BlockExplorer

Ruby wrapper for Block Explorer (http://blockexplorer.com), a popular bitcoin blockchain explorer. BlockExplorer exposes some handy bitcoin blockchain query methods. This gem exposes some of those methods for easy consumption in a Ruby project.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'block_explorer'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install block_explorer

Usage

mytransactions returns Ruby hash of raw transactions relating to the specified address(es).

BlockExplorer.mytransactions(address)
BlockExplorer.mytransactions([address1, address2])

getreceivedbyaddress returns BigDecimal of the total amount of bitcoins sent to the address.

BlockExplorer.getreceivedbyaddress(address)
BlockExplorer.getreceivedbyaddress(address, 3) # return received amount where transactions have minconf=3

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request