btcd/rpcserverhelp.go

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// Copyright (c) 2015-2017 The btcsuite developers
// Copyright (c) 2015-2017 The Decred developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package main
import (
"errors"
"sort"
"strings"
"sync"
"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcjson"
)
// helpDescsEnUS defines the English descriptions used for the help strings.
var helpDescsEnUS = map[string]string{
// DebugLevelCmd help.
"debuglevel--synopsis": "Dynamically changes the debug logging level.\n" +
"The levelspec can either a debug level or of the form:\n" +
"<subsystem>=<level>,<subsystem2>=<level2>,...\n" +
"The valid debug levels are trace, debug, info, warn, error, and critical.\n" +
"The valid subsystems are AMGR, ADXR, BCDB, BMGR, BTCD, CHAN, DISC, PEER, RPCS, SCRP, SRVR, and TXMP.\n" +
"Finally the keyword 'show' will return a list of the available subsystems.",
"debuglevel-levelspec": "The debug level(s) to use or the keyword 'show'",
"debuglevel--condition0": "levelspec!=show",
"debuglevel--condition1": "levelspec=show",
"debuglevel--result0": "The string 'Done.'",
"debuglevel--result1": "The list of subsystems",
// AddNodeCmd help.
"addnode--synopsis": "Attempts to add or remove a persistent peer.",
"addnode-addr": "IP address and port of the peer to operate on",
"addnode-subcmd": "'add' to add a persistent peer, 'remove' to remove a persistent peer, or 'onetry' to try a single connection to a peer",
// NodeCmd help.
"node--synopsis": "Attempts to add or remove a peer.",
"node-subcmd": "'disconnect' to remove all matching non-persistent peers, 'remove' to remove a persistent peer, or 'connect' to connect to a peer",
"node-target": "Either the IP address and port of the peer to operate on, or a valid peer ID.",
"node-connectsubcmd": "'perm' to make the connected peer a permanent one, 'temp' to try a single connect to a peer",
// TransactionInput help.
"transactioninput-txid": "The hash of the input transaction",
"transactioninput-vout": "The specific output of the input transaction to redeem",
// CreateRawTransactionCmd help.
"createrawtransaction--synopsis": "Returns a new transaction spending the provided inputs and sending to the provided addresses.\n" +
"The transaction inputs are not signed in the created transaction.\n" +
"The signrawtransaction RPC command provided by wallet must be used to sign the resulting transaction.",
"createrawtransaction-inputs": "The inputs to the transaction",
"createrawtransaction-amounts": "JSON object with the destination addresses as keys and amounts as values",
"createrawtransaction-amounts--key": "address",
"createrawtransaction-amounts--value": "n.nnn",
"createrawtransaction-amounts--desc": "The destination address as the key and the amount in BTC as the value",
"createrawtransaction-locktime": "Locktime value; a non-zero value will also locktime-activate the inputs",
"createrawtransaction--result0": "Hex-encoded bytes of the serialized transaction",
// ScriptSig help.
"scriptsig-asm": "Disassembly of the script",
"scriptsig-hex": "Hex-encoded bytes of the script",
// PrevOut help.
"prevout-addresses": "previous output addresses",
"prevout-value": "previous output value",
// VinPrevOut help.
"vinprevout-coinbase": "The hex-encoded bytes of the signature script (coinbase txns only)",
"vinprevout-txid": "The hash of the origin transaction (non-coinbase txns only)",
"vinprevout-vout": "The index of the output being redeemed from the origin transaction (non-coinbase txns only)",
"vinprevout-scriptSig": "The signature script used to redeem the origin transaction as a JSON object (non-coinbase txns only)",
"vinprevout-txinwitness": "The witness stack of the passed input, encoded as a JSON string array",
"vinprevout-prevOut": "Data from the origin transaction output with index vout.",
"vinprevout-sequence": "The script sequence number",
// Vin help.
"vin-coinbase": "The hex-encoded bytes of the signature script (coinbase txns only)",
"vin-txid": "The hash of the origin transaction (non-coinbase txns only)",
"vin-vout": "The index of the output being redeemed from the origin transaction (non-coinbase txns only)",
"vin-scriptSig": "The signature script used to redeem the origin transaction as a JSON object (non-coinbase txns only)",
"vin-txinwitness": "The witness used to redeem the input encoded as a string array of its items",
"vin-sequence": "The script sequence number",
// ScriptPubKeyResult help.
