Programming API for BTC accounts?

[ehmdjii]

hello,
i would like to set up a website where people can send and receive BTC from a provided address, which is something like their account.

are there any apis for that in a server-side language like PHP, ASP, JSP, etc?

thanks.

[kokjo]

run bitcoind

and use this api:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Api
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/API_reference_(JSON-RPC)
Happy Hacking!

[ehmdjii]

thanks! how do i define the port and the host where bitcoind listens?

[kokjo]

./bitcoind --help

[ehmdjii]

thank you!
so on linux  i started
./bitcoind -server -daemon

and it is using 100% cpu. why? is it downloading the blockchain?

[kokjo]

thank you!
so on linux  i started
./bitcoind -server -daemon

and it is using 100% cpu. why? is it downloading the blockchain?

yes downloading and verifying it.
its not hard to download it, but it takes alot of signature validation, and therefor alot of cpu to verify it.