This post contains two Python scripts that show how to use the classes in the steem-python library to compute the Steem Power of an account and construct a SteemConnect URL for delegation purposes.
These scripts use the steem-python "Converter" class. Converter functions can be used on "Account", "Converter", and "Commit" objects. In these scripts I make a Converter object to use the functions.
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Print out a user's SP
# Use steem-python to determine an account's steem power.
from steem.account import Account
from steem.amount import Amount
from steem.converter import Converter
# Substitute another username for "numberjocky".
userName = 'numberjocky'
# Retrieve the account of the user.
userAcct = Account(userName)
# Get a Converter object.
c = Converter()
# Compute the Steem Power from the account's vesting shares. Use the "Amount" class
# because the value of the "vesting_shares" key is a two-word string.
spVests = Amount(userAcct['vesting_shares']).amount
# Use the Converter object to convert VESTS to SP
userSP = c.vests_to_sp(spVests)
# Print out the account's Steem Power
print("%s" % userName)
print("%.3f SP" % userSP)
Print out a delegation URL
# Use steem-python to print out a delegation URL
from steem.account import Account
from steem.amount import Amount
from steem.converter import Converter
# Substitute another username for "numberjocky".
userName = 'numberjocky'
# Substitute the name of a user to delegate to instead of "minnowsupport".
delegateTo = 'minnowsupport'
# Substitute the amount of Steem Power to delegate instead of "10".
spToDelegate = 10
# Get a Converter object
c = Converter()
# Retrieve "steem per mvests" using the Converter object. This number changes from
# day to day.
steemPerMVests = c.steem_per_mvests()
# Compute how many vests to delegate.
vestsToDelegate = 1000000/steemPerMVests*spToDelegate
# Print out a URL to use Steem Connect for delegation.
preStr = "https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator"
dStr = "&delegatee"
vStr = "&vesting_shares"
sufStr = "%20VESTS"
printVariables = (preStr,userName,dStr,delegateTo,vStr,vestsToDelegate,sufStr)
print("%s=%s%s=%s%s=%.6f%s" % printVariables)
Copy the URL and paste it in your browser to delegate SP.
Enjoy!