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authortailsjoin <tailsjoin@users.noreply.github.com>2015-07-13 16:43:30 +0000
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2015-07-15 09:20:51 +0200
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doc: Remove recommendation to add old repos for libd4.8*
It is unreasonable to ask to change the global package configuration just to build a package. Not only that, this is potentially harmful to the system. Also do a few punctuation fixes in REST-interface.md.
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@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Supported API
####Transactions
`GET /rest/tx/<TX-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
-Given a transaction hash,
-Returns a transaction, in binary, hex-encoded binary or JSON formats.
+Given a transaction hash: returns a transaction in binary, hex-encoded binary, or JSON formats.
For full TX query capability, one must enable the transaction index via "txindex=1" command line / configuration option.
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ For full TX query capability, one must enable the transaction index via "txindex
`GET /rest/block/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
`GET /rest/block/notxdetails/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
-Given a block hash,
-Returns a block, in binary, hex-encoded binary or JSON formats.
+Given a block hash: returns a block, in binary, hex-encoded binary or JSON formats.
The HTTP request and response are both handled entirely in-memory, thus making maximum memory usage at least 2.66MB (1 MB max block, plus hex encoding) per request.
@@ -28,8 +26,7 @@ With the /notxdetails/ option JSON response will only contain the transaction ha
####Blockheaders
`GET /rest/headers/<COUNT>/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
-Given a block hash,
-Returns <COUNT> amount of blockheaders in upward direction.
+Given a block hash: returns <COUNT> amount of blockheaders in upward direction.
####Chaininfos
`GET /rest/chaininfo.json`
@@ -79,4 +76,4 @@ $ curl localhost:18332/rest/getutxos/checkmempool/b2cdfd7b89def827ff8af7cd9bff76
Risks
-------------
-Running a webbrowser on the same node with a REST enabled bitcoind can be a risk. Accessing prepared XSS websites could read out tx/block data of your node by placing links like `<script src="http://127.0.0.1:8332/rest/tx/1234567890.json">` which might break the nodes privacy.
+Running a web browser on the same node with a REST enabled bitcoind can be a risk. Accessing prepared XSS websites could read out tx/block data of your node by placing links like `<script src="http://127.0.0.1:8332/rest/tx/1234567890.json">` which might break the nodes privacy.