Bitcoin 3rd-party APIs
Ruby wrapper for various popular 3rd-party bitcoin related APIs. At the moment only Block Explorer (http://blockexplorer.com) and BlockChain.info (http://blockchain.info) are wrapped. The gem exposes some handy bitcoin blockchain query methods, useful for thin bitcoin clients.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'bitcoin-3rd-party-apis'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install bitcoin-3rd-party-apis
Usage
mytransactions
returns Ruby hash of raw transactions relating to the specified address(es).
BlockExplorer.mytransactions(address)
BlockExplorer.mytransactions([address1, address2])
multiaddr
is similar to BlockExplorer's mytransactions
, but returns a more user-friendly hash.
BlockchainInfo.multiaddr(address)
BlockchainInfo.multiaddr([address1, address2])
getreceivedbyaddress
returns BigDecimal of the total amount of bitcoins sent to the address. Note for the BlockchainInfo
version, 120
is the maximum confirmation number.
BlockExplorer.getreceivedbyaddress(address)
BlockExplorer.getreceivedbyaddress(address, 3)
BlockchainInfo.getreceivedbyaddress(address)
BlockchainInfo.getreceivedbyaddress(address, 3)
longest_block_count
returns count of the longest blockchain in the network. This blockchain is considered the current blockchain.
BlockchainInfo.longest_block_count
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature
)
- Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Added some feature'
)
- Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature
)
- Create new Pull Request