Generate Address's

get
https://blockchainapi.org
/api/btc?method=create
Generate an address
The following block shows an example of the request URL:
​https://blockchainapi.org/api/btc?method=create&address_type=bech32&address=3G7vZbcC7L74UsFz62Hr4NC9nVZNfh7tQ3&callback=https://example.com/callback?invoice=1&secret=ewfi9sdufjmds 
Note: make sure you place your callback URL last or it will not set correctly
Example code
PHP
Python
Node JS
C#
<?php
 $secret = "7j0ap91o99cxj8k9";
 $my_address = "1LisLsZd3bx8U1NYzpNHqpo8Q6UCXKMJ4z";
 $addressType = "bech32"; // bech32 | legacy | p2sh-segwit
 $my_callback_url = "http://example.com/callback?invoice_id=1234&secret=" . $secret;
 $api_base = "https://blockchainapi.org/api/btc";
 
 $curl = curl_init();
 curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
 CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,
 CURLOPT_URL => $api_base . "?method=create&address_type=".$addressType."&address=" . $my_address . "&callback=" . $my_callback_url
 ));
 
 $response = curl_exec($curl);
 $http_status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
 curl_close($curl);
 
 if ($http_status_code == 200) {
 
 $decoded = json_decode($response, true);
 
 echo "Please send the payment to the following Bitcoin address: " . $decoded["success"]["input_address"];
 echo "The current estimated fee is: ".$decoded["success"]["estimated_transaction_fee"].' BTC';
 
 } else {
 echo "Sorry, an error occurred: " . $response["error"];
 }
?>
# Importing the requests library 
import requests 
 
# Api-endpoint 
URL = "https://blockchainapi.org/api/btc?method=create"
 
# Parameters 
myAddress = "1LisLsZd3bx8U1NYzpNHqpo8Q6UCXKMJ4z"
mySecret = "7j0ap91o99cxj8k9"
myCallback = "http://example.com/callback?invoice_id=1234&secret=" + mySecret
 
# Defining a params dict for the parameters to be sent to the API 
PARAMS = {'address':myAddress, 'callback':myCallback} 
 
# Sending get request and saving the response as response object 
r = requests.get(url = URL, params = PARAMS) 
 
# Extracting data in json format 
data = r.json() 
 
# Extracting input_address & estimated_transaction_fee
input_address = data['success']['input_address']
estimatedFee = data['success']['estimated_transaction_fee']
 
# Printing the output 
print("Please pay to the following address: %s\nThe estimated fee in BTC is: %s"
 %(input_address, estimatedFee))
const request = require('request');
const http = require('http');
​
// Define our custom values
var my_address = "1LisLsZd3bx8U1NYzpNHqpo8Q6UCXKMJ4z";
var my_address_type = "bech32"; // bech32 | legacy | p2sh-segwit
var my_secret = "H78SY8DIJIDAID8JHD";
var my_callback = "http://example.com/callback?invoice_id=1234&secret=" + my_secret;
​
// BlockchainAPI endpoint
let endpoint = 'https://blockchainapi.org/api/btc?method=create&address=' + my_address + "&address_type=" + my_address_type + "&callback=" + my_callback;
​
// Request options
let options = {json: true};
​
// Define server variables
var port = 8181;
var hostname = "localhost";
​
var input_address = "";
var destination = "";
var fee_percentage = "";
var callback_url = "";
var estimated_transaction_fee = "";
var miners_fee = "";
var tor = "";
var setting = "";
​
request(endpoint, options, (error, res, body) => {
​
 if (error) {
 return console.log(error)
 };
​
 if (!error && res.statusCode == 200) {
 // do something with JSON, using the 'body' variable
 var response = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(body));
 if(response.success) {
 // Good, we managed to create an address
 console.log('Good, we managed to get a success response');
​
 // Now dig into the values
 input_address = response.success.input_address;
 destination = response.success.destination;
 fee_percentage = response.success.fee_percent;
 callback_url = response.success.callback_url;
 estimated_transaction_fee = response.success.estimated_transaction_fee;
 miners_fee = response.success.miners_fee;
 tor = response.success.tor;
 setting = response.success.setting;
​
 } else {
 // Failed to get success response
 console.log('Bad, failed to get success response');
 }
 };
});
​
// Initialise the server on port 8181
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
 res.statusCode = 200;
 res.setHeader('Content-type', 'text/html');
​
 // Show the "Please send the payment to..."
 if(input_address !== null) {
 res.write('<p>Please send the payment to the following Bitcoin address: ' + input_address + '</p>');
 } else {
 res.write('<p>Failed to create a new address to pay to</p>');
 }
 res.end('Page fully loaded');
});
​
server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
 console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
public class Program
{
 public static void Main()
 {
 string html = string.Empty;
 string my_secret = "7j0ap91o99cxj8k9";
 string my_callback = "http://example.com/callback?invoice_id=1234&secret=" + my_secret;
 string my_address_type = "bech32"; // bech32 | legacy | p2sh-segwit
 string my_address = "1LisLsZd3bx8U1NYzpNHqpo8Q6UCXKMJ4z";
 string endpoint = @"https://blockchainapi.org/api/btc?method=create&address_type=" + my_address_type + "&address=" + my_address + "&callback=" + my_callback;
​
 HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(endpoint);
 request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip;
​
 using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
 using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream())
 using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
 {
 html = reader.ReadToEnd();
​
 // Check if we found a success response
 dynamic result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(html);
​
 string address = result.success.address;
​
 Console.Write("Send the payment to the following address: " + address);
 }
 }
}
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