RPC server implementation to easily connect to ARK blockchain

Security Warning

All calls should be made from the server where RPC is running at ( i.e., localhost or 127.0.0.1 ). The RPC server should never be publicly accessible. If you wish to access ark-rpc from a remote address, you can whitelist the address with --allow <address>. Addresses allow you to use wildcards, eg. 192.168.1.* or 10.0.*.*.

If you do want to allow access from all remotes, start ark-rpc with the --allow-remote commandline switch. This can be dangerous.

How To Use It

• install Node.JS ( https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/)
• install forever npm install -g forever
• install ark-rpc: npm install arkecosystem/ark-rpc#master
• start RPC server: ark-rpc --port 8000 (default port is 8080)

Docker

If you would like to run from a docker environment, you will first need to build the container by running:

docker build -t ark-rpc .

You will need to run the container with the --allow-remote option to allow the host machine to access the container.

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 ark-rpc --allow-remote

API

Supported networks are mainnet and devnet all calls should start with the network you want to address, for instance, /mainnet/account/AUDud8tvyVZa67p3QY7XPRUTjRGnWQQ9Xv we call it :network in the API description.

Accounts

• Get account balance from address: GET /:network/account/:address
• Create account from passphrase: POST /:network/account params: passphrase
• Create (or get if already existing) account and encrypt using bip38: POST /:network/account/bip38 params: bip38 (password for encrypted WIF), userid (to identify a user)
• Get backup from userid: GET /:network/account/bip38/:userid

If you want to create several accounts for one user, you need to use a different userid.

Transactions

• Get last 50 transactions from address: GET /:network/transactions/:address
• Create a transaction: POST /:network/transaction params: recipientId, amount in satoshis, passphrase
• Create a transaction using bip38 for userid: POST /:network/transaction/bip38 params: recipientId, amount in satoshis, bip38 (password to encode wif), userid
• Broadcast transaction: POST /:network/broadcast params: id of the transaction

Note that if the transaction has been created via the RPC it has been stored internally, as such only the transaction id is needed to broadcast/rebroadcast it. Otherwise if created outside of this RPC server, pass the whole transaction body as the POST payload.

Security

If you discover a security vulnerability within this project, please send an e-mail to security@ark.io. All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.

License

The MIT License (MIT)