Installing-walytis_api.md

how to install walytis_api

walytis_api is the python library which applications can use to communicate with the locally running Walytis Core software to interact with blockchains. During the time of the beta release of Walytis, we will use walytis_beta_api. When walytis_api is released in the future, it will just be an update of walytis_beta_api, possible with a few breaking changes.

Installation

Option 1: Install from PyPI

The simplest way to install walytis_beta_apiis with pip from the Python Package Index:

pip install walytis_beta_api

Option 2: Install from Source

Prerequisites

• walytis_beta_api depends on the brenthy_tools_beta library. See Installing-brenthy_tools.

Installation

The walytis_beta_api is built using the Brenthy/blockchains/Walytis_Beta/setup.py file. Follow these steps to install it using pip:

1. Navigate to the Brenthy/blockchains/Walytis_Beta directory inside of this repository.

cd Brenthy/blockchains/Walytis_Beta

2. Build and install the package using pip:

pip install .