API Documentation
start() - Will start the node's services in the correct order based on the dependencies of a service.
stop() - Will stop the node's services.
openBus() - Will create a new event bus to subscribe to events.
getAllAPIMethods() - Returns information about all of the API methods from the services.
getAllPublishEvents() - Returns information about publish events.
getServiceOrder() - Returns an array of service modules.
services.<service-name>.<method> - Additional API methods exposed by each service. The services for the node are defined when the node instance is constructed.
Example Usage
var index = require('bitcore-node');
var Bitcoin = index.services.Bitcoin;
var Node = index.Node;
var configuration = {
datadir: '/home/user/.bitcoin',
network: 'testnet',
services: [
{
name: 'bitcoind',
module: Bitcoin,
config: {}
}
]
};
var node = new Node(configuration);
node.start(function() {
//start the node so the node.on('ready') is actually called.
});
node.on('ready', function() {
console.log('Bitcoin Node Ready');
});
node.on('error', function(err) {
console.error(err);
});
// shutdown the node
node.stop(function() {
// the shutdown is complete
});
