Using steemmonsters python library for winning Gold Card in contest

find_gold_cards.py

import steemmonsters.api
from itertools import permutations
import hashlib

api = steemmonsters.api.Api()

#get info about cards
cards_details = api.get_card_details()

#debug print of card info
for cd in cards_details:
  print(cd)

#filter for common and rare cards  
common = [(c.get("name")) for c in cards_details if c.get("rarity")==1]
rare = [(c.get("name")) for c in cards_details if c.get("rarity")==2]
print("Card names recieved. Total: %d common cards and %d rare cards)"%(len(common), len(rare)))

#fill list of card names
cards_names = common + rare

#convert string to sha245 and check if hash is equal to answer
def checkHash(myStr):
    m = hashlib.sha256()
    m.update(myStr.encode('utf-8'))
    return m.hexdigest() == "8iu7O23u9SRnkdjckjh29cZ3E9pOpCXJhwfdQjCM3bohrSfbo9541122GnXI9w8J"
    
#generate all permutations for card_names    
all_permuations = permutations(cards_names, 3)

for i, p in enumerate(all_permuations):
    #join list elements to string with ", " as separator
    s = ", ".join([pp.upper() for pp in p])
    #print debug results for every 1000th value to view progress
    if i % 1000 == 0:
       print(i)
       print(s)
    #if we found answer, print it and break search
    if (checkHash(s)):
        print(s)
        break
        
#print card name and it's rarity
def getCardInfo(p):
    #search, if card_detail_id for our card is found is cards_details dictionary
    for cd in cards_details:
        if cd.get("id") == p.get("card_detail_id"):
            #if card_detail_id matches, return card name and rarity
            return (cd.get("name"), cd.get("rarity"))
        
#read full card collection for user
pd = api.get_collection("nomadic-maverick")
for p in pd.get("cards"):
    #if we found gold card, print it's name and rarity
    if p.get("gold") == True:
        print(getCardInfo(p))