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(f(), loop)