def filter(self, filter_params=None, filter_id=None):
if filter_id and filter_params:
raise TypeError(
"Ambiguous invocation: provide either a `filter_params` or a `filter_id` argument. "
"Both were supplied.")
if is_string(filter_params):
if filter_params == "latest":
filter_id = self.web3.manager.request_blocking(
"eth_newBlockFilter",
[],
)
return BlockFilter(self.web3, filter_id)
elif filter_params == "pending":
filter_id = self.web3.manager.request_blocking(
"eth_newPendingTransactionFilter",
[],
)
return TransactionFilter(self.web3, filter_id)
else:
raise ValueError(
"The filter API only accepts the values of `pending` or "
"`latest` for string based filters")
elif isinstance(filter_params, dict):
_filter_id = self.web3.manager.request_blocking(
"eth_newFilter",
[filter_params],
)
return LogFilter(self.web3, _filter_id)
elif filter_id and not filter_params:
return LogFilter(self.web3, filter_id)
else:
raise TypeError(
"Must provide either filter_params as a string or "
"a valid filter object, or a filter_id as a string "
"or hex.")
def filter(self, filter_params):
if is_string(filter_params):
if filter_params == "latest":
filter_id = self.web3.manager.request_blocking(
"eth_newBlockFilter",
[],
)
return BlockFilter(self.web3, filter_id)
elif filter_params == "pending":
filter_id = self.web3.manager.request_blocking(
"eth_newPendingTransactionFilter",
[],
)
return TransactionFilter(self.web3, filter_id)
else:
raise ValueError(
"The filter API only accepts the values of `pending` or "
"`latest` for string based filters")
elif isinstance(filter_params, dict):
filter_id = self.web3.manager.request_blocking(
"eth_newFilter",
[filter_params],
)
return LogFilter(self.web3, filter_id)
else:
raise ValueError(
"Must provide either a string or a valid filter object")