bitbtn

BitBtn

An UI Button for interacting with Bitcoin SV wallets (written in pure JS - no dependencies)

License: OPEN ONLY-BSV-SPECIFIC LICENSE

The button has two modes of work:

Bitcoin Request URI (bip275 link) and BIP21 (bip21 link)

Request URI is the default.

Demonstration

// TODO: Insert demonstration video

Importing

Get a released version from NPM :

Just import the minified version of the code in your website.

Everything is contained in 1 file (smaller than 50KB)

<script src="bitbtn.min.js"></script>

Alternatively you can import from jsDelivr

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bitbtn@latest/src/bitbtn.js"></script>

Usage

btn = bitbtn.create(
    document.getElementById("location-for-the-bitcoin-button"),
    {
        label: "Pay!",
        address: "1CiesvEUNg9sVm8ekhMrGyATvEnH5YU9wh",
        amount: 1.247,
        currency: "USD",
        onError: function (error) { console.log(error); },
    });

Supported Currencies

BitBtn uses CoinGecko for price discovery. It supports many FIAT currencies:

"usd", "aed", "ars", "aud", "bdt", "bhd", "bmd", "brl", "cad", "chf", "clp", "cny", "czk", "dkk", "eur", "gbp", "hkd", "huf", "idr", "ils", "inr", "jpy", "krw", "kwd", "lkr", "mmk", "mxn", "myr", "nok", "nzd", "php", "pkr", "pln", "rub", "sar", "sek", "sgd", "thb", "try", "twd", "uah", "vef", "vnd", "zar", "xdr", "xag", "xau"

And of course "BSV" and "SATOSHI" are supported too.

Advanced Usage

This example creates a button that pays $1 to an address, pays $0.247 to a script (p2pkh to the same address) and creates an OP_RETURN message.

btn = bitbtn.create(
    document.getElementById("location-for-the-bitcoin-button"),
    {
        label: "Complex Pay!",
        walletMemo: "BitBtn Payment Request"
        outputs: [
            {
                address: "1CiesvEUNg9sVm8ekhMrGyATvEnH5YU9wh",
                amount: 1,
                currency: "USD",
            },
            {
                script: bitbtn.scripter.p2pkh("1CiesvEUNg9sVm8ekhMrGyATvEnH5YU9wh"),
                amount: 0.247,
                currency: "USD"
            },
            {
                script: bitbtn.scripter.op_return(
                    bitbtn.scripter.str2hex([
                        "19HxigV4QyBv3tHpQVcUEQyq1pzZVdoAut",
                        "BitBtn is Awesome!"
                    ])),
                amount: 0
            },
        ],
        onError: function (error) { console.log(error); },
    });

BIP21 Usage

The button also supports BIP21 deep links for backwards compatibility. To use a BIP21 button, simply set the 'bip21' property to true.

btn = bitbtn.create(
    document.getElementById("location-for-the-bitcoin-button"),
    {
        label: "Pay!",
        address: "1CiesvEUNg9sVm8ekhMrGyATvEnH5YU9wh",
        amount: 1.247,
        currency: "USD",
        bip21: true,
        onError: function (error) { console.log(error); },
    });

Configuration

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default Value	Description
address	Bitcoin Address		A valid Bitcoin Address.
script	Hex Output Script		A valid Bitcoin Output Script (in hexadecimal form)
amount	Decimal Number	0	How much of the specified currency to include in the Bitcoin Output
currency	String	"BSV"	Which currency should the Bitcoins be denominated in. See the list of supported currencies.
bip21	Boolean	false	If set to true, the
creationTimestamp	Epoch Time	current timestamp	Time of creation of the payment request. (For BIP-275 payments)
expirationTimestamp	Epoch Time	7 days from now	Time of expiration of the payment request. (For BIP-275 payments)
label	String	"Send"	The text that will be displayed on the button itself.
network	String	"bitcoin"	The network (for BIP-275 payments). It is advisible to leave the default value here. Only change it if you know what you are doing.
outputs	Array		An array of outputs objects (explained bellow).
paymentUrl	URL	https://api.bitsent.net/payments/pay	A url of the recipient of the BIP-270 payment.
onError	Callback	empty callback	This method will be called if something goes wrong.
backgroundColor	string		A valid CSS color to be used as a background for the button
textColor	string		A valid CSS color to be used for the text of the button
Debug
debug	Boolean	false	A setting used when debugging the button.
Not Implemented
paymail	Paymail Address		A valid paymail address. (Not supported yet...)
onPayment	Callback	empty callback	This method will be called after a successful payment is verified (Not supported yet...)
successMessage	String	"Done!"	Once a payment is successfully verified, this string will be displayed on the button, instead of the label. (Not supported yet...)

Output Objects

An output object in the 'outputs' array can have these properties: address, script, paymail, amount, currency

Their types, default values and descriptions were already explained above.

Restrictions

• If the property "outputs" is set, the properties address, script, paymail, amount and currency must be null. If the property "outputs" is NOT set, a single output will be generated from the listed properties.

• Both in outputs and in the base parameters it is forbidden to set more than one of address/paymail/script at the same time. A Bitcoin Output can only have ONE destination.

• If multiple outputs are specified, they must have the same currency.

Customization

You can change how the button looks by setting the properties for background color and text color.

    btn = bitbtn.create(
        document.getElementById("location-for-the-bitcoin-button"),
        {
            address: "1CiesvEUNg9sVm8ekhMrGyATvEnH5YU9wh",
            amount: 1.247,
            currency: "USD",
            backgroundColor: "#7070ff",
            textColor: "white",
        });

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You can also make more complex changes by including a CSS file with the right ID.

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="custom-bitbtn-style.css" id="bitbtn-css">

The BitBtn scripts adds a default style for the buttons if the element with this ID is not present. If it is, BitBtn will not touch the style of the button. This allows for some pretty cool customization.

When designing new stylesheets, please make sure that the button remains functional. Please make sure that the style looks good on all browsers, operating systems and screen sizes. Keep in mind that devices with the same physical screen size can have vastly different resolutions.

See the customization in action at The Style Preview Page

Testing

BitBtn needs more testing. There are no automated tests yet. Manual testing is the main type of testing.

To test manually, please follow This Link to the Manual Test Page and follow the instructions.

If you see an error, take a screenshot and include it in a GitHub Issue. ...Or you can just tweet it at me (@bitcoinsofia)

How it works

• The button triggers a URI deep link.
• It asks the OS of the user to open a program that knows how to open such URIs.
• If the user has a compatible Bitcoin SV wallet, he can make the payment.
• If the user has no Bitcoin wallet, he will be shown a modal window with alternatives.
• The alternatives include a list of recommended wallets to download (for the OS of the user).
• If the user is on a desktop machine, a QR code may be shown (to scan with a mobile device).

Known Issues

• Not tested on all browsers.
• Not tested on all devices.
• Recognising if the deep link succeeded or failed can be hard on iOS.
  • A workaround with a pop-up message is used.
• While using BIP21, the button CAN NOT check if the payments were successful (due to race conditions).
  • Please perform such checks in your own code (by generating a separate bitcoin address for each user).
  • This problem, can be resolved with the Request URI BIP, where control outputs can be added for marking the payment.

Notes

• The button looks bad on mobile devices if the HTML document doesn't have a meta tag like: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> Make sure to add that tag to your website.