saving the blocks in the MongoDB

exploreBlocks.go → exploreBlockchain.go

@@ -8,26 +8,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func explore(client *btcrpcclient.Client, blockHash string) {
+	var realBlocks int
 	for blockHash != "" {
 		//generate hash from string
 		bh, err := chainhash.NewHashFromStr(blockHash)
 		check(err)
-		fmt.Print("blockHash: ")
-		fmt.Println(bh)
 		block, err := client.GetBlockVerbose(bh)
 		check(err)
-		fmt.Print("height: ")
-		fmt.Println(block.Height)
-		fmt.Print("rawTx: ")
-		fmt.Println(block.RawTx)
-		fmt.Print("Tx: ")
-		fmt.Println(block.Tx)
-		fmt.Print("Time: ")
-		fmt.Println(block.Time)
-		fmt.Print("Confirmations: ")
-		fmt.Println(block.Confirmations)
 
-		fmt.Print("Fee: ")
 		th, err := chainhash.NewHashFromStr(block.Tx[0])
 		check(err)
 		tx, err := client.GetRawTransactionVerbose(th)
@@ -37,9 +25,6 @@ func explore(client *btcrpcclient.Client, blockHash string) {
 		for _, Vo := range tx.Vout {
 			totalFee = totalFee + Vo.Value
 		}
-		fmt.Print("totalFee: ")
-		fmt.Print(totalFee)
-		fmt.Println(" FAIR")
 
 		//for each Tx, get the Tx value
 		var totalAmount float64
@@ -49,22 +34,32 @@ func explore(client *btcrpcclient.Client, blockHash string) {
 			if k > 0 {
 				th, err := chainhash.NewHashFromStr(txHash)
 				check(err)
-				fmt.Print("tx hash: ")
-				fmt.Println(th)
 				tx, err := client.GetRawTransactionVerbose(th)
 				check(err)
 				for _, Vo := range tx.Vout {
 					totalAmount = totalAmount + Vo.Value
 				}
-				fmt.Print("totalAmount: ")
-				fmt.Print(totalAmount)
-				fmt.Println(" FAIR")
 			}
 		}
-		fmt.Println("-----")
+		if totalAmount > 0 {
+			var newBlock BlockModel
+			newBlock.Hash = block.Hash
+			newBlock.Height = block.Height
+			newBlock.Confirmations = block.Confirmations
+			newBlock.Amount = totalAmount
+			newBlock.Fee = totalFee
+			saveBlock(blockCollection, newBlock)
+			fmt.Println(newBlock.Height)
+			fmt.Println(newBlock.Amount)
+			fmt.Println(newBlock.Fee)
+			fmt.Println("-----")
+			realBlocks++
+		}
 
 		//set the next block
 		blockHash = block.NextHash
 	}
+	fmt.Print("realBlocks (blocks with Fee and Amount values): ")
+	fmt.Println(realBlocks)
 	fmt.Println("reached the end of blockchain")
 }

main.go

@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 
+	mgo "gopkg.in/mgo.v2"
+
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcrpcclient"
 )
 
-func main() {
+var blockCollection *mgo.Collection
 
+func main() {
+	//read goBlockchainDataAbalysis config
 	readConfig("config.json")
 
+	//connect with mongodb
+	readMongodbConfig("./mongodbConfig.json")
+	session, err := getSession()
+	check(err)
+	blockCollection = getCollection(session, "blocks")
+
 	// create new client instance
 	client, err := btcrpcclient.New(&btcrpcclient.ConnConfig{
 		HTTPPostMode: true,

mongoModels.go

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package main
+
+type BlockModel struct {
+	Hash          string
+	Height        int64
+	Confirmations uint64
+	Amount        float64
+	Fee           float64
+}

mongoOperations.go

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+
+	mgo "gopkg.in/mgo.v2"
+	"gopkg.in/mgo.v2/bson"
+)
+
+//MongoConfig stores the configuration of mongodb to connect
+type MongoConfig struct {
+	Ip       string `json:"ip"`
+	Database string `json:"database"`
+}
+
+var mongoConfig MongoConfig
+
+func readMongodbConfig(path string) {
+	file, e := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	if e != nil {
+		fmt.Println("error:", e)
+	}
+	content := string(file)
+	json.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &mongoConfig)
+}
+
+func getSession() (*mgo.Session, error) {
+	session, err := mgo.Dial("mongodb://" + mongoConfig.Ip)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	//defer session.Close()
+
+	// Optional. Switch the session to a monotonic behavior.
+	session.SetMode(mgo.Monotonic, true)
+
+	// Optional. Switch the session to a monotonic behavior.
+	session.SetMode(mgo.Monotonic, true)
+
+	return session, err
+}
+func getCollection(session *mgo.Session, collection string) *mgo.Collection {
+
+	c := session.DB(mongoConfig.Database).C(collection)
+	return c
+}
+func saveBlock(c *mgo.Collection, block BlockModel) {
+	//first, check if the item already exists
+	result := BlockModel{}
+	err := c.Find(bson.M{"hash": block.Hash}).One(&result)
+	if err != nil {
+		//item not found, so let's add a new entry
+		err = c.Insert(block)
+		check(err)
+	} else {
+		err = c.Update(bson.M{"hash": block.Hash}, &block)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+}