IOTA Tangle Payment Module

This repository contains all functions to make payments with IOTA. This module is a microervice, which handles payments automaticly and provides different channels for communication. Wir features like MAM logging and watching live transaction, this is the perfect start to work with the tangle.

THere is an live demonstration of this module.

Setup and run

Start all 4 machines (robot 1 and 2 + solar and wind energy)

You have to install Docker.

git clone https://github.com/machineeconomy/machine
cd machine
npm install
npm start

Architecture

This module provides an IOTA wallet, Logging services and order management.

Everything can be configured via environment variables.

Environment Variables

Variable	Example	Description
PORT	3000	application port.
NAME	robot 1	the name of the service.
SEED	AVL...RFS	81 trytes long iota seed for the wallet.
IS_PROVIDER	true/false	Defines to module as provider.
PROVIDER_URL	http://localhost:3002	Provider URl.
VALUE	1337	Defines the cost of an order.
CUSTOM_SCRIPT	true/false	Runs custom script after payment.
DEVELOPMENT	true/false	Defines the module mode.

Default .env File

PORT=3001
NAME=dev robot 1	
SEED=AAAAAAVTYWSUOLUWJTRYYPOIGF9KHFRVAZKAUHXKVHPOZJJZ9ELIPIEPPIIMTXIMMKQSHAAAAAAAAAAAA
IS_PROVIDER=false
PROVIDER_URL=http://localhost:3002
VALUE=0
CUSTOM_SCRIPT=true
DEVELOPMENT=true

Webserver

The service provide some endpoints to get information about the state of the service.

PATH	Method	Example	Description
/	GET	http://localhost:3000/	show module dashboard
/orders	GET	http://localhost:3000/orders	get a list of all orders
/orders	POST	http://localhost:3000/orders	create a new order, returns an addresss
/orders/:uuid	GET	http://localhost:3000/orders/abc-123-efg	get order details about the order with given id
/get_account_data	GET	http://localhost:3000/get_account_data	get IOTA account data from the module

Websockets

The sevice also provides a websocket connection. It runs also on the same PORT like the webserver under path /sockets.

When a new user connect to the ws server, the service emits a message with the name and status of the machine in the welcome channel.

The service listens to the order channel, for incoming orders through the user application.

module status

Status	Description
booting	machine starts up.
waiting_for_order	machine wait for an incoming order.
waiting_for_tx	machine waits for incoming transaction to IRI via ZMQ messages.
waiting_for_tx_confirm	machine waits for incoming transaction to be confirmed.
payout_provider	machine pays the provider
working	machine is working

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