Geth sets maxRequestContentLength to 5M.
However, Ropsten contains blocks of largers size (for example 599281).
These which cannot be fetched using API.
Fixed by hacky way of modifying the geth source before
the build of the project.
Will submit PR to go-ethereum with final fix.
* Add initial commit for fiat rates functionality
* templates.go: use bash from current user's environment
* bitcoinrpc.go: add FiatRates and FiatRatesParams to config
* blockbook.go: add initFiatRatesDownloader kickoff
* bitcoin.json: add coingecko API URL
* rockdb.go: add FindTicker and StoreTicker functions
* rocksdb_test.go: add a simple test for storing and getting FiatRate tickers
* rocksdb: add FindLastTicker and convertDate, make FindTicker return strings
* rocksdb: add ConvertDate function and CoinGeckoTicker struct, update tests
* blockbook.go, fiat: finalize the CoinGecko downloader
* coingecko.go: do not stop syncing when encountered an error
* rocksdb_test: fix the exported function name
* worker.go: make getBlockInfoFromBlockID a public function
* public.go: apiTickers kickoff
* rocksdb_test: fix the unittest comment
* coingecko.go: update comments
* blockbook.go, fiat: reword CoinGecko -> FiatRates, fix binary search upper bound, remove assignment of goroutine call result
* rename coingecko -> fiat_rates
* fiat_rates: export only the necessary methods
* blockbook.go: update log message
* bitcoinrpc.go: remove fiatRates settings
* use CurrencyRatesTicker structure everywhere, fix time format string, update tests, use UTC time
* add /api/v2/tickers tests, store rates as strings (json.Number)
* fiat_rates: add more tests, metrics and tickers-list endpoint, make the "currency" parameter mandatory
* public, worker: move FiatRates API logic to worker.go
* fiat_rates: add a future date test, fix comments, add more checks, store time as a pointer
* rocksdb_test: remove unneeded code
* fiat_rates: add a "ping" call to check server availability
* fiat_rates: do not return empty ticker, return nil instead if not found
add a test for non-existent ticker
* rocksdb_test: remove Sleep from tests
* worker.go: do not propagate all API errors to the client
* move InitTestFiatRates from rocksdb.go to public_test.go
* public.go: fix FiatRatesFindLastTicker result check
* fiat_rates: mock API server responses
* remove commented-out code
* fiat_rates: add comment explaining what periodSeconds attribute is used for
* websocket.go: implement fiatRates websocket endpoints & add tests
* fiatRates: add getFiatRatesTickersList websocket endpoint & test
* fiatRates: make websocket getFiatRatesByDate accept an array of dates, add more tests
* fiatRates: remove getFiatRatesForBlockID from websocket endpoints
* fiatRates: remove "if test", use custom startTime instead
Update tests and mock data
* fiatRates: finalize websocket functionality
add "date" parameter to TickerList
return data timestamps where needed
fix sync bugs (nil timestamp, duplicate save)
* fiatRates: add FiatRates configs for different coins
* worker.go: make GetBlockInfoFromBlockID private again
* fiatRates: wait & retry on errors, remove Ping function
* websocket.go: remove incorrect comment
* fiatRates: move coingecko-related code to a separate file, use interface
* fiatRates: if the new rates are the same as previous, try five more times, and only then store them
* coingecko: fix getting actual rates, add a timestamp parameter to get uncached responses
* vertcoin_testnet.json: remove fiat rates parameters
* fiat_rates: add timestamp to log message about skipping the repeating rates
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