Prefix internal methods with an underscore

server/daemon.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Daemon(util.LoggedClass):
                              .format(height))
             self._height = height
 
-    async def post(self, data):
+    async def _post(self, data):
         '''Send data to the daemon and handle the response.'''
         async with self.workqueue_semaphore:
             async with aiohttp.post(self.url, data=data) as resp:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Daemon(util.LoggedClass):
                 raise DaemonWarmingUpError
             raise DaemonError(err)
 
-    async def send(self, payload):
+    async def _send(self, payload):
         '''Send a payload to be converted to JSON.
 
         Handles temporary connection issues.  Daemon reponse errors
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Daemon(util.LoggedClass):
         prior_msg = None
         while True:
             try:
-                result = await self.post(data)
+                result = await self._post(data)
                 if prior_msg:
                     self.logger.info('connection successfully restored')
                 return result
@@ -105,34 +105,29 @@ class Daemon(util.LoggedClass):
             count += 1
             secs = min(16, secs * 2)
 
-    async def send_single(self, method, params=None):
+    async def _send_single(self, method, params=None):
         '''Send a single request to the daemon.'''
         payload = {'method': method}
         if params:
             payload['params'] = params
-        return await self.send(payload)
+        return await self._send(payload)
 
-    async def send_many(self, mp_iterable):
-        '''Send several requests at once.'''
-        payload = [{'method': m, 'params': p} for m, p in mp_iterable]
+    async def _send_vector(self, method, params_iterable):
+        '''Send several requests of the same method.'''
+        payload = [{'method': method, 'params': p} for p in params_iterable]
         if payload:
-            return await self.send(payload)
+            return await self._send(payload)
         return []
 
-    async def send_vector(self, method, params_iterable):
-        '''Send several requests of the same method.'''
-        return await self.send_many((method, params)
-                                    for params in params_iterable)
-
     async def block_hex_hashes(self, first, count):
         '''Return the hex hashes of count block starting at height first.'''
         params_iterable = ((h, ) for h in range(first, first + count))
-        return await self.send_vector('getblockhash', params_iterable)
+        return await self._send_vector('getblockhash', params_iterable)
 
     async def raw_blocks(self, hex_hashes):
         '''Return the raw binary blocks with the given hex hashes.'''
         params_iterable = ((h, False) for h in hex_hashes)
-        blocks = await self.send_vector('getblock', params_iterable)
+        blocks = await self._send_vector('getblock', params_iterable)
         # Convert hex string to bytes
         return [bytes.fromhex(block) for block in blocks]
 
@@ -140,39 +135,39 @@ class Daemon(util.LoggedClass):
         '''Return the hashes of the txs in the daemon's mempool.'''
         if self.debug_caught_up:
             return []
-        return await self.send_single('getrawmempool')
+        return await self._send_single('getrawmempool')
 
     async def estimatefee(self, params):
         '''Return the fee estimate for the given parameters.'''
-        return await self.send_single('estimatefee', params)
+        return await self._send_single('estimatefee', params)
 
     async def relayfee(self):
         '''The minimum fee a low-priority tx must pay in order to be accepted
         to the daemon's memory pool.'''
-        net_info = await self.send_single('getnetworkinfo')
+        net_info = await self._send_single('getnetworkinfo')
         return net_info['relayfee']
 
     async def getrawtransaction(self, hex_hash):
         '''Return the serialized raw transaction with the given hash.'''
-        return await self.send_single('getrawtransaction', (hex_hash, 0))
+        return await self._send_single('getrawtransaction', (hex_hash, 0))
 
     async def getrawtransactions(self, hex_hashes):
         '''Return the serialized raw transactions with the given hashes.
 
         Breaks large requests up.  Yields after each sub request.'''
         params_iterable = ((hex_hash, 0) for hex_hash in hex_hashes)
-        txs = await self.send_vector('getrawtransaction', params_iterable)
+        txs = await self._send_vector('getrawtransaction', params_iterable)
         # Convert hex strings to bytes
         return [bytes.fromhex(tx) for tx in txs]
 
     async def sendrawtransaction(self, params):
         '''Broadcast a transaction to the network.'''
-        return await self.send_single('sendrawtransaction', params)
+        return await self._send_single('sendrawtransaction', params)
 
     async def height(self):
         '''Query the daemon for its current height.'''
         if not self.debug_caught_up:
-            self._height = await self.send_single('getblockcount')
+            self._height = await self._send_single('getblockcount')
         return self._height
 
     def cached_height(self):