Python EVM Chains Metadata

Provides general metadata on EVM-compatible chains organized by Ape-style ecosystem and network.

Original source data: https://github.com/ethereum-lists/chains

Quick Start

Dependencies

• python3 version 3.8 up to 3.12.

Installation

via pip

You can install the latest release via pip:

pip install evmchains

via setuptools

You can clone the repository and use setuptools for the most up-to-date version:

git clone https://github.com/ApeWorX/evmchains.git
cd evmchains
python3 setup.py install

Quick Usage

from evmchains import get_chain_meta
chain = get_chain_meta("ethereum", "mainnet")
assert chain.chainId == 1

Development

Please see the contributing guide to learn more how to contribute to this project. Comments, questions, criticisms and pull requests are welcomed.

Adding Chains

To add a chain to the metadata, please open a pull request with the following changes:

• Update CHAIN_IDS in scripts/update.py with the chain IDs you want to add
• Run python scripts/update.py
• Submit a PR with the updated script and updated evmchain/chains.py metdata file

Do not edit evmchain/chains.py manually. Any manual changes are likely to be overwritten later.