Integrate bitcoin into your iOS application with Coinbase's fully featured bitcoin payments API. Coinbase allows all major operations in bitcoin through one API. For more information, visit https://developers.coinbase.com/docs/wallet.
To try the example project, install CocoaPods, then run pod try coinbase-official.
coinbase is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:
pod "coinbase-official"
The Coinbase iOS SDK can be used with both Coinbase API keys and OAuth2 authentication. Use API keys if you only need to access your own Coinbase account from within your application. Use OAuth2 if you need to access your user's accounts. Most iOS apps will need to use OAuth2.
OAuth2 allows you to access other user's accounts. If the Coinbase app is installed on the user's phone, authenticating with OAuth2 is just a single tap.
If the Coinbase app is not installed authentication will seamlessly fall back to Safari.
To use OAuth2 you will need to add a custom URI scheme to your application. This URI scheme must start with your app's bundle identifier. For example, if your bundle ID is "com.example.app", your URI scheme could be "com.example.app.coinbase-oauth". To add a URI scheme:
- In Xcode, click on your project in the Project Navigator
- Select your app's target
- Click Info
- Open URL Types
- Click "+" to create a new URL Type
- Enter your new URL scheme in both Identifier and URL Schemes
You now need to create an OAuth2 application for your iOS application at https://www.coinbase.com/oauth/applications. Click + Create an Application and enter a name for your application. In Permitted Redirect URIs, you should enter "your_scheme://coinbase-oauth" - for example, if your custom URI scheme is "com.example.app.coinbase-oauth", then you should enter "com.example.app.coinbase-oauth://coinbase-oauth". Save the application and take note of the Client ID and Secret.
You can now integrate the OAuth2 sign in flow into your application. Use startOAuthAuthenticationWithClientId:scope:redirectUri:meta: to start the external sign in process.
// Launch the web browser or Coinbase app to authenticate the user.
[CoinbaseOAuth startOAuthAuthenticationWithClientId:@"your client ID"
scope:@"user balance"
redirectUri:@"com.example.app.coinbase-oauth://coinbase-oauth" // Same as entered into Create Application
meta:nil];CoinbaseOAuth.startOAuthAuthenticationWithClientId("your client ID", scope: "user balance", redirectUri: "com.example.app.coinbase-oauth://coinbase-oauth", meta: nil)You must override openURL in your application delegate to receive the OAuth authorization grant code and pass it back in to the Coinbase SDK.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
openURL:(NSURL *)url
sourceApplication:(NSString *)sourceApplication
annotation:(id)annotation {
if ([[url scheme] isEqualToString:@"com.example.app.coinbase-oauth"]) {
// This is a redirect from the Coinbase OAuth web page or app.
[CoinbaseOAuth finishOAuthAuthenticationForUrl:url
clientId:@"your client ID"
clientSecret:@"your client secret"
completion:^(id result, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
// Could not authenticate.
} else {
// Tokens successfully obtained!
// Do something with them (store them, etc.)
Coinbase *apiClient = [Coinbase coinbaseWithOAuthAccessToken:[result objectForKey:@"access_token"]];
// Note that you should also store 'expire_in' and refresh the token using [CoinbaseOAuth getOAuthTokensForRefreshToken] when it expires
}
}];
return YES;
}
return NO;
}if url.scheme == "com.example.app.coinbase-oauth" {
CoinbaseOAuth.finishOAuthAuthenticationForUrl(url, clientId: "your client ID", clientSecret: "your client secret", completion: { (result : AnyObject?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
if error != nil {
// Could not authenticate.
} else {
// Tokens successfully obtained!
// Do something with them (store them, etc.)
if let result = result as? [String : AnyObject] {
if let accessToken = result["access_token"] as? String {
let apiClient = Coinbase(OAuthAccessToken: accessToken)
}
}
// Note that you should also store 'expire_in' and refresh the token using CoinbaseOAuth.getOAuthTokensForRefreshToken() when it expires
}
})
return true
}
else {
return false
}See the Example folder for a fully functional example.
Simply use coinbaseWithApiKey:secret:. Example:
Coinbase *apiClient = [Coinbase coinbaseWithApiKey:myKey secret:mySecret];let coinbase = Coinbase(apiKey: myKey, secret: mySecret)After creating a Coinbase object using one of the authentication methods above, the API methods at https://developers.coinbase.com/api can be called using the convenience methods on Coinbase. Example:
[apiClient getCurrentUser:^(CoinbaseUser *user, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Could not load user: %@", error);
} else {
NSLog(@"Signed in as: %@", user.email);
}
}];
CoinbaseAccount *account = [[CoinbaseAccount alloc] initWithID:@"536a541fa9393bb3c7000034" client:apiClient];
[account getBalance:^(CoinbaseBalance *balance, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Could not get balance: %@", error);
} else {
NSLog(@"User's balance: %@ in %@", balance.amount, balance.currency);
}
}];
Coinbase().getSupportedCurrencies() { (response: Array?, error: NSError?) in
if let error = error {
NSLog("Error: \(error)")
} else {
self.currencies = (response as? [CoinbaseCurrency])!
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
}
Coinbase().getBuyPrice { (btc: CoinbaseBalance?, fees: Array?, subtotal: CoinbaseBalance?, total: CoinbaseBalance?, error: NSError?) in
if let error = error {
NSLog("Error: \(error)")
} else {
self.buyTotal.text = "Buy Price: \(total!.amount!) BTC"
}
}coinbase is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.