This is a fork and alternative implementation of the rest.bitcoin.com repository. The purpose of this code is to create a REST API server that provides a common interface for working with a BCH full node and various indexers.

This repository is intended to be paired with my alternative implementation of BITBOX SDK: bch-js.

API Documentation
Video: Basic Concepts
Video: Application Stack
bchjs.cash: Buy a turn-key REST API microserver.

Since this repo is being worked on by one person, as a hobby, updates will be slow. But the road map I have planned is as follows:

Replace the requirement for Insight API with Blockbook API for address and utxo based calls.
Remove rate limiting
Setup automated dependency management through Greenkeeper, and automated continuous-release with semantic versioning through Semantic Release.
Ensure all unit and integration tests are passing.
Update SLP token endpoints. Not totally sure of the scope here.
Add end-to-end tests.

Features

The following features set this repository apart from rest.bitcoin.com:

Address balance and UTXO queries for Blockbook and Bitcore added.
Typescript removed and ES8 JavaScript used instead.
npm audit run on all dependencies.
Greenkeeper implemented for automatic dependency management and security updates.

Live Demo

You can test a live demo of the REST API by running the bch-js examples. Rate limits are 10 requests per minute. This is fast enough to try out the examples but these servers are not intended as a freemium service. You can run your own REST server by purchasing the hard drive at bchjs.cash.

Mainnet REST API server: http://decatur.hopto.org:12400/v3/
- Check server status: http://decatur.hopto.org:12401
Testnet REST API server: http://decatur.hopto.org:13400/v3/
- Check server status: http://decatur.hopto.org:13401

Installation

There are two installation paths, depending if you want a development or production environment. You'll also need to set up the underlying infrastructure described this page.

This code targets the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Linux OS.

Development

This is a standard node.js project. The installation is as follows:

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/christroutner/bch-api && cd bch-api

Install dependencies:

npm install

Customize the start-dev-example.sh shell script to point to the required infrastructure. Start the bch-api REST API by running this script:

./start-dev-example.sh

Production

For a production environment, a Docker container is provided in the docker directory. One for mainnet and one for testnet. Again, these containers target the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Linux OS.

Install Docker and Docker Compose by following the commands on this Dev Ops page.
Customize the bash script for your installation.
Build the Docker container with:

docker-compose build --no-cache

Run the Docker container with:

docker-compose up

License

MIT