Mint an NFT Collection with Python

Mint your own NFT using the thirdweb Python SDK

This guide explains in 5 easy steps how to mint an NFT. Minting an NFT requires a couple of steps. We need to create a project in the dashboard and create an NFT Collection module inside our project. We also need to connect a wallet. So if you don't have a wallet, make sure to sign up with MetaMask or CoinWallet. We are gonna use Metamask, if you don't have one, you can follow this guide.

Alright without further ado, let's mint an NFT.

The first thing we need to do is head over to the dashboard and create a project and an NFT Collection module. if you don't know how to do this, check out this guide.

Once you've set everything up, it's time to mint our first NFT, but we don't need the dashboard for that! I mean we could, but why use GUI if we can use Python!?

Go ahead and create a new Python file. Let's call it python_nft.py and open it in your favorite code editor. We'll use Visual Studio.

Next up use the following code in your terminal to create a virtual environment and install the ThirdWeb SDK!

Copy code#create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv ./myenv

#activate virtual environment
source ./myenv/bin/activate

#install the thirdweb sdk
pip install thirdweb-sdk

Copy code#create a virtual environment
conda create -n "thirdweb" python=3.9

#activate virtual environment
conda activate thirdweb

#install the thirdweb sdk
pip install thirdweb-sdk

In order to make use of our SDK, you need to establish a connection to a blockchain. Click here to learn how to connect to the blockchain and instantiate our SDK.

For this guide, you will need to instantiate the SDK following these steps, using your own signer with thirdweb.

Now we need to define which module we want to use. This is the module we just created inside our project PythonNFT. We called the module 'Python1'. This module has an address. We need to pass the address here. You can find the address here, under Python1:

In our python_nft.py we include the following code. First we define a variable nft_smart_contract_address and store our module address in here.

Then we create an object that uses the NFT Collection module inside the sdk with our address.

Copy code#pick your module and enter the smart contract address
nft_smart_contract_address = "0xdd25FAEE772FbB1bcB7ba0b2cEE6387A8F82f032"
nft_module = sdk.get_nft_module(nft_smart_contract_address)

The arguments passed over here are the same as minting an NFT inside the dashboard. If you want to familiarize yourself with the process, check out the dashboard!

Copy code#Mint an NFT on your smartcontract
name_nft = "new nft!"
description_nft = "NFT EXAMPLE"
image_nft = "ipfs://QmdFeKxt6FJUNvaGgzYuYNRbpNWyHxP2PFzjsgPf1eD2Jf"
prop = {}

nft_module.mint(MintArg(name=name_nft,
description=description_nft,
image_uri=image_nft,
properties=prop))

Get the balance to check it out or head over to the dashboard.

Copy code#check your balance to check if you minted an nft!
print(nft_module.balance())

So the only thing left is to run our code! Open a terminal and paste the following:

Copy code# Runs the python file
python python_nft.py

You have minted your own NFT using thirdweb and the Python SDK, you should be proud!