Getting Started

Make sure you have the following packages installed on a python3 environment

• ipfsapi
• flask
• requests

Using anaconda you can do this with

conda create -n pyxain python=3.6
source activate pyxain
pip install flask requests ipfsapi

Then in the pyXain/ directory, run

pip install --editable .
export FLASK_APP=pyxain.api
export FLASK_DEBUG=true
flask run

to install the pyxain package and run the api server at localhost:5000.

You also must run have an ipfs daemon running in a separate terminal

ipfs daemon

You can now view the landing page on (http:///127.0.0.1:5000)

Note: every time you open a new terminal session and want to run the node, you need to enter both of the export statements.

Testing

All code should be tested and placed in the pyXain/tests/ directory in their respective files. Each module has its own test module.