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Every request made to the Coinkite API requires three special header
lines. The code in sign.rb
can generate the timestamp and signature value
required for 2 of those 3 headers. The remaining header is just
the API key itself.
Header lines you need:
X-CK-Key: K5555a555-55a555aa-a55aa5a5555aaa5a
X-CK-Timestamp: 2014-06-23T03:10:04.905376
X-CK-Sign: 0aa7755aaa45189a98a5a8a887a564aa55aa5aa4aa7a98aa2858aaa60a5a56aa
Use the Coinkite Gem for a more complete solution that also checks SSL certificates, handles some errors and wraps some API calls.
Quick install gem install coinkite
Replace the two values shown here.
API_KEY = 'this-is-my-key'
API_SECRET = 'this-is-my-secret'
The keys you need can be created at Coinkite.com under Merchant / API.
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