apibtc.com Javascript API

Getting Started

You will first need an ApiBtc account, your secret key, and a wallet token. See the ApiBtc docs here. https://apibtc.com/en/docs.

Installation

npm i apibtc

or

yarn add apibtc

Usage

The API uses Promises for all interaction.

const ApiBtc = require('apibtc')({
  key: 'KEY',
  token: 'TOKEN'
})

ApiBtc.address()
  .then(a => {
    console.log(a.Address)
  })
  .catch(e => {
    console.log(e)
  })

API Reference

address(url)

• Creates a new one-time use address
• url: Your callback URL, where you will receive 6 confirmations.

verify(data,[ip])

• Verify http post data using your key
• data: Must contain hash, txid, apibtc_id, and address
• ip: Optionally pass an ip address to check if it is coming from the correct ip

balance([address])

• The balance of your wallet
• address: Filter by specific address

send(address, amount)

send([{address: address, amount: amount}...])

• Create a transaction to the specified wallet address. Takes an optional array instead of 2 params
• address: The address to send to
• amount: The amount to send

history([start],[count])

• The your transaction history
• start: Transaction to start on. Defaults to 1
• count: Limit transactions to an amount. Defaults to 10

count()

• Get the transaction count of your wallet

validate(address)

• Validate an address and returns true or false
• address: Address to verify

fee(address, amount)

• Estimate the network fee. Must have enough funds to estimate.
• address: Address to send to
• amount: Amount to send

Examples

Create a new wallet address:

ApiBtc.address('http://yoursite/callback')

Verify POST callback data with appropriate response:

app.post('/callback', (req, res) => {
  let transactionid = 123
  let status = ApiBtc.verify(
    req.body,
    req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress
  )
  res.send('Successfully|' + transactionid)
})

Check a wallet balance:

ApiBtc.balance()

ApiBtc.balance('somebtcaddress')

Create a new transaction:

ApiBtc.send('somebtcaddress', .0001)

ApiBtc.send([
  {address: 'somebtcaddress', amount: 0.001},
  {address: 'somebtcaddress2', amount: 0.002}
])

Check wallet history:

ApiBtc.history(0,10)

Get wallet transaction count:

ApiBtc.count()

Validate an address:

ApiBtc.validate('somebtcaddress')

Estimate network fee

ApiBtc.fee('somebtcaddress', 0.002)