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OpenAlias ruby
This ruby gem allows you to lookup and read OpenAlias data with ruby.
OpenAlias (openalias.org) is an open standard for simpler addresses for any crypto currencies. Read more here
At its most basic, OpenAlias is a TXT DNS record on a FQDN (fully qualified domain name).
By combining this with DNS-related technologies [it has] created an aliasing standard that is extensible for developers,
intuitive and familiar for users, and can interoperate with both centralised and decentralised domain systems.
It is using the OpenAlias rust implementation - and is simply a ruby wrapper with a native rust extension.
Maybe this is a bad idea, but I had a few minutes and wanted to try it. It works perfectly (but gem install takes a while to compile the extension) At some point it would probably be awesome to rewrite the whole thing in pure ruby - which is likely very easy.
Installation
(You need rustc installed to build the native rust extension)
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'openalias'
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install openalias
Usage
Openalias.addresses('btc@michaelbumann.com') # or Openalias.lookup('btc@michaelbumann.com')
=> [#<Openalias::CryptoAddress cryptocurrency="btc", address="3MGfEx4iaVEAy8nD4rWdocgrPo8aCR4Zfa", recipient_name="bumi">]
Openalias.addresses('donate.getmonero.org')
=> [#<Openalias::CryptoAddress cryptocurrency="xmr", address="44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A", recipient_name="Monero Development", tx_description="Donation to Monero Core Team">, #<Openalias::CryptoAddress cryptocurrency="btc", address="1KTexdemPdxSBcG55heUuTjDRYqbC5ZL8H", recipient_name="Monero Development", tx_description="Donation to Monero Core Team">]
Openalias.addresses('donate.getmonero.org').find(&:xmr?)
=> #<Openalias::CryptoAddress cryptocurrency="xmr", address="44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A", recipient_name="Monero Development", tx_description="Donation to Monero Core Team">
Openalias.addresses('donate.getmonero.org')[0].recipient_name
=> "Monero Development"
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/bumi/openalias-ruby.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.