"scriptpubkeyresult-asm": "Disassembly of the script",
"scriptpubkeyresult-hex": "Hex-encoded bytes of the script",
"scriptpubkeyresult-reqSigs": "The number of required signatures",
"scriptpubkeyresult-type": "The type of the script (e.g. 'pubkeyhash')",
"scriptpubkeyresult-addresses": "The bitcoin addresses associated with this script",
// Vout help.
"vout-value": "The amount in BTC",
"vout-n": "The index of this transaction output",
"vout-scriptPubKey": "The public key script used to pay coins as a JSON object",
// TxRawDecodeResult help.
"txrawdecoderesult-txid": "The hash of the transaction",
"txrawdecoderesult-version": "The transaction version",
"txrawdecoderesult-locktime": "The transaction lock time",
"txrawdecoderesult-vin": "The transaction inputs as JSON objects",
"txrawdecoderesult-vout": "The transaction outputs as JSON objects",
// DecodeRawTransactionCmd help.
"decoderawtransaction--synopsis": "Returns a JSON object representing the provided serialized, hex-encoded transaction.",
"decoderawtransaction-hextx": "Serialized, hex-encoded transaction",
// DecodeScriptResult help.
"decodescriptresult-asm": "Disassembly of the script",
"decodescriptresult-reqSigs": "The number of required signatures",
"decodescriptresult-type": "The type of the script (e.g. 'pubkeyhash')",
"decodescriptresult-addresses": "The bitcoin addresses associated with this script",
"decodescriptresult-p2sh": "The script hash for use in pay-to-script-hash transactions (only present if the provided redeem script is not already a pay-to-script-hash script)",
// DecodeScriptCmd help.
"decodescript--synopsis": "Returns a JSON object with information about the provided hex-encoded script.",
"decodescript-hexscript": "Hex-encoded script",
// EstimateFeeCmd help.
"estimatefee--synopsis": "Estimate the fee per kilobyte in satoshis " +
"required for a transaction to be mined before a certain number of " +
"blocks have been generated.",
"estimatefee-numblocks": "The maximum number of blocks which can be " +
"generated before the transaction is mined.",
"estimatefee--result0": "Estimated fee per kilobyte in satoshis for a block to " +
"be mined in the next NumBlocks blocks.",
// GenerateCmd help
"generate--synopsis": "Generates a set number of blocks (simnet or regtest only) and returns a JSON\n" +
" array of their hashes.",
"generate-numblocks": "Number of blocks to generate",
"generate--result0": "The hashes, in order, of blocks generated by the call",
// GetAddedNodeInfoResultAddr help.
"getaddednodeinforesultaddr-address": "The ip address for this DNS entry",
"getaddednodeinforesultaddr-connected": "The connection 'direction' (inbound/outbound/false)",
// GetAddedNodeInfoResult help.
"getaddednodeinforesult-addednode": "The ip address or domain of the added peer",
"getaddednodeinforesult-connected": "Whether or not the peer is currently connected",
"getaddednodeinforesult-addresses": "DNS lookup and connection information about the peer",
// GetAddedNodeInfo help.
"getaddednodeinfo--synopsis": "Returns information about manually added (persistent) peers.",
"getaddednodeinfo-dns": "Specifies whether the returned data is a JSON object including DNS and connection information, or just a list of added peers",
"getaddednodeinfo-node": "Only return information about this specific peer instead of all added peers",
"getaddednodeinfo--condition0": "dns=false",
"getaddednodeinfo--condition1": "dns=true",
"getaddednodeinfo--result0": "List of added peers",
// GetBestBlockResult help.
"getbestblockresult-hash": "Hex-encoded bytes of the best block hash",
"getbestblockresult-height": "Height of the best block",
// GetBestBlockCmd help.
"getbestblock--synopsis": "Get block height and hash of best block in the main chain.",
"getbestblock--result0": "Get block height and hash of best block in the main chain.",
// GetBestBlockHashCmd help.
"getbestblockhash--synopsis": "Returns the hash of the of the best (most recent) block in the longest block chain.",
"getbestblockhash--result0": "The hex-encoded block hash",
// GetBlockCmd help.
"getblock--synopsis": "Returns information about a block given its hash.",
"getblock-hash": "The hash of the block",
"getblock-verbosity": "Specifies whether the block data should be returned as a hex-encoded string (0), as parsed data with a slice of TXIDs (1), or as parsed data with parsed transaction data (2) ",
"getblock--condition0": "verbosity=0",
"getblock--condition1": "verbosity=1",
"getblock--result0": "Hex-encoded bytes of the serialized block",
// GetBlockChainInfoCmd help.
"getblockchaininfo--synopsis": "Returns information about the current blockchain state and the status of any active soft-fork deployments.",
// GetBlockChainInfoResult help.
