Insight API
A Bellcoin blockchain REST and web socket API service for Bellcore Node.
This is a backend-only service. If you're looking for the web frontend application, take a look at https://github.com/bellcoin-electrum/insight-ui-bellcoin.
Getting Started
npm install -g bellcore-nodebellcore-node create mynodecd mynodebellcore-node install insight-api-bellcoinbellcore-node start
The API endpoints will be available by default at: http://localhost:3001/insight-api/
Prerequisites
Note: You can use an existing Bellcoin data directory, however txindex
needs to be set to true in bellcoin.conf
.
Query Rate Limit
To protect the server, insight-api has a built it query rate limiter. It can be configurable in bitcore-node.json
with:
"servicesConfig":
With all the configuration options available: https://github.com/bitpay/insight-api/blob/master/lib/ratelimiter.js#L10-17
Or disabled entirely with:
"servicesConfig":
API HTTP Endpoints
Block
/insight-api/block/[:hash]
/insight-api/block/00000000a967199a2fad0877433c93df785a8d8ce062e5f9b451cd1397bdbf62
Block Index
Get block hash by height
/insight-api/block-index/[:height]
/insight-api/block-index/0
This would return:
{
"blockHash":"000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f"
}
which is the hash of the Genesis block (0 height)
Raw Block
/insight-api/rawblock/[:blockHash]
/insight-api/rawblock/[:blockHeight]
This would return:
{
"rawblock":"blockhexstring..."
}
Block Summaries
Get block summaries by date:
/insight-api/blocks?limit=3&blockDate=2016-04-22
Example response:
{
"blocks": [
{
"height": 408495,
"size": 989237,
"hash": "00000000000000000108a1f4d4db839702d72f16561b1154600a26c453ecb378",
"time": 1461360083,
"txlength": 1695,
"poolInfo": {
"poolName": "BTCC Pool",
"url": "https://pool.btcc.com/"
}
}
],
"length": 1,
"pagination": {
"next": "2016-04-23",
"prev": "2016-04-21",
"currentTs": 1461369599,
"current": "2016-04-22",
"isToday": true,
"more": true,
"moreTs": 1461369600
}
}
Transaction
/insight-api/tx/[:txid]
/insight-api/tx/525de308971eabd941b139f46c7198b5af9479325c2395db7f2fb5ae8562556c
/insight-api/rawtx/[:rawid]
/insight-api/rawtx/525de308971eabd941b139f46c7198b5af9479325c2395db7f2fb5ae8562556c
Address
/insight-api/addr/[:addr][?noTxList=1][&from=&to=]
/insight-api/addr/mmvP3mTe53qxHdPqXEvdu8WdC7GfQ2vmx5?noTxList=1
/insight-api/addr/mmvP3mTe53qxHdPqXEvdu8WdC7GfQ2vmx5?from=1000&to=2000
Address Properties
/insight-api/addr/[:addr]/balance
/insight-api/addr/[:addr]/totalReceived
/insight-api/addr/[:addr]/totalSent
/insight-api/addr/[:addr]/unconfirmedBalance
The response contains the value in Satoshis.
Unspent Outputs
/insight-api/addr/[:addr]/utxo
Sample return:
[
{
"address":"mo9ncXisMeAoXwqcV5EWuyncbmCcQN4rVs",
"txid":"d5f8a96faccf79d4c087fa217627bb1120e83f8ea1a7d84b1de4277ead9bbac1",
"vout":0,
"scriptPubKey":"76a91453c0307d6851aa0ce7825ba883c6bd9ad242b48688ac",
"amount":0.000006,
"satoshis":600,
"confirmations":0,
"ts":1461349425
},
{
"address": "mo9ncXisMeAoXwqcV5EWuyncbmCcQN4rVs",
"txid": "bc9df3b92120feaee4edc80963d8ed59d6a78ea0defef3ec3cb374f2015bfc6e",
"vout": 1,
"scriptPubKey": "76a91453c0307d6851aa0ce7825ba883c6bd9ad242b48688ac",
"amount": 0.12345678,
"satoshis: 12345678,
"confirmations": 1,
"height": 300001
}
]
Unspent Outputs for Multiple Addresses
GET method:
/insight-api/addrs/[:addrs]/utxo
/insight-api/addrs/2NF2baYuJAkCKo5onjUKEPdARQkZ6SYyKd5,2NAre8sX2povnjy4aeiHKeEh97Qhn97tB1f/utxo
POST method:
/insight-api/addrs/utxo
POST params:
addrs: 2NF2baYuJAkCKo5onjUKEPdARQkZ6SYyKd5,2NAre8sX2povnjy4aeiHKeEh97Qhn97tB1f
Transactions by Block
/insight-api/txs/?block=HASH
/insight-api/txs/?block=00000000fa6cf7367e50ad14eb0ca4737131f256fc4c5841fd3c3f140140e6b6
Transactions by Address
/insight-api/txs/?address=ADDR
/insight-api/txs/?address=mmhmMNfBiZZ37g1tgg2t8DDbNoEdqKVxAL
