# Rust Blockbook client
[](https://crates.io/crates/blockbook)
[](https://docs.rs/blockbook/)
`blockbook` is a Rust client for the [Blockbook block explorer](https://github.com/trezor/blockbook).
It provides both REST and WebSocket clients to access Blockbook APIs in a type-safe manner.
## Usage example
```rust
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let client = blockbook::Client::new("https://myblockbook.com".parse().unwrap());
// query the Genesis block hash
let genesis_hash = client
.block_hash(blockbook::Height::from_consensus(0).unwrap())
.await?;
assert_eq!(
genesis_hash.to_string(),
"000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f"
);
// query the full block
let genesis = client.block_by_hash(&genesis_hash).await?;
assert_eq!(genesis.previous_block_hash, None);
// inspect the first coinbase transaction
let tx = genesis.txs.get(0).unwrap();
assert!((tx.vout.get(0).unwrap().value.to_btc() - 50.0).abs() < f64::EPSILON);
}
```
See the [crate documentation](https://docs.rs/blockbook) for more examples.
## Supported Blockbook version
The currently supported version of Blockbook is commit [`95ee9b5b`](https://github.com/trezor/blockbook/commit/95ee9b5b).
## Supported currencies
Currently, `blockbook` only provides Bitcoin-specific APIs.
## Running the tests
All tests need a `BLOCKBOOK_SERVER` environment variable set:
```bash
BLOCKBOOK_SERVER=myblockbook.com cargo test -- --include-ignored
```
## Authors
This crate is developed and maintained by [21 Analytics](https://21analytics.ch).
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT license.