To check the integration is working, make a basic API request within your project.
Here we are retrieving the 3 last Posts that were made with a post type of "chat" and with a reference of "hall". We'll go into more details about post types and references in the Post Resource Reference.
from aleph_client.synchronous import get_postsget_posts(types=['chat'], refs= ['hall'], pagination=3)
Aleph returns an object with a posts key containing an array of all the posts that were made with the query params we requested.
The response should look like this:
{'posts': [{'_id':{'$oid':'616515877eb99b436b86c06c'},'chain':'ETH','item_hash':'da0e0539b68b3e60e98add4720f2db0a663cf4bda9e519dd21a494b608b6cbfc','sender':'0xd529b1894491a0a26B18939274ae8ede93E81dbA','type':'chat','channel':'TEST','confirmed':True,'content':{'body':'bifi'},'item_content':'{"type":"chat","address":"0xd529b1894491a0a26B18939274ae8ede93E81dbA","content":{"body":"bifi"},"time":1634014592.392,"ref":"hall"}','item_type':'inline','signature':'0x1485ecb8a35ff78f3ac6b4e2eb48ffb115871b052495c38fbf6e2e2eb8a9cf992f23d0725d99fe52cf8b9dee11c1b29b52bef88d633fad809123b7ed5e494e0f1c','size':131,'time':1634014592.392,'confirmations': [{'chain':'ETH','height':13401891,'hash':'0x592d4aa9c087103733073700aa502441a334b28e0f02a689e364a5e948002449'}],'original_item_hash':'da0e0539b68b3e60e98add4720f2db0a663cf4bda9e519dd21a494b608b6cbfc','original_signature':'0x1485ecb8a35ff78f3ac6b4e2eb48ffb115871b052495c38fbf6e2e2eb8a9cf992f23d0725d99fe52cf8b9dee11c1b29b52bef88d633fad809123b7ed5e494e0f1c','original_type':'chat','hash':'da0e0539b68b3e60e98add4720f2db0a663cf4bda9e519dd21a494b608b6cbfc','original_ref':'hall','address':'0xd529b1894491a0a26B18939274ae8ede93E81dbA','ref':'hall'},{'_id':{'$oid':'615cfa717eb99b436b2fd32f'},'chain':'ETH','item_hash':'67243b6b2cd85d6f5b4659dfd9254ab962895cb8f4501cf3b88eb347b2c0dfb6','sender':'0x7C7743637c451B17c3289ad178E373B2Cac617B5','type':'chat','channel':'TEST','confirmed':True,'content':{'body':'test message'},'item_content':'{"type":"chat","address":"0x7C7743637c451B17c3289ad178E373B2Cac617B5","content":{"body":"test message"},"time":1633483308.211,"ref":"hall"}','item_type':'inline','signature':'0xd74dacc75ed4b50a7c5a425128795e72c7ceedc540b7c9fabc6fce16ad5bafba470f714a62a4915180c074bf1d0d4e3e5e108f1b354685de93632d9022d6984f1c','size':139,'time':1633483308.211,'confirmations': [{'chain':'ETH','height':13362643,'hash':'0x2d08c7ca8afb5cc8c232b7fb3b46b906b6ee38badf0e8de2afc2cb35c87081da'}],'original_item_hash':'67243b6b2cd85d6f5b4659dfd9254ab962895cb8f4501cf3b88eb347b2c0dfb6','original_signature':'0xd74dacc75ed4b50a7c5a425128795e72c7ceedc540b7c9fabc6fce16ad5bafba470f714a62a4915180c074bf1d0d4e3e5e108f1b354685de93632d9022d6984f1c','original_type':'chat','hash':'67243b6b2cd85d6f5b4659dfd9254ab962895cb8f4501cf3b88eb347b2c0dfb6','original_ref':'hall','address':'0x7C7743637c451B17c3289ad178E373B2Cac617B5','ref':'hall'},{'_id':{'$oid':'61584004233a497a714d1b92'},'chain':'ETH','item_hash':'59b2353ed904f95ae11e3c78a5813631040d1e13b0a6505e6d44006099ef072c','sender':'0x63c9e115f8b3b5C889d11dC88b0F6bc2ACe1fcA8','type':'chat','channel':'TEST','confirmed':True,'content':{'body':'a little slow ngl'},'item_content':'{"type":"chat","address":"0x63c9e115f8b3b5C889d11dC88b0F6bc2ACe1fcA8","content":{"body":"a little slow ngl"},"time":1633173507.785,"ref":"hall"}','item_type':'inline','signature':'0xea0437f0591b6293036b200a90c0c56d664010a96272797e273308fe8d001c6c546caf5d878fa4406fe8458b5117f0c12da14b469ece1ee799de5b208a5325121c','size':144,'time':1633173507.785,'confirmations': [{'chain':'ETH','height':13339562,'hash':'0x16dd4a0726f976addc094f29676ffdfaec29a05479d23a2c7da7310d0acf0f86'}],'original_item_hash':'59b2353ed904f95ae11e3c78a5813631040d1e13b0a6505e6d44006099ef072c','original_signature':'0xea0437f0591b6293036b200a90c0c56d664010a96272797e273308fe8d001c6c546caf5d878fa4406fe8458b5117f0c12da14b469ece1ee799de5b208a5325121c','original_type':'chat','hash':'59b2353ed904f95ae11e3c78a5813631040d1e13b0a6505e6d44006099ef072c','original_ref':'hall','address':'0x63c9e115f8b3b5C889d11dC88b0F6bc2ACe1fcA8','ref':'hall'} ],'pagination_page':1,'pagination_total':449,'pagination_per_page':3,'pagination_item':'posts'}
3. Next Steps - Writing to the Network
Once you have successfully made an API GET request, connect a blockchain account and write to the aleph.im network