bigchaindb/docs/source/drivers-clients/http-client-server-api.rst
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The HTTP Client-Server API
==========================
Note: The HTTP client-server API is currently quite rudimentary. For example, there is no ability to do complex queries using the HTTP API. We plan to add querying capabilities in the future.
When you start Bigchaindb using `bigchaindb start`, an HTTP API is exposed at the address stored in the BigchainDB node configuration settings. The default is:
`http://localhost:9984/api/v1/ <http://localhost:9984/api/v1/>`_
but that address can be changed by changing the "API endpoint" configuration setting (e.g. in a local config file). There's more information about setting the API endpoint in :doc:`the section about BigchainDB Configuration Settings <../server-reference/configuration>`.
There are other configuration settings related to the web server (serving the HTTP API). In particular, the default is for the web server socket to bind to ``localhost:9984`` but that can be changed (e.g. to ``0.0.0.0:9984``). For more details, see the "server" settings ("bind", "workers" and "threads") in :doc:`the section about BigchainDB Configuration Settings <../server-reference/configuration>`.
If you send an HTTP GET request to e.g. ``http://localhost:9984`` (with no ``/api/v1/`` on the end), then you should get an HTTP response with something like the following in the body:
.. code-block:: json
{
"api_endpoint": "http://localhost:9984/api/v1",
"keyring": [
"6qHyZew94NMmUTYyHnkZsB8cxJYuRNEiEpXHe1ih9QX3",
"AdDuyrTyjrDt935YnFu4VBCVDhHtY2Y6rcy7x2TFeiRi"
],
"public_key": "AiygKSRhZWTxxYT4AfgKoTG4TZAoPsWoEt6C6bLq4jJR",
"software": "BigchainDB",
"version": "0.6.0"
}
HTTP API Endpoints
------------------
.. http:get:: /transactions/{tx_id}
Get the transaction with the ID ``tx_id``.
This endpoint returns only a transaction from a ``VALID`` or ``UNDECIDED`` block on ``bigchain``, if exists.
:param tx_id: transaction ID
:type tx_id: hex string
**Example request**:
.. sourcecode:: http
GET /transactions/7ad5a4b83bc8c70c4fd7420ff3c60693ab8e6d0e3124378ca69ed5acd2578792 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
**Example response**:
.. sourcecode:: http
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"id":"7ad5a4b83bc8c70c4fd7420ff3c60693ab8e6d0e3124378ca69ed5acd2578792",
"transaction":{
"conditions":[
{
"cid":0,
"condition":{
"details":{
"bitmask":32,
"public_key":"CwA8s2QYQBfNz4WvjEwmJi83zYr7JhxRhidx6uZ5KBVd",
"signature":null,
"type":"fulfillment",
"type_id":4
},
"uri":"cc:4:20:sVA_3p8gvl8yRFNTomqm6MaavKewka6dGYcFAuPrRXQ:96"
},
"owners_after":[
"CwA8s2QYQBfNz4WvjEwmJi83zYr7JhxRhidx6uZ5KBVd"
]
}
],
"data":{
"payload":null,
"uuid":"a9999d69-6cde-4b80-819d-ed57f6abe257"
},
"fulfillments":[
{
"owners_before":[
"JEAkEJqLbbgDRAtMm8YAjGp759Aq2qTn9eaEHUj2XePE"
],
"fid":0,
"fulfillment":"cf:4:__Y_Um6H73iwPe6ejWXEw930SQhqVGjtAHTXilPp0P01vE_Cx6zs3GJVoO1jhPL18C94PIVkLTGMUB2aKC9qsbIb3w8ejpOf0_I3OCuTbPdkd6r2lKMeVftMyMxkeWoM",
"input":{
"cid":0,
"txid":"598ce4e9a29837a1c6fc337ee4a41b61c20ad25d01646754c825b1116abd8761"
}
}
],
"operation":"TRANSFER",
"timestamp":"1471423869",
"version":1
}
}
:statuscode 200: A transaction with that ID was found.
:statuscode 404: A transaction with that ID was not found.
.. http:get:: /transactions/{tx_id}/status
Get the status of a transaction with the ID ``tx_id``.
This endpoint returns the status of a transaction if exists.
Possible values are ``valid``, ``invalid``, ``undecided`` or ``backlog``.
:param tx_id: transaction ID
:type tx_id: hex string
**Example request**:
.. sourcecode:: http
GET /transactions/7ad5a4b83bc8c70c4fd7420ff3c60693ab8e6d0e3124378ca69ed5acd2578792/status HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
**Example response**:
.. sourcecode:: http
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"status": "valid"
}
:statuscode 200: A transaction with that ID was found and the status is returned.
:statuscode 404: A transaction with that ID was not found.
.. http:post:: /transactions/
Push a new transaction.