"getblockchaininforesult-chain": "The name of the chain the daemon is on (testnet, mainnet, etc)",
"getblockchaininforesult-blocks": "The number of blocks in the best known chain",
"getblockchaininforesult-headers": "The number of headers that we've gathered for in the best known chain",
"getblockchaininforesult-bestblockhash": "The block hash for the latest block in the main chain",
"getblockchaininforesult-difficulty": "The current chain difficulty",
"getblockchaininforesult-mediantime": "The median time from the PoV of the best block in the chain",
"getblockchaininforesult-verificationprogress": "An estimate for how much of the best chain we've verified",
"getblockchaininforesult-pruned": "A bool that indicates if the node is pruned or not",
"getblockchaininforesult-pruneheight": "The lowest block retained in the current pruned chain",
"getblockchaininforesult-chainwork": "The total cumulative work in the best chain",
"getblockchaininforesult-size_on_disk": "The estimated size of the block and undo files on disk",
"getblockchaininforesult-initialblockdownload": "Estimate of whether this node is in Initial Block Download mode",
"getblockchaininforesult-softforks": "The status of the super-majority soft-forks",
"getblockchaininforesult-unifiedsoftforks": "The status of the super-majority soft-forks used by bitcoind on or after v0.19.0",
// SoftForkDescription help.
"softforkdescription-reject": "The current activation status of the softfork",
"softforkdescription-version": "The block version that signals enforcement of this softfork",
"softforkdescription-id": "The string identifier for the soft fork",
"-status": "A bool which indicates if the soft fork is active",
// SoftForks help.
"softforks-softforks": "The status of the super-majority soft-forks",
"softforks-bip9_softforks": "JSON object describing active BIP0009 deployments",
"softforks-bip9_softforks--key": "bip9_softforks",
"softforks-bip9_softforks--value": "An object describing a particular BIP009 deployment",
"softforks-bip9_softforks--desc": "The status of any defined BIP0009 soft-fork deployments",
// UnifiedSoftForks help.
"unifiedsoftforks-softforks": "The status of the super-majority soft-forks used by bitcoind on or after v0.19.0",
"unifiedsoftforks-softforks--key": "softforks",
"unifiedsoftforks-softforks--value": "An object describing an active softfork deployment used by bitcoind on or after v0.19.0",
"unifiedsoftforks-softforks--desc": "JSON object describing an active softfork deployment used by bitcoind on or after v0.19.0",
// TxRawResult help.
"txrawresult-hex": "Hex-encoded transaction",
"txrawresult-txid": "The hash of the transaction",
"txrawresult-version": "The transaction version",
"txrawresult-locktime": "The transaction lock time",
"txrawresult-vin": "The transaction inputs as JSON objects",
"txrawresult-vout": "The transaction outputs as JSON objects",
"txrawresult-blockhash": "Hash of the block the transaction is part of",
"txrawresult-confirmations": "Number of confirmations of the block",
"txrawresult-time": "Transaction time in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"txrawresult-blocktime": "Block time in seconds since the 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"txrawresult-size": "The size of the transaction in bytes",
"txrawresult-vsize": "The virtual size of the transaction in bytes",
"txrawresult-weight": "The transaction's weight (between vsize*4-3 and vsize*4)",
"txrawresult-hash": "The wtxid of the transaction",
// SearchRawTransactionsResult help.
"searchrawtransactionsresult-hex": "Hex-encoded transaction",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-txid": "The hash of the transaction",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-hash": "The wxtid of the transaction",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-version": "The transaction version",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-locktime": "The transaction lock time",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-vin": "The transaction inputs as JSON objects",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-vout": "The transaction outputs as JSON objects",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-blockhash": "Hash of the block the transaction is part of",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-confirmations": "Number of confirmations of the block",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-time": "Transaction time in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-blocktime": "Block time in seconds since the 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-size": "The size of the transaction in bytes",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-vsize": "The virtual size of the transaction in bytes",
"searchrawtransactionsresult-weight": "The transaction's weight (between vsize*4-3 and vsize*4)",
// GetBlockVerboseResult help.
