txpost

defmodule Txpost do
  @moduledoc """
  ![Receive Bitcoin transactions in your Elixir app](https://github.com/libitx/txpost/raw/master/media/poster.png)

  ![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/libitx/txpost?color=informational)

  Send and receive Bitcoin transactions from your Phoenix or Plug-based Elixir
  application.

  Txpost implements a standard for encoding and decoding Bitcoin transactions
  and other data in a concise binary format using [CBOR](https://cbor.io). A
  number of modules following the Plug specification can easily be slotted in
  your Phoenix or Plug-based application's pipeline. An optional Router module
  is available, allowing you to implement routing logic for different types of
  transactions from a single endpoint.

  * Receive Bitcoin transactions in a concise and efficient binary serialisation format
  * Simple and flexible schema for sending Bitcoin data with other data parameters
  * Send multiple transactions in a single request, or build streaming applications
  * Sign and verify data payloads with ECDSA signatures

  ### BRFC specifications

  Txpost is an implementation of the following BRFC specifications. They
  describe a standard for serialising Bitcoin transactions and associated
  parameters, along with arbitrary meta data, in a concise binary format using
  CBOR:

  * BRFC `c9a2975b3d19` - [CBOR Tx Payload specification](cbor-tx-payload.md)
  * BRFC `5b82a2ed7b16` - [CBOR Tx Envelope specification](cbor-tx-envelope.md)

  ## Installation

  The package can be installed by adding `txpost` to your list of dependencies
  in `mix.exs`.

      def deps do
        [
          {:txpost, "~> 0.1"}
        ]
      end

  Add `Txpost.Parsers.CBOR` to your endpoint's list of parsers.

      plug Plug.Parsers,
        parsers: [
          :json,
          Txpost.Parsers.CBOR
        ]

  Finally create any routes needed to handle transaction requests and add
  `Txpost.Plug` to the plug pipeline. For example, adding a route to a Phoenix
  router:

      defmodule MyAppWeb.Router do
        use MyAppWeb, :router

        pipeline :tx_api do
          plug :accepts, ["cbor"]
          plug Txpost.Plug
        end

        scope "/tx" do
          pipe_through :tx_api
          post "/create", MyAppWeb.TxController, :create
        end
      end

  ## Transaction routing

  The example above creates a single route passing all transactions to the same
  controller. You could create many routes for different transactions but in
  some applications it may be desirable to advertise a single endpoint to
  receive different types of transactions, each handled by different
  controllers. In this case `Txpost.Router` can be used to route transactions to
  different controllers, using any logic you need.

  A tx router is a module that implements the `c:Txpost.Router.handle_tx/2`
  callback.

      defmodule MyApp.TxRouter do
        use Txpost.Router

        def handle_tx(conn, _params) do
          case get_req_meta(conn) do
            %{"type" => "article"} -> ArticleController.call(conn, :create)
            %{"type" => "image"} -> ImageController.call(conn, :create)
          end
        end
      end

  For more details, see `Txpost.Router`.
  """
end