feat: support selecting node account ID for execution flow

Signed-off-by: Angelina <[email protected]>

Author: aceppaluni

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ This changelog is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.
 ### Fixed
 
 - Added explicit read permissions to examples.yml (#623)
+- Added node_account_ids selection method support (#362)
 - Improved type hinting in `file_append_transaction.py` to resolve 'mypy --strict` errors. ([#495](https://github.com/hiero-ledger/hiero-sdk-python/issues/495))
 
 ### Breaking Changes

src/hiero_sdk_python/executable.py

@@ -176,10 +176,15 @@ def _execute(self, client: "Client"):
             if attempt > 0 and current_backoff < self._max_backoff:
                 current_backoff *= 2
 
-            # Set the node account id to the client's node account id
-            node = client.network.current_node
-            self.node_account_id = node._account_id
-  
+            # Select preferred node if provided, fallback to client's default
+            selected_node_account_id = (
+                self._select_node_account_id()
+                or client.network.current_node._account_id
+            )
+           
+            self.node_account_id = selected_node_account_id
+            node = client.network._get_node(self.node_account_id)
+
             # Create a channel wrapper from the client's channel
             channel = node._get_channel()
 

src/hiero_sdk_python/query/query.py

@@ -421,4 +421,5 @@ def _select_node_account_id(self) -> Optional[AccountId]:
             selected = self.node_account_ids[0]
             self._used_node_account_id = selected 
             return selected 
-        return None
+        return None
+        

src/hiero_sdk_python/transaction/transaction.py

@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def set_node_account_ids(self, node_account_ids: List[AccountId]):
 
     def set_node_account_id(self, node_account_id: AccountId):
         """
-        Selects a node account ID to use for sending a query.
+        Selects a node account ID to use for sending a transaction.
 
         Args:
             node_account_id (AccountId): The node account ID.
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ def set_node_account_id(self, node_account_id: AccountId):
 
     def _select_node_account_id(self) -> Optional[AccountId]:
         """
-        Selects a node account ID to use for sending a query.
+        Selects a node account ID to use for sending a transaction.
 
         Picks the first unused node from `self.node_account_ids`.
         Once used, stores it in `_used_node_account_id`.