# Python EVM Chains Metadata

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

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

## Quick Start

## Dependencies

- [python3](https://www.python.org/downloads) version 3.8 up to 3.11.

## Installation

### via `pip`

You can install the latest release via [`pip`](https://pypi.org/project/pip/):

```bash
pip install evmchains
```

### via `setuptools`

You can clone the repository and use [`setuptools`](https://github.com/pypa/setuptools) for the most up-to-date version:

```bash
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](CONTRIBUTING.md) 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.


Packaged metadata on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains. 

Packaged metadata on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains

evmchains

Python EVM Chains Metadata

Quick Start

Dependencies

Installation

via `pip`

via `setuptools`

Quick Usage

Development

Adding Chains

Keywords

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