**Example request**:
.. sourcecode:: http
POST /transactions/ HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{
"id":"7ad5a4b83bc8c70c4fd7420ff3c60693ab8e6d0e3124378ca69ed5acd2578792",
"transaction":{
"conditions":[
{
"cid":0,
"condition":{
"details":{
"bitmask":32,
"public_key":"CwA8s2QYQBfNz4WvjEwmJi83zYr7JhxRhidx6uZ5KBVd",
"signature":null,
"type":"fulfillment",
"type_id":4
},
"uri":"cc:4:20:sVA_3p8gvl8yRFNTomqm6MaavKewka6dGYcFAuPrRXQ:96"
},
"owners_after":[
"CwA8s2QYQBfNz4WvjEwmJi83zYr7JhxRhidx6uZ5KBVd"
]
}
],
"data":{
"payload":null,
"uuid":"a9999d69-6cde-4b80-819d-ed57f6abe257"
},
"fulfillments":[
{
"owners_before":[
"JEAkEJqLbbgDRAtMm8YAjGp759Aq2qTn9eaEHUj2XePE"
],
"fid":0,
"fulfillment":"cf:4:__Y_Um6H73iwPe6ejWXEw930SQhqVGjtAHTXilPp0P01vE_Cx6zs3GJVoO1jhPL18C94PIVkLTGMUB2aKC9qsbIb3w8ejpOf0_I3OCuTbPdkd6r2lKMeVftMyMxkeWoM",
"input":{
"cid":0,
"txid":"598ce4e9a29837a1c6fc337ee4a41b61c20ad25d01646754c825b1116abd8761"
}
}
],
"operation":"TRANSFER",
"timestamp":"1471423869",
"version":1
}
}
**Example response**:
.. sourcecode:: http
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
{
"assignee":"4XYfCbabAWVUCbjTmRTFEu2sc3dFEdkse4r6X498B1s8",
"id":"7ad5a4b83bc8c70c4fd7420ff3c60693ab8e6d0e3124378ca69ed5acd2578792",
"transaction":{
"conditions":[
{
"cid":0,
"condition":{
"details":{
"bitmask":32,
"public_key":"CwA8s2QYQBfNz4WvjEwmJi83zYr7JhxRhidx6uZ5KBVd",
"signature":null,
"type":"fulfillment",
"type_id":4
},
"uri":"cc:4:20:sVA_3p8gvl8yRFNTomqm6MaavKewka6dGYcFAuPrRXQ:96"
},
"owners_after":[
"CwA8s2QYQBfNz4WvjEwmJi83zYr7JhxRhidx6uZ5KBVd"
]
}
],
"data":{
"payload":null,
"uuid":"a9999d69-6cde-4b80-819d-ed57f6abe257"
},
"fulfillments":[
{
"owners_before":[
"JEAkEJqLbbgDRAtMm8YAjGp759Aq2qTn9eaEHUj2XePE"
],
"fid":0,
"fulfillment":"cf:4:__Y_Um6H73iwPe6ejWXEw930SQhqVGjtAHTXilPp0P01vE_Cx6zs3GJVoO1jhPL18C94PIVkLTGMUB2aKC9qsbIb3w8ejpOf0_I3OCuTbPdkd6r2lKMeVftMyMxkeWoM",
"input":{
"cid":0,
"txid":"598ce4e9a29837a1c6fc337ee4a41b61c20ad25d01646754c825b1116abd8761"
}
}
],
"operation":"TRANSFER",
"timestamp":"1471423869",
"version":1
}
}
:statuscode 201: A new transaction was created.
:statuscode 400: The transaction was invalid and not created.
**Disclaimer**
``CREATE`` transactions are treated differently from ``TRANSFER`` assets.
The reason is that a ``CREATE`` transaction needs to be signed by a federation node and not by the client.
The following python snippet in a client can be used to generate ``CREATE`` transactions before they can be pushed to the API server:
.. code-block:: python
from bigchaindb import util
tx = util.create_and_sign_tx(my_privkey, my_pubkey, my_pubkey, None, 'CREATE')
When POSTing ``tx`` to the API, the ``CREATE`` transaction will be signed by a federation node.
A ``TRANSFER`` transaction, that takes an existing input transaction to change ownership can be generated in multiple ways:
.. code-block:: python
from bigchaindb import util, Bigchain
tx = util.create_and_sign_tx(my_privkey, my_pubkey, other_pubkey, input_tx, 'TRANSFER')
# or
b = Bigchain()
tx_unsigned = b.create_transaction(my_pubkey, other_pubkey, input_tx, 'TRANSFER')
tx = b.sign_transaction(tx_unsigned, my_privkey)
More information on generating transactions can be found in the `Python server API examples <python-server-api-examples.html>`_