In Need Of Help (Programming)

[cabalism13]

Hey there fellow bitcoiners!

I just want to ask if some of you here has the knowledge in programming? I'm about to create a certain program which allows me to keep track on my addresses and balances on it. But first things, first, Is this even possible?

My Idea was just based on a common spreadsheet where the collection of data here was possible. I'm glad if some of you will have some time to discuss or even teach me some basic infos regarding this.

[eckmar]

Well a most basic program is a console application that will do a job for you. What you want is pretty simple. Sounds like you have a list of addresses, so all you have to do is send http request to a service like blockchain.info to query balance for each one of them.

[aleksej996]

I doubt you actually need to program anything. There are many programs that do this, specifically wallets.
You can download any wallet and they all keep track of balances of your addresses.

What is the exact thing you are trying to achieve? Why not just use a wallet?

[cabalism13]

You don't even need to create new program only to track your addresses/balances. There are few choices such as :
1. Use watch-only feature on Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) wallet.
2. Use existing blockchain explorer API to get the complete addresses history and import to application that you use/create.

https://blockchain.info/api should have what you need and you can export the history of address with csv & xls from their blockchain explorer directly

chill out guys, I'll explain it in a very simple way you can understand. I'll certainly upload my plan later on. I do really appreciate what you're talking about but still, I need some of you to help me with these codes to be used in the program.

[zool2003]

You don't even need to create new program only to track your addresses/balances. There are few choices such as :
1. Use watch-only feature on Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) wallet.
2. Use existing blockchain explorer API to get the complete addresses history and import to application that you use/create.

https://blockchain.info/api should have what you need and you can export the history of address with csv & xls from their blockchain explorer directly

chill out guys, I'll explain it in a very simple way you can understand. I'll certainly upload my plan later on. I do really appreciate what you're talking about but still, I need some of you to help me with these codes to be used in the program.

We need more of an idea of what you are trying to achieve,

Will there be more than one spreadsheet? Will it be online or local? Can you give an example?

Do you want a gui or cli? Can you give an example of what you would like the out put to look like?

[andrew1carlssin]

Hey there fellow bitcoiners!

I just want to ask if some of you here has the knowledge in programming? I'm about to create a certain program which allows me to keep track on my addresses and balances on it. But first things, first, Is this even possible?

My Idea was just based on a common spreadsheet where the collection of data here was possible. I'm glad if some of you will have some time to discuss or even teach me some basic infos regarding this.

Since Alan Turing wrote the very first lines of code .. coding is all about conditions and loops ... if you describe your problem it is easy to bitcoin community to understand and help you with our own puzzles  ...

[bob123]

If you are just talking about a common 'spreadsheet' (google spreadsheet / excel), you don't need to program anything at all.
All you need is to query an online API to get the results updated inside of your sheet.

If you, on the other hand, want to make it trustless (e.g. not connecting to any unknown node to retrieve information) you will need to run a full node on your own and use RPC commands to get all the data you need.
This can be done with any programming language or a simple scripting language (e.g. python).

[NeuroticFish]

to keep track on my addresses and balances on it

It's easy to do, as others said, especially if we talk about established coins with block explorers (and API).
Just make sure you really talk about addresses and not wallets. Because you may end up tracking address X with 0 balance while your coins are at address Y in the same wallet.

[DIGNIDAD]

Hey friend, yes i have the solution for you to follow transactions activity, account balance, fee levels, address generation, etc, i have experience programming in node js that is a javascript technology created by bitpay, that allows you to use a library for manage accounts, i suggest you first to use the functions of this library with the tesnet blockchain, that is a blockchain for test, and after use livenet blockchain, that is the real blockchain, this library only works with bitcoin and bitcoin cash, if you want to use bitcoin cash for example you just need to put the param coin: 'bch' into the structure opts, well with no more preamble here is the library https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-wallet-client
I know it's a lot of information, but i will make a summary in some steps
1. Learn to use Javascript
2. Learn to use Node js
3. Install bitcore-wallet-core with npm
4. Test the functions of bitcore-wallet-core in tesnet
5. Use the functions in livenet
And finally, like a recommendation, if you have access to a linux machine it works amazing on linux, if not mac and windows are fine.
If you want to use other coins you just need to do the same but with the coin libraries, for example, ripple has a library called ripple-lib, and that's all, your welcome 

[HCP]

The OPs definition of the program they are wanting to create:

I'm about to create a certain program which allows me to keep track on my addresses and balances on it.

... is pretty much the exact definition of a "wallet".

@OP, Why are you attempting to re-invent the wheel? especially given your admitted lack of programming knowledge?

I doubt you actually need to program anything. There are many programs that do this, specifically wallets.
You can download any wallet and they all keep track of balances of your addresses.

What is the exact thing you are trying to achieve? Why not just use a wallet?

OP needs to answer this question...

[thanhnienverchuan]

Hey there fellow bitcoiners!

I just want to ask if some of you here has the knowledge in programming? I'm about to create a certain program which allows me to keep track on my addresses and balances on it. But first things, first, Is this even possible?

My Idea was just based on a common spreadsheet where the collection of data here was possible. I'm glad if some of you will have some time to discuss or even teach me some basic infos regarding this.

You can Blockchain Wallet API to do this. You can read the document about it here: https://www.[Suspicious link removed]/en/api/blockchain_wallet_api
With this API, you can create program to keep track on your addresses of your wallet and the balance of your walllet or the balance of an address
P.S: Sorry for my bad english, I hope it can help you.

[pebwindkraft]

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My Idea was just based on a common spreadsheet where the collection of data here was possible. I'm glad if some of you will have some time to discuss or even teach me some basic infos regarding this.

it is difficult to know, what shall be programmed, if nothing is specified. I have created for my own usage a similiar, very basic tool for my OpenBSD (and probably other unixoide) system.
Questions I would have in mind:
- what device (iOS, Android, a normal PC, a web page ...)
- if PC, what operating system (MacOS, Linux, Windows, ...)
- what programming language do you use, or are there any preferences?
- a list of addresses (line by line), which has the corresponding value behind
- only bitcoins, or a set of several crypto currencies
- a graphical display, in a nice manner, or just a "text list"
- possibility to change the values, so a what-if scenario can be worked out
...

Maybe you can draw a sketch and some words around the ideas. I am sure this already exists, cause this type of request would not be the first n the crypto world :-)

[Efiraboy]

Hey there fellow bitcoiners!

I just want to ask if some of you here has the knowledge in programming? I'm about to create a certain program which allows me to keep track on my addresses and balances on it. But first things, first, Is this even possible?

My Idea was just based on a common spreadsheet where the collection of data here was possible. I'm glad if some of you will have some time to discuss or even teach me some basic infos regarding this.

It may take your times since programming is the most hardest thing ever in computer i am also a programmer i had made a lots of script but working on such programming and take your a lots of time or maybe months.