Issue with BTC-e API in App Script, method parameter - api

Question

I am trying to incorporate the BTC-e.com API in to a google docs spreadsheet.
The API documentation is here: https://btc-e.com/api/documentation
The method name is sent via POST parameter method.
As the URLFetchApp requires me to set the type of request as POST by a parameter method and I then have another parameter called method to be set as getInfo.
How can I go about setting the fetch method as POST and have the API parameter method as getInfo.
Below is the function this relates too. Also I am sure there a more issues in my work I am yet to find.
function inventory() {
var nonce=Number(SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('K2').getValue());
var token=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('K1').getValue();
var tokenEndpoint = "https://btc-e.com/tapi";
var sign= 'TEMP'
var head = {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Key': token,
'Sign': sign
}
var params = {
method : "POST",
method : "getInfo",
headers: head,
contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
method : "getInfo",
nonce: nonce
}
var request = UrlFetchApp.getRequest(tokenEndpoint, params);
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(tokenEndpoint, params);
var response2=String(response);
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('K2').setValue(nonce+1);
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('I16').setValue(response2);
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange('I17').setValue(nonce);
}
This just yields the error
Attribute provided with invalid value: method
Thanks,
Steve
PS: First time posting, I tried to get the format correct.

Answer 1

I made the following Google JavaScript function to do POST access to BTC-e. You can find this function in action in the example spreadsheet I made to demonstrate the BTC-e API functions.
function btceHttpPost(keyPair, method, params, nonce) {
if (keyPair === undefined) {
return "{'error':'missing key pair'}"
}
if (params === undefined) {
params = '';
}
// Cleanup keypair, remove all \s (any whitespace)
var keyPair = keyPair.replace(/[\s]/g, '');
// Keypair example: "AFE730YV-S9A4FXBJ-NQ12HXS9-CA3S3MPM-CKQLU0PG,96a00f086824ddfddd9085a5c32b8a7b225657ae2fe9c4483b4c109fab6bf1a7"
keyPair = keyPair.split(',');
var pubKey = keyPair[0];
var privKey = keyPair[1];
// As specified on the BTC-e api (https://btc-e.com/api/documentation) the
// nonce POST parameter must be an incrementing integer (>0). The easiest
// implementation is the use of a timestamp (TS), so there is no need
// for persistant storage. Preferable, the resolution of the TS should be
// small enough the handle the desired call-frequency (a sleep of the TS
// resolution can fix this but I don't like such a waste). Another
// consideration is the sizeof the nonce supported by BTC-e. Experiments
// revealed this is a 32 bit unsigned number. The native JavaScript TS,
// stored in a float, can be 53 bits and has a resolution of 1 ms.
if (nonce === undefined)
// This time stamp counts amount of 200ms ticks starting from Jan 1st, 2014 UTC
// On 22 Mar 2041 01:17:39 UTC, it will overflow the 32 bits and will fail
// the nonce key for BTC-e
var nonce = Math.floor((Date.now() - Date.UTC(2014,0)) / 200);
// Construct payload message
var msg = 'nonce=' + nonce + '&method=' + method + params;
var msgSign = Utilities.computeHmacSignature(Utilities.MacAlgorithm.HMAC_SHA_512, msg, privKey);
// Convert encoded message from byte[] to hex string
for (var msgSignHex = [], i = 0; i < msgSign.length; i++) {
// Doing it nibble by nibble makes sure we keep leading zero's
msgSignHex.push(((msgSign[i] >>> 4) & 0xF).toString(16));
msgSignHex.push((msgSign[i] & 0xF).toString(16));
}
msgSignHex = msgSignHex.join('');
var httpHeaders = {'Key': pubKey, 'Sign': msgSignHex};
var fetchOptions = {'method': 'post', 'headers': httpHeaders, 'payload': msg};
var reponse = UrlFetchApp.fetch('https://btc-e.com/tapi', fetchOptions);
return reponse.getContentText();
};

Answer 2

The problem looks to be with your params object . You have method set thrice in the same object, which is a source of confusion.
Next, take a look at the documentation for UrlFetchApp.fetch() ( https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/url-fetch/url-fetch-app#fetch(String,Object) ) . The method can take a value of post, get, delete, put.
The getInfo should probably be appended to your URL to make it
var tokenEndpoint = "https://btc-e.com/tapi/getInfo"
Per the docs, you also have to put in more parameters to the request, nonce, api key etc. Use this as a starting point, revisit the documentation and get back to SO if you still have trouble