node_proxy.py

# Copyright (C) 2018-2020 The python-litecoin-utils developers
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from litecoinutils.setup import setup
from litecoinutils.proxy import NodeProxy

def main():
    # always remember to setup the network
    setup('testnet')

    # get a node proxy using default host and port
    proxy = NodeProxy('rpcuser', 'rpcpw').get_proxy()

    # call the node's getblockcount JSON-RPC method
    count = proxy.getblockcount()

    # call the node's getblockhash JSON-RPC method
    block_hash = proxy.getblockhash(count)

    # call the node's getblock JSON-RPC method and print result
    block = proxy.getblock(block_hash)
    print(block)

    # print only the difficulty of the network
    print(block['difficulty'])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()