How to install steem-python for Windows

I wrote this post, as it is not easy at the moment to install steem-python on Windows using Anaconda 5 with python 3.6.

1. Install Anaconda 5 with python 3.6

Go to https://www.anaconda.com/download/ and download the installer for Python 3.6
Start the installer (I normally choose that all user can use Python and change the path to C:\Anaconda3)

2. Download the wheel for scrypt-0.8.0

I forked https://bitbucket.org/mhallin/py-scrypt and added Python 3.6 to appveyor.yml after line 33:

Then i added my forked repository in https://www.appveyor.com/ and started the build process. As a result, you can download the wheel for scrypt:

3. Start the Anaconda Prompt and install steem-python

Start the Anaconda Prompt ( You find it under Anaconda3)
Install either the scrypt-wheel for 64Bit - Anaconda : pip install scrypt-0.8.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
Or install the scrypt-wheel for 32 Bit - Anaconda : pip install scrypt-0.8.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd32.whl
Install ujson: conda install ujson
Install steem by: pip install steem

4. Using steem-python

Enter python into the Anaconda Prompt window
set the node with nodes=['https://api.steemit.com']
import steem: from steem import Steem
create a Steem object: s = Steem(nodes)
read the number of created accounts: s.get_account_count()

5. Uninstall steem-python

In order to uninstall steem, you have to perform the following steps:

pip uninstall steem voluptuous toml pylibscrypt pipfile maya pendulum  
pytzdata langdetect humanize funcy ecdsa diff_match_patch dateparser  
regex tzlocal ruamel.yaml appdirs scrypt w3lib prettytable

6. Optional - Use environment for installing steem

By creating an environment, the steem installation is kept separated and can be easily removed.
Before proceeding with step 3, apply the following:

conda create --name steemenv

Activate the environment every time by:

activate steemenv

You can now proceed with step 3.

Uninstalling can be performed by:

conda remove --name steemenv --all

Please let me know if something does not work! Thanks for reading.

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