Bitcoin payments with nodejs and Bitpay

Bitcoin-payments-nodejs-bitpay

//First sign up for an account with BiyPay and create a new API key

//Download bitpay-node
sudo npm install bitpay-node

//Go to node console and require bitpay-node
Bitpay = require('bitpay-node')

//Create new Bitpay client
var client = new Bitpay.Client({ apiKey: '' })

//Create invoice
client.createInvoice({ price: [[input price]], currency: 'BTC' }, function(err, invoice){ console.log(invoice) })

//You now have an invoice on the url that is returned to console
//Install Yeoman and create express app
npm install yo
yo express

//In app.js add path for payments api
app.post('payments/:id', payments.notification);

//Copy user route to make a payments route
/* Add code below to payments route */
exports.notification = function(req, res) {
  console.log(req.body);
  res.status(200);
});

//Git Init and heroku init
git init
heroku create [[insert name]]
git push heroku master

//Create SSL certificate, which is required by BitPay servers
brew install openssl
heroku addons:create ssl:endpoint

//Export API key
export BITPAY_API_KEY=[[insert key]]

//In node console run these commands
var Bitpay = require('bitpay-node');
var client = new Bitpay.Client({ apiKey: process.env.BITPAY_API_KEY });

//Check it went through, apiKey should be in the client object
client

//Create more data
var invoiceOptions = {
...   price: 0.001,
...   currency: 'BTC'
... };

invoiceOptions.transactionSpeed = 'high'

invoiceOptions.fullNotifications = true

//Create invoice with these options
client.createInvoice(invoiceOptions, function(err, invoice) {
  console.log(invoice);
})

//You have now made an invoice