BitShares Faucet NodeJS

Faucet is used to pay the registration fee for new BitShares users. In order to ensure Anonymity of the user's IP, his IP-address is hashed.

NodeJS Setup (if necessary)

sudo apt-get install build-essential g++ python git curl ntp htop nmon iftop nano -y
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.32.0/install.sh 2>/dev/null | bash
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
nvm install 10.21.0 >>install.log
nvm use 10.21.0 >>install.log
nvm alias default 10.21.0
npm install -g npm forever grunt-cli

Install App

git clone https://github.com/technologiespro/nodejs-faucet.git
cd nodejs-faucet
npm install

Settings

mv sample.config.json config.json
nano config.json

Set

• port - app port number default 48887 up to 65535

• bts.node - public bitshares api node

• bts.registrar - registrar BitShares account

• bts.wif - registrar BitShares account private active key

• bts.default_referrer - default referrer account name

• bts.referrer_percent - referrer percent

• bts.broadcastTx - default true, for testing set false

• bts.timeoutIp - default 1800 sec (30 min) registration time on 1 ip

• bts.allowPremium - default false, registration premium names

• bts.allowCustomerReferer - default true, false - always use referrer from config

• bts.sendAfterReg.asset - asset name for send to new registered user

• bts.sendAfterReg.amount - asset amount for send to new registered user

save and exit from nano editor: CTRL+O, CTRL+X

Start/Stop

cd nodejs-faucet

npm start for testing

forever start bin/www for background running

forever stop bin/www for stopping

default on http://localhost:48887, for use domain setup nginx

Logs

forever list - get log url

tail -f /home/yourusername/.forever/T9Rc.log -

Nginx Setup

sudo apt install nginx

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available

sudo nano faucet

• insert config

server {
        listen 80;
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name faucet.yoursite.com;
        location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:48887;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
       }
}

• save settings: CTRL+O, CTRL+X
• sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/faucet /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/faucet
• sudo nginx -t
• sudo service nginx restart
• for ssl install nginx certbot, instruction here https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntubionic-nginx

API

• GET /api/v1/ip - test get ip address
• GET /api/v1/latest - latest registrations
• GET /api/v1/counter - count registrations
• GET /api/v1/registrations - list registrations
• POST /api/v1/accounts - register new account

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