Insight

Elixir package for consuming any Insight-powered Bitcoin explorer.

Installation

1. Add insight to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:insight, "~> 0.0.1"}]
end

2. Ensure insight is started before your application:

def application do
  [applications: [:insight]]
end

Usage

Using default BitPay's livenet explorer

defmodule Mymodule do
  use Insight

  def my_function do
    # Getting unspent transaction outputs
    bitcoin_address = "3J98t1WpEZ73CNmQviecrnyiWrnqRhWNLy"
    utxos = get_utxos(bitcoin_address)

    # Broadcasting a signed transaction
    signed = "01000000017b1eabe0209b1fe794124575ef807057c77ada2138ae4fa8d6c4de0398a14f3f00000000494830450221008949f0cb400094ad2b5eb399d59d01c14d73d8fe6e96df1a7150deb388ab8935022079656090d7f6bac4c9a94e0aad311a4268e082a725f8aeae0573fb12ff866a5f01ffffffff01f0ca052a010000001976a914cbc20a7664f2f69e5355aa427045bc15e7c6c77288ac00000000"
    tx = broadcast(signed)
  end

end

Using a custom explorer

defmodule Mymodule do
  use Insight, "https://search.bitaccess.ca/api/"

  [...]
end

Some compatible API endpoints available out there

Livenet

• Stampery livenet: https://bitcoin.stampery.com/insight-api/
• BitAccess livenet: https://search.bitaccess.ca/api/
• Localbitcoins livenet: https://chain.localbitcoins.com/api/
• BlockExplorer livenet: https://blockexplorer.com/api/
• DigiExplorer livenet: https://digiexplorer.info/api/
• CoinSpace livenet: https://live.coin.space/api/
• RandomRe livenet: https://btc.random.re/insight/api/
• ExploreBTCD livenet: http://explorebtcd.info/api/ (No HTTPS)

Testnet

• BitPay testnet: https://test-insight.bitpay.com/api/
• BlockExplorer testnet: https://testnet.blockexplorer.com/api/
• RandomRe testnet: http://btct.random.re/insight/api/ (No HTTPS)