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Copy const generateHmac = (signature: string, nonce: number): string => {
const crypto = require("crypto");
const key = "YOUR_BANXA_KEY";
const secret = "YOUR_BANXA_SECRET_TOKEN";
const localSignature = crypto
.createHmac("SHA256", secret)
.update(signature)
.digest("hex");
return `${key}:${localSignature}:${nonce}`;
};
To get started using the Banxa APIs, please get in touch here with the Banxa team in order to get a user key and secret token.
Copy const sendGetRequest = (query: string): void => {
const hostname = "cronos.banxa-sandbox.com";
const nonce = Date.now();
const method = "GET";
let data = method + "\n" + query + "\n" + nonce;
const hmac = generateHmac(data, nonce);
const https = require("https");
const options = {
hostname: hostname,
path: query,
method: method,
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Authorization: `Bearer ${hmac}`,
},
};
const req = https.get(
options,
(res: {
statusCode: string;
headers: string;
setEncoding: (arg0: string) => void;
on: (arg0: string, arg1: { (chunk: string): void }) => void;
}) => {
console.log(`STATUS: ${res.statusCode}`);
console.log(`HEADERS: ${JSON.stringify(res.headers)}`);
res.setEncoding("utf8");
res.on("data", (chunk: string) => {
console.log(`BODY: ${chunk}`);
});
res.on("end", () => {
console.log("No more data in response.");
});
}
);
req.on("error", (e: { message: string }) => {
console.error(`problem with request: ${e.message}`);
});
}; 