[tor-dev] Stem Release 1.2

[Damian Johnson]

Hi all. After months of work I'm please to announce the release of Stem 1.2.0!

For those who aren't familiar with it, Stem is a Python library for
interacting with Tor. With it you can script against your relay,
descriptor data, or even write applications similar to arm and
Vidalia.

  https://stem.torproject.org/

So what's new in this release?

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* Interactive Tor Interpreter

The control interpreter is a new method for interacting with Tor's control
interface that combines an interactive python interpreter with raw access
similar to telnet. This adds several usability features, such as...

  * Irc-style commands like '/help'.
  * Tab completion for Tor's controller commands.
  * History scrollback by pressing up/down.
  * Transparently handles Tor authentication at startup.
  * Colorized output for improved readability.

For a tutorial to get you started see...

  https://stem.torproject.org/tutorials/down_the_rabbit_hole.html

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* New connect() Function

This release of Stem provides a new, even easier method for establishing
controllers. Connecting to Tor can now be as easy as...

  import sys

  from stem.connection import connect

  if __name__ == '__main__':
    controller = connect()

    if not controller:
      sys.exit(1)  # unable to get a connection

    print 'Tor is running version %s' % controller.get_version()
    controller.close()

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For a rundown on the myriad of improvements and fixes in this release see...

  https://stem.torproject.org/change_log.html#version-1-2


Cheers! -Damian