def get_index_range():
"""
Get the bitcoin block index range.
Mask connection failures with timeouts.
Always try to reconnect
"""
bitcoind_session = get_bitcoind( new=True )
first_block = None
last_block = None
while last_block is None:
first_block, last_block = virtualchain.get_index_range( bitcoind_session )
if last_block is None:
# try to reconnnect
time.sleep(1)
log.error("Reconnect to bitcoind")
bitcoind_session = get_bitcoind( new=True )
continue
else:
return first_block, last_block
def get_index_range():
"""
Get the bitcoin block index range.
Mask connection failures with timeouts.
Always try to reconnect.
The last block will be the last block to search for names.
This will be NUM_CONFIRMATIONS behind the actual last-block the
cryptocurrency node knows about.
"""
bitcoind_session = get_bitcoind( new=True )
first_block = None
last_block = None
while last_block is None:
first_block, last_block = virtualchain.get_index_range( bitcoind_session )
if last_block is None:
# try to reconnnect
time.sleep(1)
log.error("Reconnect to bitcoind")
bitcoind_session = get_bitcoind( new=True )
continue
else:
return first_block, last_block - NUM_CONFIRMATIONS
