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