Merge pull request #30 from benispresence/benjamin

Benjamin

Author: benispresence

README.md

@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ Data Source is a full node of the ethereum blockchain.
 ![](images/hexbase_erd.jpeg "Hexbase ERD")
 
 ## Requirements
-- run ethereum consensus & execution client locally
 - PostgreSQL database
-- 80Gb disk space
+- 5Gb disk space
 - 8GB RAM
 - Core i7-10700 or stronger
 
 ## Recommendations
 - visualisation open-source software for business intelligence: Metabase (recommendation). You can visualize queries from your Hexbase-Database.
+- run ethereum consensus & execution client locally
 
 ## Configuration
-Set up a local ethereum node and host a rpc connection on "http://localhost:8545".<br /> 
 Additionally configure a file named "global_config.ini" and adjust the PATH_CONFIG in configs/credentials.py .<br />
-The global_config.ini should look like this:
+You have to configure the postgres credentials and the rpc_url in this file. The global_config.ini should look like this:
 
 [postgre_db]<br />
 dbname=your_db_name<br />
@@ -32,6 +31,9 @@ password=your_password<br />
 host=your_host<br />
 port=your_port<br />
 
+[rpc]<br />
+url=your_rpc_url<br />
+
 ## Usage
 Run the hex.py and uniswap_v2.py file periodically. (with cron jobs, jenkins, or etc.)
 

configs/web3.py

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from web3 import Web3
 
+from configs.credentials import get_config
+
 
 def get_local_node_conn():
     """
     :return: A connection to web3 via a local ethereum node.
     """
-    local_node_url = "http://localhost:8545"
-    web3_conn = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(local_node_url))
+    config = get_config()
+    url = config['rpc']['url']
+    web3_conn = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(url))
     return web3_conn