bitpay-node-client v1.3.0

Bitpay node client

Simple nodejs client for the bitpay payment system.

Installation

npm install --save bitpay-node-client

Example usage

const fs = require('fs')
const path = require('path')
const BitpayNodeClient = require('bitpay-node-client')

const privateKeyFilename = path.join(__dirname, 'api.key')
const encryptedPrivateKey = fs.readFileSync(privateKeyFilename, 'utf8')
const bitpay = new BitpayNodeClient({
  encryptedPrivateKey
})

bitpay.getTokens()
  .then(() => bitpay.asMerchant().post('invoices', {
    price: 1,
    currency: 'USD'
  }))
  .then((invoices) => {
    console.log('invoices', invoices)
  })

Running provided example

• Clone this repository
• Run npm install
• Generate api.key for merchant (see this for how)
• Copy the USER_HOME/.bitpay/api.key to this project's root directory
• Run npm run example to create a invoice