Web3 API

class web3.Web3(provider)

Each web3 instance exposes the following APIs.

Providers

Web3.HTTPProvider

Convenience API to access web3.providers.rpc.HTTPProvider

Web3.IPCProvider

Convenience API to access web3.providers.ipc.IPCProvider

Web3.setProviders(provider)

Updates the current web3 instance with the new list of providers. It also accepts a single provider.

Attributes

Web3.api

Returns the current Web3 version.

>>> web3.api
"4.7.0"

Web3.clientVersion

• Delegates to web3_clientVersion RPC Method

Returns the current client version.

>>> web3.clientVersion
'Geth/v1.4.11-stable-fed692f6/darwin/go1.7'

Encoding and Decoding Helpers

See Type Conversions

Currency Conversions

See Currency Conversions

Addresses

See Addresses

RPC APIS

Each web3 instance also exposes these namespaced APIs.

Web3.eth

See web3.eth API

Web3.miner

See Miner API

Web3.pm

See Package Manager API

Web3.geth

See Geth API

Web3.parity

See Parity API