Stem Release 1.2

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?

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...

Down the Rabbit Hole

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()

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