Is there any way to integrate coinbase with java?

Question

I was using below code to get the response but I Was getting the 403 error

URL url = new URL ("https://api.commerce.coinbase.com/checkouts");

 Map map=new HashMap();

 HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
 connection.setDoOutput(true);

Note: you are using the raw type `Map`. **Never use raw types**, always provide type arguments for generic types. — MC Emperor, Apr 04 '20 at 14:21
Downvoted for no research. It is explained in their official API documentation. — Zabuzard, Apr 04 '20 at 14:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '20 at 14:39

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From https://commerce.coinbase.com/docs/api/

Most requests to the Commerce API must be authenticated with an API key. You can create an API key in your Settings page after creating a Coinbase Commerce account.

You would need to provide minimal set of information to API in order for it to respond back with success code 200.

answered Apr 04 '20 at 14:39

Rupesh

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POST Response Code : 403 POST Response Message : Forbidden java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: https://api.commerce.coinbase.com/checkouts at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) – Aman Mate Apr 05 '20 at 14:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '20 at 16:41

Yes, but it looks like you aren't providing enough information. There are two header fields that need to be supplied as well. These are X-CC-Api-Key which is your API key and X-CC-Version. See the link below.

https://commerce.coinbase.com/docs/api/#introduction

Header fields can be provided to HttpURLConnection using the addRequestProperty https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/net/URLConnection.html#addRequestProperty-java.lang.String-java.lang.String-

URL url = new URL("https://api.commerce.coinbase.com/checkouts");

HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
connection.addRequestProperty("X-CC-Api-Key", "YourSuperFancyAPIKey");
connection.addRequestProperty("X-CC-Version", "2018-03-22");
connection.setDoOutput(true);

You also want to be careful about what method you use. You are supplying a POST method in your example. This probably not what you want to start with. If you send a GET method you will receive back a list of all checks. This will be a good place to start.

https://commerce.coinbase.com/docs/api/#checkouts

GET to retrieve a list of checkouts
POST to create a new checkout
PUT to update a checkout
DELETE to delete a checkout

This type of API is known as REST.

Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: https://api.commerce.coinbase.com/checkouts — Aman Mate, Apr 05 '20 at 14:18
Did you replace YourSuperFancyAPIKey with your own token provided by coinbase? — Chuck Lowery, Apr 05 '20 at 19:12

Is there any way to integrate coinbase with java?

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