Insight API

A Bitcoin blockchain REST and web socket API service for Bitcore Node.

This is a backend-only service. If you're looking for the web frontend application, take a look at https://github.com/bitpay/insight-ui.

Getting Started

``bash
npm install -g bitcore-node@latest
bitcore-node create mynode
cd mynode
bitcore-node install insight-api
bitcore-node start
`

The API endpoints will be available by default at: http://localhost:3001/insight-api/

Prerequisites

- Bitcore Node 3.x

Note: You can use an existing Bitcoin data directory, however txindex, addressindex, timestampindex and spentindex needs to be set to true in bitcoin.conf, as well as a few other additional fields.

Notes on Upgrading from v0.3

The unspent outputs format now has satoshis and height:
`
[
{
"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
}
]
`
The timestamp property will only be set for unconfirmed transactions and height can be used for determining block order. The confirmationsFromCache is nolonger set or necessary, confirmation count is only cached for the time between blocks.

There is a new GET endpoint or raw blocks at /rawblock/:

Response format:
`
{
"rawblock": "blockhexstring..."
}
`

There are a few changes to the GET endpoint for /addr/[:address]:

- The list of txids in an address summary does not include orphaned transactions
- The txids will be sorted in block order
- The list of txids will be limited at 1000 txids
- There are two new query options "from" and "to" for pagination of the txids (e.g. /addr/[:address]?from=1000&to=2000)

Some additional general notes:
- The transaction history for an address will be sorted in block order
- The response for the /sync endpoint does not include startTs and endTs as the sync is no longer relevant as indexes are built in bitcoind.
- The endpoint for /peer is no longer relevant connection to bitcoind is via ZMQ.
- /tx endpoint results will now include block height, and spentTx related fields will be set to null if unspent.
- /block endpoint results does not include confirmations and will include poolInfo.

Notes on Upgrading from v0.2

Some of the fields and methods are not supported:

The /tx/ endpoint JSON response will not include the following fields on the "vin"
object:
- doubleSpentTxId // double spends are not currently tracked
- isConfirmed // confirmation of the previous output
- confirmations // confirmations of the previous output
- unconfirmedInput

The /tx/ endpoint JSON response will not include the following fields on the "vout"
object.
- spentTs

The /status?q=getTxOutSetInfo method has also been removed due to the query being very slow and locking bitcoind.

Plug-in support for Insight API is also no longer available, as well as the endpoints:
- /email/retrieve
- /rates/:code

Caching support has not yet been added in the v0.3 upgrade.

API HTTP Endpoints

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`
/insight-api/block/[:hash]
/insight-api/block/00000000a967199a2fad0877433c93df785a8d8ce062e5f9b451cd1397bdbf62
`

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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)

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`
/insight-api/rawblock/[:blockHash]
/insight-api/rawblock/[:blockHeight]
`

This would return:
`
{
"rawblock":"blockhexstring..."
}
`

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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
}
}
`

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`
/insight-api/tx/[:txid]
/insight-api/tx/525de308971eabd941b139f46c7198b5af9479325c2395db7f2fb5ae8562556c
/insight-api/rawtx/[:rawid]
/insight-api/rawtx/525de308971eabd941b139f46c7198b5af9479325c2395db7f2fb5ae8562556c
`

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`
/insight-api/addr/[:addr][?noTxList=1][&from=&to=]
/insight-api/addr/mmvP3mTe53qxHdPqXEvdu8WdC7GfQ2vmx5?noTxList=1
/insight-api/addr/mmvP3mTe53qxHdPqXEvdu8WdC7GfQ2vmx5?from=1000&to=2000
`

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`
/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.

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`
/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
}
]
`

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GET method:
`
/insight-api/addrs/[:addrs]/utxo
/insight-api/addrs/2NF2baYuJAkCKo5onjUKEPdARQkZ6SYyKd5,2NAre8sX2povnjy4aeiHKeEh97Qhn97tB1f/utxo
`

POST method:
`
/insight-api/addrs/utxo
`

POST params:
`
addrs: 2NF2baYuJAkCKo5onjUKEPdARQkZ6SYyKd5,2NAre8sX2povnjy4aeiHKeEh97Qhn97tB1f
`

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`
/insight-api/txs/?block=HASH
/insight-api/txs/?block=00000000fa6cf7367e50ad14eb0ca4737131f256fc4c5841fd3c3f140140e6b6
`

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`
/insight-api/txs/?address=ADDR
/insight-api/txs/?address=mmhmMNfBiZZ37g1tgg2t8DDbNoEdqKVxAL
`

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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
`

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.

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POST method:
`
/insight-api/tx/send
`
POST params:
`
rawtx: "signed transaction as hex string"

eg

rawtx: 01000000017b1eabe0209b1fe794124575ef807057c77ada2138ae4fa8d6c4de0398a14f3f00000000494830450221008949f0cb400094ad2b5eb399d59d01c14d73d8fe6e96df1a7150deb388ab8935022079656090d7f6bac4c9a94e0aad311a4268e082a725f8aeae0573fb12ff866a5f01ffffffff01f0ca052a010000001976a914cbc20a7664f2f69e5355aa427045bc15e7c6c77288ac00000000

`
POST response:
`
{
txid: [:txid]
}

eg

{
txid: "c7736a0a0046d5a8cc61c8c3c2821d4d7517f5de2bc66a966011aaa79965ffba"
}
`

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`
/insight-api/sync
`

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`
/insight-api/peer
`

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`
/insight-api/status?q=xxx
`

Where "xxx" can be:

* getInfo
* getDifficulty
* getBestBlockHash
* getLastBlockHash

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`
/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,
...
}
`

: new transaction concerning received from network. This event is published in the 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"
}
`

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The following html page connects to the socket.io insight API and listens for new transactions.

html
`






``

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