Returns the voting weight for **account**

        :param account: Account to get voting weight for
        :type account: str

        :raises: :py:exc:`nano.rpc.RPCException`

        >>> rpc.account_weight(
        ...     account="xrb_3e3j5tkog48pnny9dmfzj1r16pg8t1e76dz5tmac6iq689wyjfpi00000000"
        ... )
        10000

def account_weight(self, account):
        """
        Returns the voting weight for **account**

        :param account: Account to get voting weight for
        :type account: str

        :raises: :py:exc:`nano.rpc.RPCException`

        >>> rpc.account_weight(
        ...     account="xrb_3e3j5tkog48pnny9dmfzj1r16pg8t1e76dz5tmac6iq689wyjfpi00000000"
        ... )
        10000

        """

        account = self._process_value(account, 'account')

        payload = {"account": account}

        resp = self.call('account_weight', payload)

        return int(resp['weight'])