"getblockverboseresult-hash": "The hash of the block (same as provided)",
"getblockverboseresult-confirmations": "The number of confirmations",
"getblockverboseresult-size": "The size of the block",
"getblockverboseresult-height": "The height of the block in the block chain",
"getblockverboseresult-version": "The block version",
"getblockverboseresult-versionHex": "The block version in hexadecimal",
"getblockverboseresult-merkleroot": "Root hash of the merkle tree",
"getblockverboseresult-tx": "The transaction hashes (only when verbosity=1)",
"getblockverboseresult-rawtx": "The transactions as JSON objects (only when verbosity=2)",
"getblockverboseresult-time": "The block time in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"getblockverboseresult-nonce": "The block nonce",
"getblockverboseresult-bits": "The bits which represent the block difficulty",
"getblockverboseresult-difficulty": "The proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty",
"getblockverboseresult-previousblockhash": "The hash of the previous block",
"getblockverboseresult-nextblockhash": "The hash of the next block (only if there is one)",
"getblockverboseresult-strippedsize": "The size of the block without witness data",
"getblockverboseresult-weight": "The weight of the block",
// GetBlockCountCmd help.
"getblockcount--synopsis": "Returns the number of blocks in the longest block chain.",
"getblockcount--result0": "The current block count",
// GetBlockHashCmd help.
"getblockhash--synopsis": "Returns hash of the block in best block chain at the given height.",
"getblockhash-index": "The block height",
"getblockhash--result0": "The block hash",
// GetBlockHeaderCmd help.
"getblockheader--synopsis": "Returns information about a block header given its hash.",
"getblockheader-hash": "The hash of the block",
"getblockheader-verbose": "Specifies the block header is returned as a JSON object instead of hex-encoded string",
"getblockheader--condition0": "verbose=false",
"getblockheader--condition1": "verbose=true",
"getblockheader--result0": "The block header hash",
// GetBlockHeaderVerboseResult help.
"getblockheaderverboseresult-hash": "The hash of the block (same as provided)",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-confirmations": "The number of confirmations",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-height": "The height of the block in the block chain",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-version": "The block version",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-versionHex": "The block version in hexadecimal",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-merkleroot": "Root hash of the merkle tree",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-time": "The block time in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-nonce": "The block nonce",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-bits": "The bits which represent the block difficulty",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-difficulty": "The proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-previousblockhash": "The hash of the previous block",
"getblockheaderverboseresult-nextblockhash": "The hash of the next block (only if there is one)",
// TemplateRequest help.
"templaterequest-mode": "This is 'template', 'proposal', or omitted",
"templaterequest-capabilities": "List of capabilities",
"templaterequest-longpollid": "The long poll ID of a job to monitor for expiration; required and valid only for long poll requests ",
"templaterequest-sigoplimit": "Number of signature operations allowed in blocks (this parameter is ignored)",
"templaterequest-sizelimit": "Number of bytes allowed in blocks (this parameter is ignored)",
"templaterequest-maxversion": "Highest supported block version number (this parameter is ignored)",
"templaterequest-target": "The desired target for the block template (this parameter is ignored)",
"templaterequest-data": "Hex-encoded block data (only for mode=proposal)",
"templaterequest-workid": "The server provided workid if provided in block template (not applicable)",
"templaterequest-rules": "Specific block rules that are to be enforced e.g. '[\"segwit\"]",
// GetBlockTemplateResultTx help.
"getblocktemplateresulttx-data": "Hex-encoded transaction data (byte-for-byte)",
"getblocktemplateresulttx-hash": "Hex-encoded transaction hash (little endian if treated as a 256-bit number)",
"getblocktemplateresulttx-depends": "Other transactions before this one (by 1-based index in the 'transactions' list) that must be present in the final block if this one is",
"getblocktemplateresulttx-fee": "Difference in value between transaction inputs and outputs (in Satoshi)",
"getblocktemplateresulttx-sigops": "Total number of signature operations as counted for purposes of block limits",
"getblocktemplateresulttx-txid": "The transaction id, can be different from hash.",
"getblocktemplateresulttx-weight": "The weight of the transaction",
// GetBlockTemplateResultAux help.
"getblocktemplateresultaux-flags": "Hex-encoded byte-for-byte data to include in the coinbase signature script",
// GetBlockTemplateResult help.
