This library specializes in interfacing with a [Substrate](https://substrate.io) node; querying storage, 
composing extrinsics, [SCALE](getting-started/common-concepts/#scale) encoding/decoding and providing additional convenience methods 
to deal with the features and metadata of the Substrate runtime.

## Getting started
About [installation, initialization](getting-started/installation/) and useful background information.

## Usage
[Overview of available functionality](usage/query-storage/) and how to use it. 

## Function Reference
[Extensive reference](reference/base/) of functions and classes in the library.

## Examples
[Various code snippets](examples.md) for common use-cases.

## Extensions
Overview of available [extensions](/extensions/); adding or improving existing functionality.

## Metadata docs
[Documentation of Substrate metadata](https://polkascan.github.io/py-substrate-metadata-docs/) for well known runtimes and how to use it with py-substrate-interface.

## Contact and Support 

For questions, please see the [Substrate StackExchange](https://substrate.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/python), [Github Discussions](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/discussions) or 
reach out to us on our [matrix](http://matrix.org) chat group: [Polkascan Technical](https://matrix.to/#/#polkascan:matrix.org).

## License
[https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/blob/master/LICENSE](https://github.com/polkascan/py-substrate-interface/blob/master/LICENSE)