Bitcoind RPC

A Ruby client for the bitcoind (Bitcoin Core compatible) JSON-RPC.

Features:

• Parses floats as BigDecimal
• Lists methods supported by the connected bitcoind
• Allows access to RPC methods as plain Ruby methods of Connection object

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'bitcoind_rpc'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install bitcoind_rpc

require 'bitcoind_rpc'

bitcoind = BitcoindRPC::Connection.new(uri: 'http://{username}:{password}@{host}:{port}')

bitcoind.supported_methods # => [ :getbestblockhash, :getblock, ... ]
bitcoind.getbalance # => #<BigDecimal:...>
bitcoind.blablabla # => NoMethodError

bitcoind.getblock "3d587773d2cbaf64f208f165f5f7717d7324350612d189063b4d1d2f14711380" # => { :hash => "3d58..." ...}

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kukushkin/bitcoind_rpc. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.