📅 Original date posted:2013-07-22
📝 Original message:URL: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2844
Adding an HTTP REST API for bitcoind has been occasionally tossed
about as a useful thing. Such an API would essentially provide a
decentralized block explorer capability, enabling easy external access
to transaction/address/block indices that we maintain.
The first two implemented API calls are simple, returning a block or
TX given a simple query string based on block hash, e.g.
GET /rest/tx/TX-HASH
or
GET /rest/block/BLOCK-HASH
This can be easily accessed via command line cURL/wget utilities.
Output formats -- binary, hex or json -- may be selected via a
"bitcoin-format" header.
The general goal of the HTTP REST interface is to access
unauthenticated, public blockchain information. There is no plan to
add wallet interfacing/manipulation via this API.
--
Jeff Garzik
Senior Software Engineer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/
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