Object of the :pyAsset <stellar_sdk.asset.Asset>
class represents an asset in the Stellar network. Right now there are 3 possible types of assets in the Stellar network:
- native XLM asset (ASSET_TYPE_NATIVE),
- issued assets with asset code of maximum 4 characters (ASSET_TYPE_CREDIT_ALPHANUM4),
- issued assets with asset code of maximum 12 characters (ASSET_TYPE_CREDIT_ALPHANUM12).
To create a new native asset representation use static :pynative() <stellar_sdk.asset.Asset.native>
method:
from stellar_sdk import Asset
native = Asset.native()
To represent an issued asset you need to create a new object of type :pyAsset <stellar_sdk.asset.Asset>
with an asset code and issuer:
from stellar_sdk import Asset
# Creates TEST asset issued by GBBM6BKZPEHWYO3E3YKREDPQXMS4VK35YLNU7NFBRI26RAN7GI5POFBB
test_asset = Asset("TEST", "GBBM6BKZPEHWYO3E3YKREDPQXMS4VK35YLNU7NFBRI26RAN7GI5POFBB")
is_native = test_asset.is_native() # False
# Creates Google stock asset issued by GBBM6BKZPEHWYO3E3YKREDPQXMS4VK35YLNU7NFBRI26RAN7GI5POFBB
google_stock_asset = Asset('US38259P7069', 'GBBM6BKZPEHWYO3E3YKREDPQXMS4VK35YLNU7NFBRI26RAN7GI5POFBB')
google_stock_asset_type = google_stock_asset.type # credit_alphanum12