This module provides an API for an Ethereum node by using web3. It does it in two flavors:

• HTTP RESTful API
• Console commands

Why? This module is intended as an experiment, proof of concept (or however you want to call it), but it also can be helpful to use if you need HTTP REST API interaction with Ethereum instead of JSON RPC.

Just clone the repo and then install dependencies:

$ npm install

The install process creates a new config.js file in the root directory, based on the config.js.default file. There you can set up the parameters for running your instance.

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In order to start the HTTP API service you just need to run:

$ npm start

or

$ node api

You'll see a message indicating that the service is already running.

The OpenAPI Specification for the REST API is in the /docs/rest_api.yaml file

Also, this URL has an online UI for that documentation: https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/improvein/ether-node-api/0.0.2

In order to use the console you need to execute:

$ node cli [options] [command]

This is the list of commands (you can use the --help to find more info about each one)

• status

  See the status of the App and the network/connection

• balance <account>

  Get the balance of an account

• account-send <from> <to> <wei>

  Send ether (wei) from one account to another address

• send [options] <from> <fromKey> <to> <wei>

  Send (wei) from an address to another

• transaction <txhash>

  Gets the transaction information

• block [options] <blockid>

  Gets the block information

We encourage everyone to contribute to this project with requests, comments, suggestions and even code improvements. Everything is welcome, just report an issue or add a PR.