bunq-node

bunq-api

A wrapper for part of the bunq API v1 in Type-/JavaScript forked from Simon Schraeders https://github.com/c0dr/bunq

intended functionality

• authentication procedure with bunq server consisting of

  • key creation and installation
  • device server registration with API key
  • session server registration to get session auth token

• information request

  • user
  • balance
  • payments

• payment to IBAN

• install a notification filter

install prerequisites (as root or with sudo)

• node.js
  • apt-get install nodejs
  • npm install -g npm@latest
• typescript
  • npm install -g typescript
• jest
  • npm install -g jest

clone, compile, test

git clone https://github.com/cofdev0/bunq-api.git bunq
cd bunq
npm install
tsc
npm run test

setup and initial authentication with bunq server

• create a public/private key pair
  • change secretsPath in bunq.json to point to an existing directory for your secret data
  • npm run createKey
  • change file names of created key files
  • change publicKeyFile and privateKeyFile in bunq.json to point to newly created key files
• install public key with bunq server
  • npm run installKey
  • rename newly created JSON file with installationToken in your secretPath
  • have installationTokenFile in bunq.json point to this installationToken file in your secretPath
• create device server with bunq
  • have secretsFile in bunq.json point to your secret configuration JSON file
  • the secret configuration file must contain the secret API key you receive from bunq and a description of your server
  • like so: { 'secret' : 'nWmbY4QqXra...', 'description':'my bunq dev server' }
  • npm run createDeviceServer
• create first session with bunq server
  • have bunqSessionFile in bunq.json point to the JSON file where to store the current session
  • have bunqSessionHistoryPath in bunq.json point to a directory where to store history of sessions
  • npm run createSession
• find your user id
  • npm run requestUser
  • find your user id in the JSON output and enter it into your secret config file with key userId
  • add "accountId" : "" in your secret config file
• find your account id
  • npm run showAccount
  • find your account id in the JSON output and update your secret config file accordingly

payments

• show all payments on your account
  • npm run requestPayments
• send payment to IBAN
  • npm run sendPayment -- --iban NL09BUNQ2290519588 --amount 10 --description donation --name StichtingChainsOfFreedom --sendPayment
  • well done! thanks!

notification on payment

• install notification filter to receive notification on payment

  • create server certificate to allow https connection (below)
  • have notificationKeyFile and notificationCertFile in secret configuration file point to certificate files
  • npm run installNotification -- https://my.domain.com/callback

• example server to receive notification on payments

  • execute on server of notified domain:
  • npm run runCallbackServer

create server certificate for notification filters

• selfsigned certificate
  • openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048
  • openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
  • openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt
• certificate from letsencrypt.org using certbot.eff.org
  • certbot certonly --standalone -d your-domain-name.com
  • renew certificate twice per day with a crontab job:
  • 11 0,12 * * * /usr/bin/certbot certonly --quiet --standalone --renew-by-default -d your-domain-name.com

use in your own projects

import { 
BunqKey, BunqApi, BunqApiConfig, BunqApiSetup, 
BunqConnection, BunqServerConnection, SessionCreator 
} from 'bunq-api/dist/index';

• for some examples check e.g.
  • request user
  • show account
  • request payments
  • send payment

publish to npm repository

• install dts-generator
  • npm install -g dts-generator
  • create types with:
  • npm run createTypes
• create package for testing
  • npm pack
• publish to npmjs.com
  • npm login
  • npm publish