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Do Bitcoin Request on Bitcoin Node
https://github.com/bitcoin-api/bitcoin-request

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# bitcoin-request

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bitcoin-request - Do Bitcoin Request on Bitcoin Node

## About

Do Bitcoin request on a bitcoin node. Set `process.env.BITCOIN_REQUEST_MODE` to the string `livenet` to make livenet requests to your Bitcoin node. Here's a list of commands you can use on your bitcoin node: [Chain Query list of commands](https://chainquery.com/bitcoin-cli).

## Example

```.js
'use strict';

const bitcoinRequest = require( 'bitcoin-request' );

(async () => {

const balance = await bitcoinRequest({

command: [
'getbalance'
],
livenet: false, // overrides BITCOIN_REQUEST_MODE env setting
});

console.log( balance );

// logs 0
})();
```