#Blockchain API library (Ruby, v1)
An official Ruby gem for interacting with the Blockchain.info API.
###Getting started
Installation via RubyGems:
$ gem install blockchain
Manual installation:
$ git clone https://github.com/blockchain/api-v1-client-ruby
$ cd api-v1-client-ruby
$ rake install
To use the wallet and createwallet functionality, you'll also need an instance of service-my-wallet.
The gem consists of the following functionality:
blockexplorer(docs) (api/blockchain_api)createwallet(docs) (api/create_wallet)exchangerates(docs) (api/exchange_rates_api)pushtx(docs) (pushtx)receive(docs) (api/api_receive)statistics(docs) (api/charts_api)wallet(docs) (api/blockchain_wallet_api)
The main module is called Blockchain
###Error handling
All functions may raise exceptions caused by incorrectly passed parameters or other problems. If a call is rejected server-side, the APIException exception will be raised.
###Connection timeouts
It is possible to set arbitrary connection timeouts.
require 'blockchain'
Blockchain::TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5 #time out after 5 seconds###Request limits and API keys
In order to prevent abuse some API methods require an API key approved with some basic contact information and a description of its intended use. Please request an API key here.
The same API key can be used to bypass the request limiter.