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For the incredibly lazy and/or incompetent web developer, I present the lazy man's bitcoin API (copied from [http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4324.msg77187#msg77187 a forum post]) | For the incredibly lazy and/or incompetent web developer, I present the lazy man's bitcoin API (copied from [http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4324.msg77187#msg77187 a forum post]): | ||
Problem: Lazy web designer (me) wants to use bitcoins without dealing with installing bitcoin on a server, installing a shopping card interface, or using ugly merchant services with callbacks. | '''Problem:''' Lazy web designer (me) wants to use bitcoins without dealing with installing bitcoin on a server, installing a shopping card interface, or using ugly merchant services with callbacks. | ||
Solution for sending bitcoins: | '''Solution for sending bitcoins:''' | ||
Use the | Use the [https://mtgox.com/support/tradeAPI MtGox API] | ||
Solution for receiving bitcoins: | '''Solution for receiving bitcoins:''' | ||
1) Input a list of bitcoin receiving addresses to your database | # 1) Input a list of bitcoin receiving addresses to your database | ||
2) Give a bitcoin address to a potential customer | 2) Give a bitcoin address to a potential customer | ||
3) Have the customer tell you when they have sent the coins and have at least 1 confirmation | 3) Have the customer tell you when they have sent the coins and have at least 1 confirmation | ||
Revision as of 16:18, 1 April 2011
For the incredibly lazy and/or incompetent web developer, I present the lazy man's bitcoin API (copied from a forum post):
Problem: Lazy web designer (me) wants to use bitcoins without dealing with installing bitcoin on a server, installing a shopping card interface, or using ugly merchant services with callbacks.
Solution for sending bitcoins: Use the MtGox API
Solution for receiving bitcoins:
- 1) Input a list of bitcoin receiving addresses to your database
2) Give a bitcoin address to a potential customer 3) Have the customer tell you when they have sent the coins and have at least 1 confirmation 4) Check blockexplorer to see if they sent the right amount (i.e. http://blockexplorer.com/address/19hMEAaRMbEhfSkeU4GT8mgSuyR4t4M6TH) 5) Wait for more blocks (confirmations) if paranoid 6) Give them what they paid for 7) After a reasonable amount of time has passed, you can re-use the address for another customer
You could avoid having a list of addresses and reusing them if one of the wallet services someday lets you get a new address via API call, but this will work for now.
Bad idea: Selling bars of gold this way (owner of blockexplorer.com could rip you off) Good(?) idea: Selling naked pictures of your grandma this way (owner of blockexplorer.com won't bother)