From 5e546b3abd36dc4e9c19146020dbd8b2f68ed8ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Holtzkampf <charles.holtzkampf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:09:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add getnetworkinfo RPC

getnetworkinfo seems to replace getinfo on later versions. Version > 0.18.0 no longer support getinfo()
---
 bitcoin/rpc.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bitcoin/rpc.py b/bitcoin/rpc.py
index 51f24ac9..0fb964cc 100644
--- a/bitcoin/rpc.py
+++ b/bitcoin/rpc.py
@@ -516,6 +516,10 @@ def getinfo(self):
         if 'paytxfee' in r:
             r['paytxfee'] = int(r['paytxfee'] * COIN)
         return r
+    
+    def getnetworkinfo(self):
+        """Return a JSON object containing various state info"""
+        return self._call('getnetworkinfo')
 
     def getmininginfo(self):
         """Return a JSON object containing mining-related information"""

From 660518dacd7a7d5e49c4e6961264a1012b766a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Holtzkampf <charles.holtzkampf@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:19:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] add try and except to getinfo()

---
 bitcoin/rpc.py | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitcoin/rpc.py b/bitcoin/rpc.py
index 0fb964cc..97f4f052 100644
--- a/bitcoin/rpc.py
+++ b/bitcoin/rpc.py
@@ -509,13 +509,17 @@ def getblockhash(self, height):
                     (self.__class__.__name__, ex.error['message'], ex.error['code']))
 
     def getinfo(self):
-        """Return a JSON object containing various state info"""
-        r = self._call('getinfo')
-        if 'balance' in r:
-            r['balance'] = int(r['balance'] * COIN)
-        if 'paytxfee' in r:
-            r['paytxfee'] = int(r['paytxfee'] * COIN)
-        return r
+        try:
+           """Return a JSON object containing various state info"""
+           r = self._call('getinfo')
+           if 'balance' in r:
+              r['balance'] = int(r['balance'] * COIN)
+           if 'paytxfee' in r:
+              r['paytxfee'] = int(r['paytxfee'] * COIN)
+           return r
+        except:
+           print("getnetworkinfo replaces getinfo on versions > 0.16.0, please use getnetworkinfo()")
+           return self._call('getnetworkinfo')
     
     def getnetworkinfo(self):
         """Return a JSON object containing various state info"""

From 16a3e9220ef1c44dff85441726d13010fe081912 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Holtzkampf <charles.holtzkampf@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 11:54:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] added DepreciationWarning - use python -Wd flags to see
 warning

---
 bitcoin/rpc.py | 21 ++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitcoin/rpc.py b/bitcoin/rpc.py
index 97f4f052..4b828dbc 100644
--- a/bitcoin/rpc.py
+++ b/bitcoin/rpc.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import os
 import platform
 import sys
+import warnings
 try:
     import urllib.parse as urlparse
 except ImportError:
@@ -510,16 +511,18 @@ def getblockhash(self, height):
 
     def getinfo(self):
         try:
-           """Return a JSON object containing various state info"""
-           r = self._call('getinfo')
-           if 'balance' in r:
-              r['balance'] = int(r['balance'] * COIN)
-           if 'paytxfee' in r:
-              r['paytxfee'] = int(r['paytxfee'] * COIN)
-           return r
+            """Return a JSON object containing various state info"""
+            r = self._call('getinfo')
+            if 'balance' in r:
+               r['balance'] = int(r['balance'] * COIN)
+            if 'paytxfee' in r:
+               r['paytxfee'] = int(r['paytxfee'] * COIN)
+            return r
         except:
-           print("getnetworkinfo replaces getinfo on versions > 0.16.0, please use getnetworkinfo()")
-           return self._call('getnetworkinfo')
+            warnings.warn(
+               "getinfo is deprecated from version 0.16.0, use getnetworkinfoinstead",
+               DeprecationWarning
+             )
     
     def getnetworkinfo(self):
         """Return a JSON object containing various state info"""