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Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript

You're reading from   Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript Build your very own Blockchain and decentralized network with JavaScript and Node.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789618822
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Traub Eric Traub
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting up the Project 2. Building a Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 3. Accessing the Blockchain through an API 4. Creating a Decentralized Blockchain Network 5. Synchronizing the Network 6. Consensus Algorithms 7. Block Explorer 8. In conclusion... 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building the /register-and-broadcast-node endpoint

Let's start building our register and broadcast node endpoint. The function of this endpoint will be to register the new node with itself and then broadcast the new node to all the other nodes that are already present in the network. So, let's get started with building the endpoint:

  1. From the preceding sections, in the dev/networkNode.js file, we already have the following code:
app.post('/register-and-broadcast-node', function(req, res) {
const newNodeUrl = req.body.newNodeUrl;

Here, we defined a variable called newNodeUrl, and this newNodeUrl data will be passed onto the request body, similar to how we have transaction data being passed into the transaction endpoint. With access to the newNodeUrl, the first thing that we want to do is register the node with the node's register-and-broadcast...

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