Quick Start

Good to know: A quick start guide can be good to help folks get up and running with your API in a few steps. Some people prefer diving in with the basics rather than meticulously reading every page of documentation!

Create address

Node

const crypto = require('crypto');
const axios = require('axios');

// testnet
var hostname = "https://testnetrest.metacoin.network:20923";
// mainnet
// hostname = "https://rest.metacoin.network:20923";

var public_key = "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIGbMBAGByqGSM49AgEGBSuBBAAjA4GGAAQBBp5oHHFaATF1UIephJYgtW+u2+aT\nhZLxNgn5JZhgFXzvTUHlThZxb61eTXMMjyU/IloNznwtzRWuPq1oMDOMq9oBbT/t\nE4lgyPF5/QtzuhaaYRpr/ahZ4JSLyHOegkopXeic3UFUmkpb4mXuSGgu5mChuuUC\nktjfluGNtvXHOWYtqTU=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----";
// public_key = "MIGbMBAGByqGSM49AgEGBSuBBAAjA4GGAAQBBp5oHHFaATF1UIephJYgtW+u2+aThZLxNgn5JZhgFXzvTUHlThZxb61eTXMMjyU/IloNznwtzRWuPq1oMDOMq9oBbT/tE4lgyPF5/QtzuhaaYRpr/ahZ4JSLyHOegkopXeic3UFUmkpb4mXuSGgu5mChuuUCktjfluGNtvXHOWYtqTU=";

axios.post(hostname + '/address/bykey', {
    'publickey': public_key
}, {
    proxy: {
    host: '127.0.0.1',
    port: 8888
    }
})
    .then(function (response) {
    if (response.status != 200) {
        return Promise.reject("Metacoin server response error");
    } else {
        return Promise.resolve(response.data);
    }
    })
    .then(function (mtc_address) {
    // ["MT4FzIQCgRh0T1YD841OxjNd3dkfTJcEd41d17d3"]
    console.log(mtc_address);
    })
    .catch(function (error) {
    if (error.response.status == 404) {
        console.log("Address not found");
    } else {
        console.log(error);
    }
    });

PHP

<?
// testnet
define('MTC_HOST', 'https://testnetrest.metacoin.network:20923');
// mainnet
// define('MTC_HOST', 'https://rest.metacoin.network:20923');
function mtc_post($uri, $param){
    $curl = curl_init();
    $opt = curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
        CURLOPT_URL => MTC_HOST . $uri,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 20,
        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => http_build_query($param),
        CURLOPT_POST => true,
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
    ));
    $body = curl_exec($curl);

    $http_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    $err_msg = '';
    $err_code = curl_errno($curl);
    if ($err_code) {
        $err_msg = curl_error($curl);
    }

    printf("Response Http Code: %s, msg: %s\n", $http_code, $body);
    if ($err_code) {
        printf("Response CurlCode: %s, msg: %s\n", $err_code, $body);
    }

    curl_close($curl);
    $curl = null;

    return $body;
}

$param = array(
    'publickey' => "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIGbMBAGByqGSM49AgEGBSuBBAAjA4GGAAQBBp5oHHFaATF1UIephJYgtW+u2+aT\nhZLxNgn5JZhgFXzvTUHlThZxb61eTXMMjyU/IloNznwtzRWuPq1oMDOMq9oBbT/t\nE4lgyPF5/QtzuhaaYRpr/ahZ4JSLyHOegkopXeic3UFUmkpb4mXuSGgu5mChuuUC\nktjfluGNtvXHOWYtqTU=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----");

$body = mtc_post('/address/bykey', $param);
printf("Address list : %s\n", $body);

Good to know: Using tabs to separate out different languages is a great way to present technical examples or code documentation without cramming your docs with extra sections or pages per language.

Make your first request

To make your first request, send an token transfer

Transfer Metacoin or Token

POSThttps://rest.metacoin.network:20923/transfer

Query parameters

Response

200400404

successful operation

Body

*/*

transaction_idstring

Transaction ID

Response

200

{
  "transaction_id": "text"
}

PHP

define('MTC_HOST', 'https://testnetrest.metacoin.network:20923');
// mainnet
// define('MTC_HOST', 'https://rest.metacoin.network:20923');


function mtc_get($uri){
    $curl = curl_init();
    $opt = curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
        CURLOPT_URL => MTC_HOST . $uri,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 20,
        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
        CURLOPT_POST => false,
        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'GET',
    ));

    $body = curl_exec($curl);

    $http_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    $err_msg = '';
    $err_code = curl_errno($curl);
    if ($err_code) {
        $err_msg = curl_error($curl);
    }

    printf("Response Http Code: %s, msg: %s\n", $http_code, $body);
    if ($err_code) {
        printf("Response CurlCode: %s, msg: %s\n", $err_code, $body);
    }

    curl_close($curl);
    $curl = null;

    return $body;
}

function mtc_post($uri, $param){
    $curl = curl_init();
    $opt = curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
        CURLOPT_URL => MTC_HOST . $uri,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 20,
        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
        CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => http_build_query($param),
        CURLOPT_POST => true,
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
    ));
    $body = curl_exec($curl);

    $http_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    $err_msg = '';
    $err_code = curl_errno($curl);
    if ($err_code) {
        $err_msg = curl_error($curl);
    }

    printf("Response Http Code: %s, msg: %s\n", $http_code, $body);
    if ($err_code) {
        printf("Response CurlCode: %s, msg: %s\n", $err_code, $body);
    }

    curl_close($curl);
    $curl = null;

    return $body;
}

// sender address
$from_addr = "MTW95PhgJaQCc7L4K9I9GrU94d2zSd8DLjkrQ2b5";

// example private key. this key is not working
$from_private_key = "-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----\r\nMIGkAg3vKK7Ap90qLaVMtxT2XbL1dEBBDCqmxUIZRO/CgFhUmBO3bXRUAn4pF2RX\r\nF9K+NCIw1OugBwYFK4uFzziOGlVLSqaO0xtEab0XEEACKhZANiAAQ5rGDv8H0m8m\r\nVpD64cMzobDGYJ4WeuBhlkpGexfl5PXh7G64TECZEXIrV4FSMUhuntu0CjB2wTJs\r\nNfRLakp5UMv1N2dIgF1CvoTBaWXNudk=\r\n-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----\r\n";
$to_addr = "MT....";
$amount = "100000000"; // 1 MTC
$token = "0";       // token 0 is MTC
$tkey = mtc_get('/getkey/transfer/' . $from_addr);

$data = implode('|', array($from_addr, $to_addr, $token, $amount, $tkey));
openssl_sign($data, $signature, $from_private_key, OPENSSL_ALGO_SHA384);

$r = mtc_post('/transfer/',
    array(
        'from' => $from_addr,
        'to' => $to_addr,
        'token' => $token,
        'amount' => $amount,
        'signature' => base64_encode($signature),
        'unlockdate' => '0',
        'tags' => 'it is tag',
        'memo' => 'it is memo',
        'checkkey' => $tkey)
);
echo "Transfer $from_addr => $to_addr, Token $token, Amount $amount, TXID $r \r\n";

Node

// require the myapi module and set it up with your API key
const myapi = require('myapi')(YOUR_API_KEY);

const newPet = away myapi.pet.create({
    name: 'Wilson',
    owner_id: 'sha7891bikojbkreuy',
    species: 'Dog',
    breed: 'Golden Retriever',
})

Python

// Set your API key before making the request
myapi.api_key = YOUR_API_KEY

myapi.Pet.create(
    name='Wilson',
    owner_id='sha7891bikojbkreuy',
    species='Dog',
    breed='Golden Retriever',
)