Inscription Parser

This script analyzes a block, finds transactions with inscriptions and extracts them.

It depends on a bitcoin node.

• For more information about Ordinals, checkout the Ordinals Website.
• For more information about Inscriptions, checkout the Inscriptions section.
• For more technical explanation of OP codes used by this script for parsing out the Ordinal Inscriptions, see the Script Wiki Page

Script Location

This script is installed at ~/nodeyez/scripts/inscriptionparser.py.

Configuration

To manage and configure this script, use the nodeyez-config tool

sudo nodeyez-config

To manually configure this script, edit the ~/nodeyez/config/inscriptionparser.json file

Fields are defined below

field name	description
backgroundColor	The background color of the image expressed as a hexadecimal color specifier. Default #000000
exportFilesEnabled	Indicates whether files should be exported to the data directory. Default true
height	The height, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 320
interval	The amount of time, in seconds, the script should wait before data gathering and image creation again. Default 30
overlayBackgroundColor	If overlayEnabled, this is the background color of the overlay block as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #00000040
overlayEnabled	Indicates whether annotations should be labeled over the image to display the transaction id, content type and size information. Default true
overlayExifEnabled	Indicates whether key exif data found in images should be labeled over the image in the annotation block. Default true
overlayTextColor	If overlayEnabled, this is the color of the overlay text as a Hexadecimal color specifier. #ffffffff
textColor	The color to use for the header expressed as a
hexadecimal color specifier. Default #ffffff
useTor	Indicates whether remote calls should use tor socks proxy for privacy. Default true
width	The width, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 480

Run Directly

Ensure the virtual environment is activated

source ~/.pyenv/nodeyez/bin/activate

Change to the scripts folder

cd ~/nodeyez/scripts

Run it

python inscriptionparser.py

Press CTRL+C to stop the process

This script also supports optional command line arguments for a single run and exit.

1. Pass the desired block number as an argument as follows

python inscriptionparser.py 773046

Run at Startup

To enable the script to run at startup, as the privileged user run the following

sudo systemctl enable nodeyez-inscriptionparser.service

sudo systemctl start nodeyez-inscriptionparser.service

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