What is Sockserve?

Sockserve is a frontend API for Bitd that provides a streaming output of new transactions. Unlike Bitserve which is a similar frontend API used to fetch historical blockchain data, Sockserve can be used display data as it comes in.

Installation

Prerequisite

For Sockserve to work you first need to go through the install process for bitd, which will continually scan the blockchain for new transactions and blocks which will be streamed live over the Bitsocket (sockserve) API.

Setting up Sockserve

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/fountainhead-cash/sockserve.git && cd sockserve

Install dependencies:

npm install

Configure Sockserve:

cp .env.example .env
$(EDITOR) .env

Running as a daemon

Install PM2 using NPM

npm install pm2 -g

CD to install location and run bitd

pm2 start index.js --name="Sockserve"