coinbridge 0.1.4

Installation

$ pip install coinbridge

Depending on your system, compiling Bitcoin from scratch can be a headache. On Ubuntu, you can simply install bitcoind from the bitcoin PPA:

$ apt-get install python-software-properties
$ add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install bitcoind

A convenience script, init.sh, is included that will do some initial configuration for you. I have only tested this on Ubuntu 12.04/14.04 so far. The below steps are only necessary if init.sh does not work for you:

1. Set up a pgpass file so transaction confirmations can be autologged to Postgres. Replace HOST, PORT, USER, DATABASE, PASSWORD with your own settings. Note: coinbridge/db.py expects the username to be coinbridge. If you use a different username, you must also create a coinbridge/data/pg.cfg file (containing the HOST:PORT:USER:DATABASE:PASSWORD string) so that Python can connect to Postgres.

   $ touch ~/.pgpass
   $ echo HOST:PORT:USER:DATABASE:PASSWORD >> ~/.pgpass
   $ chmod 600 ~/.pgpass

2. Set environment variables:

   $ echo "export BRIDGE=/path/to/coinbridge" >> ~/.profile
   $ echo "export PGPASSFILE=$HOME/.pgpass" >> ~/.profile
   $ source ~/.profile

3. Finally, you need to point Bitcoin’s walletnotify at coinbridge/bitcoin-listen:

   $ apt-get install jq
   $ echo "walletnotify=$BRIDGE/coinbridge/bitcoin-listen %s" >> ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

Usage

from coinbridge import Bridge

bridge = Bridge()
bridge.payment(from_account, to_account, amount)