Powerful, flexible, lightweight interface to the cryptographically secure BitPay Bitcoin Payment Gateway API.

This library is only compatible with Python 2. If you're using Python 3.x, please use our separate bitpay-python library.

To get up and running with this library quickly, see the GUIDE here: (https://github.com/bitpay/bitpay-python-py2/blob/master/GUIDE.md)

API Documentation is available on the BitPay site.

Before running the behavior tests, you will need a test.bitpay.com account and you will need to set the local constants.

To set constants: > source tasks/set_constants.sh "https://test.bitpay.com" your@email yourpassword

To run unit tests: > nosetests

To run behavior tests: > behave

Let us know! Send a pull request or a patch. Questions? Ask! We're here to help. We will respond to all filed issues.

BitPay Support:

• BitPay Labs
  • Post a question in our discussion forums
• GitHub Issues
  • Open an issue if you are having issues with this library
• Support
  • BitPay merchant support documentation

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• If you are using Windows, you can download a checksum verifier tool and instructions directly from Microsoft here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11533
• If you are using Linux or OS X, you already have the software installed on your system.
  • On Linux systems use the md5sum program. For example:
    • md5sum filename
  • On OS X use the md5 program. For example:
    • md5 filename