initial replication from docker-gentoo-steemd

switch.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+#
+# witness toggle
+#
+# Configuration requires environment variables pulled in by config.py
+# monitor.sh script pulls these in from 'config' and config.py takes
+# the ones needed for this script
+
+import asyncio
+import websockets
+import time
+import sys
+import random
+import os
+from pistonbase import operations
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from piston.transactionbuilder import TransactionBuilder
+from graphenebase import base58
+from piston import Steem
+
+import config
+
+st = Steem ( keys = config.wif )
+
+tx = TransactionBuilder ()
+tx.appendOps (
+  operations.Witness_update (
+    **{ "owner": config.owner,
+        "url": config.witnessthread,
+        "block_signing_key": config.block_signing_public_key,
+        "props": { "account_creation_fee": config.account_creation_fee,
+                   "maximum_block_size": config.maximum_block_size,
+                   "sbd_interest_rate": config.sbd_interest_rate},
+         "fee": config.fee,
+      }
+    )
+  )
+tx.appendSigner ( config.owner, "active" )
+tx.sign()
+try:
+  tx.broadcast ()
+  print ( "Successfully switched to secondary witness" )
+except:
+  print ( "Transaction broadcast failed" )