I am trying to create account for a user using web3.py in my local testrpc ethereum network. I have tried as per the documentation. But I am getting the error
AttributeError: 'Eth' object has no attribute 'account'
Code I am trying :
from web3 import Web3
w3 = Web3(YOUR_PROVIDER)
acct = w3.eth.account.create('KEYSMASH FJAFJKLDSKF7JKFDJ 1530')
I could see there is accounts
object in for eth
object but that is not what I need.
What am I doing wrong ? I could see there is another type of account which is called PersonalAccount in the doc
What is the difference between these two ?
Best Answer
Update: web3.py v4 has been stable for a while, so the question and answer don't really make sense anymore.
w3.eth.account
is included in any modern install.In order to use the latest
w3.eth.account
feature, you will have to either:Installing from source
Documentation Info
The web3 documentation you're referring to is for "latest", which corresponds to the source code on master at http://github.com/pipermerriam/web3.py
To see what features are available in v3, see the stable web3 documentation instead.