Transactions for Multiple Addresses
GET method:
/insight-api/addrs/[:addrs]/txs[?from=&to=]
/insight-api/addrs/2NF2baYuJAkCKo5onjUKEPdARQkZ6SYyKd5,2NAre8sX2povnjy4aeiHKeEh97Qhn97tB1f/txs?from=0&to=20
POST method:
/insight-api/addrs/txs
POST params:
addrs: 2NF2baYuJAkCKo5onjUKEPdARQkZ6SYyKd5,2NAre8sX2povnjy4aeiHKeEh97Qhn97tB1f
from (optional): 0
to (optional): 20
noAsm (optional): 1 (will omit script asm from results)
noScriptSig (optional): 1 (will omit the scriptSig from all inputs)
noSpent (option): 1 (will omit spent information per output)
Sample output:
{ totalItems: 100,
from: 0,
to: 20,
items:
[ { txid: '3e81723d069b12983b2ef694c9782d32fca26cc978de744acbc32c3d3496e915',
version: 1,
locktime: 0,
vin: [Object],
vout: [Object],
blockhash: '00000000011a135e5277f5493c52c66829792392632b8b65429cf07ad3c47a6c',
confirmations: 109367,
time: 1393659685,
blocktime: 1393659685,
valueOut: 0.3453,
size: 225,
firstSeenTs: undefined,
valueIn: 0.3454,
fees: 0.0001 },
{ ... },
{ ... },
...
{ ... }
]
}
Note: if pagination params are not specified, the result is an array of transactions.
Transaction Broadcasting
POST method:
/insight-api/tx/send
POST params:
rawtx: "signed transaction as hex string"
eg
rawtx: 01000000017b1eabe0209b1fe794124575ef807057c77ada2138ae4fa8d6c4de0398a14f3f00000000494830450221008949f0cb400094ad2b5eb399d59d01c14d73d8fe6e96df1a7150deb388ab8935022079656090d7f6bac4c9a94e0aad311a4268e082a725f8aeae0573fb12ff866a5f01ffffffff01f0ca052a010000001976a914cbc20a7664f2f69e5355aa427045bc15e7c6c77288ac00000000
POST response:
{
txid: [:txid]
}
eg
{
txid: "c7736a0a0046d5a8cc61c8c3c2821d4d7517f5de2bc66a966011aaa79965ffba"
}
Historic Blockchain Data Sync Status
/insight-api/sync
Live Network P2P Data Sync Status
/insight-api/peer
Status of the Bitcoin Network
/insight-api/status?q=xxx
Where "xxx" can be:
- getInfo
- getDifficulty
- getBestBlockHash
- getLastBlockHash
Utility Methods
/insight-api/utils/estimatefee[?nbBlocks=2]
Web Socket API
The web socket API is served using socket.io.
The following are the events published by insight:
tx
: new transaction received from network. This event is published in the 'inv' room. Data will be a app/models/Transaction object.
Sample output:
{
"txid":"00c1b1acb310b87085c7deaaeba478cef5dc9519fab87a4d943ecbb39bd5b053",
"processed":false
...
}
block
: new block received from network. This event is published in the inv
room. Data will be a app/models/Block object.
Sample output:
{
"hash":"000000004a3d187c430cd6a5e988aca3b19e1f1d1727a50dead6c8ac26899b96",
"time":1389789343,
...
}
<bitcoinAddress>
: new transaction concerning received from network. This event is published in the <bitcoinAddress>
room.
status
: every 1% increment on the sync task, this event will be triggered. This event is published in the sync
room.
Sample output:
{
blocksToSync: 164141,
syncedBlocks: 475,
upToExisting: true,
scanningBackward: true,
isEndGenesis: true,
end: "000000000933ea01ad0ee984209779baaec3ced90fa3f408719526f8d77f4943",
isStartGenesis: false,
start: "000000009f929800556a8f3cfdbe57c187f2f679e351b12f7011bfc276c41b6d"
}
Example Usage
The following html page connects to the socket.io insight API and listens for new transactions.
html
<html>
<body>
<script src="http://<insight-server>:<port>/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
<script>
eventToListenTo = 'tx'
room = 'inv'
var socket = io("http://<insight-server>:<port>/");
socket.on('connect', function() {
// Join the room.
socket.emit('subscribe', room);
})
socket.on(eventToListenTo, function(data) {
console.log("New transaction received: " + data.txid)
})
</script>
</body>
</html>
License
(The MIT License)
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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