github-jwinterm/python-monero
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/jwinterm/python-monero.git synced 2026-10-17 05:51:43 +02:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Payment IDs can now be deterministic or non-deterministic

Browse Source 
Also add a site salt to create them, so a given user ID will yield
different payment IDs for different sites.
This commit is contained in:
moneromooo
2015-03-09 18:46:55 +00:00
parent fa581fac00
commit 5daa9d89fc
3 changed files with 25 additions and 12 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files
README
+12 -5
View File
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ Calling raw module functions is undocumented and subject to change.
* Initialization:
monero=Monero(daemon_host,daemon_port,wallet_host,wallet_port,redis_host,redis_port)
monero=Monero(daemon_host,daemon_port,wallet_host,wallet_port,redis_host,redis_port,site_salt)
Site salt is a string that's specific to your particular use.
It should be random but constant. Its intent is to cause the
same recipient identifier to map to different payment IDs for
two different users of monero-python. It is recommended to
hard code some random string in the call.
* Checking the current balance:
@@ -27,15 +33,16 @@ Calling raw module functions is undocumented and subject to change.
* Create a new payment ID for a recipient:
payment_id=monero.GetPaymentID(recipient)
payment_id=monero.GetPaymentID(recipient,deterministic=True)
recipient is a string representing a user, destination, etc. The
semantics of it are left to the API user. Numbers can be used if
they're passed as strings. CheckForDeposits and other such functions
will return that recipient when the associated payment ID is found
in a transaction.
Payment IDs are deterministic, so asking for a payment ID for a
given recipient will always yield the same payment ID.
Payment IDs can be deterministic (so asking for a payment ID for a
given recipient will always yield the same payment ID) or not (so
multiple calls to GetPaymentID will yield different Payment IDs).
* Get the recipient corresponding to a payment ID:
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ Calling raw module functions is undocumented and subject to change.
Returns the recipient associated with the given payment ID, or None
if there is none. If there is one, it is the string that was passed
to a previous call to GetPaymentID.
to a previous call to GetPaymentID which returned this payment ID.
* Check for new deposits: