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Bitcoin - how to use the blockchain info - need help

Related to general question I started here
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_28102652.html

Can someone give me a simple Hello World type of direction so that I can make my prototype web application (in Classic ASP) 'hear' a transaction from 'Alice to Bob' (Person A to person B)?

For example, (1) how can my application 'listen' (2) what will it 'hear' and (3) then I need to translate that to the From Address and To Address and how many bitcoins. That's all for this stage.

I'm guessing and hoping that I can use the Simple Query API shown here.
http://blockchain.info/q

I'm hoping that I can get that by a Request.QueryString("????")

Thanks.

Terry Woods

So are you wanting to detect the transaction before it's confirmed in a block?

hindersaliva

ASKER

Terry, hey thanks.
No, I'm at an even earlier stage of Hello World - so to detect the transaction at any time (after confirmed).

I'm challenged by:
I'm classic ASP and the code samples are PHP. So got to so a crash-course in PHP or translate the samples to classic ASP to understand what's going on.

I got a classic ASP/JSON demo to work.

So, in short, a PHP page that will detect a transaction is a good start for me at this (early) point.

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hindersaliva

ASKER

Thanks Terry. I'm taking a break from this project for a few months. So shall close the question.

I appreciate your help over and above the call of duty :)