"getblocktemplateresult-bits": "Hex-encoded compressed difficulty",
"getblocktemplateresult-curtime": "Current time as seen by the server (recommended for block time); must fall within mintime/maxtime rules",
"getblocktemplateresult-height": "Height of the block to be solved",
"getblocktemplateresult-previousblockhash": "Hex-encoded big-endian hash of the previous block",
"getblocktemplateresult-sigoplimit": "Number of sigops allowed in blocks ",
"getblocktemplateresult-sizelimit": "Number of bytes allowed in blocks",
"getblocktemplateresult-transactions": "Array of transactions as JSON objects",
"getblocktemplateresult-version": "The block version",
"getblocktemplateresult-coinbaseaux": "Data that should be included in the coinbase signature script",
"getblocktemplateresult-coinbasetxn": "Information about the coinbase transaction",
"getblocktemplateresult-coinbasevalue": "Total amount available for the coinbase in Satoshi",
"getblocktemplateresult-workid": "This value must be returned with result if provided (not provided)",
"getblocktemplateresult-longpollid": "Identifier for long poll request which allows monitoring for expiration",
"getblocktemplateresult-longpolluri": "An alternate URI to use for long poll requests if provided (not provided)",
"getblocktemplateresult-submitold": "Not applicable",
"getblocktemplateresult-target": "Hex-encoded big-endian number which valid results must be less than",
"getblocktemplateresult-expires": "Maximum number of seconds (starting from when the server sent the response) this work is valid for",
"getblocktemplateresult-maxtime": "Maximum allowed time",
"getblocktemplateresult-mintime": "Minimum allowed time",
"getblocktemplateresult-mutable": "List of mutations the server explicitly allows",
"getblocktemplateresult-noncerange": "Two concatenated hex-encoded big-endian 32-bit integers which represent the valid ranges of nonces the miner may scan",
"getblocktemplateresult-capabilities": "List of server capabilities including 'proposal' to indicate support for block proposals",
"getblocktemplateresult-reject-reason": "Reason the proposal was invalid as-is (only applies to proposal responses)",
"getblocktemplateresult-default_witness_commitment": "The witness commitment itself. Will be populated if the block has witness data",
"getblocktemplateresult-weightlimit": "The current limit on the max allowed weight of a block",
// GetBlockTemplateCmd help.
"getblocktemplate--synopsis": "Returns a JSON object with information necessary to construct a block to mine or accepts a proposal to validate.\n" +
"See BIP0022 and BIP0023 for the full specification.",
"getblocktemplate-request": "Request object which controls the mode and several parameters",
"getblocktemplate--condition0": "mode=template",
"getblocktemplate--condition1": "mode=proposal, rejected",
"getblocktemplate--condition2": "mode=proposal, accepted",
"getblocktemplate--result1": "An error string which represents why the proposal was rejected or nothing if accepted",
// GetCFilterCmd help.
"getcfilter--synopsis": "Returns a block's committed filter given its hash.",
"getcfilter-filtertype": "The type of filter to return (0=regular)",
"getcfilter-hash": "The hash of the block",
"getcfilter--result0": "The block's committed filter",
// GetCFilterHeaderCmd help.
"getcfilterheader--synopsis": "Returns a block's compact filter header given its hash.",
"getcfilterheader-filtertype": "The type of filter header to return (0=regular)",
"getcfilterheader-hash": "The hash of the block",
"getcfilterheader--result0": "The block's gcs filter header",
// GetConnectionCountCmd help.
"getconnectioncount--synopsis": "Returns the number of active connections to other peers.",
"getconnectioncount--result0": "The number of connections",
// GetCurrentNetCmd help.
"getcurrentnet--synopsis": "Get bitcoin network the server is running on.",
"getcurrentnet--result0": "The network identifer",
// GetDifficultyCmd help.
"getdifficulty--synopsis": "Returns the proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty.",
"getdifficulty--result0": "The difficulty",
// GetGenerateCmd help.
"getgenerate--synopsis": "Returns if the server is set to generate coins (mine) or not.",
"getgenerate--result0": "True if mining, false if not",
// GetHashesPerSecCmd help.
"gethashespersec--synopsis": "Returns a recent hashes per second performance measurement while generating coins (mining).",
"gethashespersec--result0": "The number of hashes per second",
// InfoChainResult help.
"infochainresult-version": "The version of the server",
"infochainresult-protocolversion": "The latest supported protocol version",
"infochainresult-blocks": "The number of blocks processed",
"infochainresult-timeoffset": "The time offset",
"infochainresult-connections": "The number of connected peers",
"infochainresult-proxy": "The proxy used by the server",
"infochainresult-difficulty": "The current target difficulty",
"infochainresult-testnet": "Whether or not server is using testnet",
"infochainresult-relayfee": "The minimum relay fee for non-free transactions in BTC/KB",
"infochainresult-errors": "Any current errors",
// InfoWalletResult help.
"infowalletresult-version": "The version of the server",
"infowalletresult-protocolversion": "The latest supported protocol version",
"infowalletresult-walletversion": "The version of the wallet server",
"infowalletresult-balance": "The total bitcoin balance of the wallet",
"infowalletresult-blocks": "The number of blocks processed",
"infowalletresult-timeoffset": "The time offset",
"infowalletresult-connections": "The number of connected peers",
"infowalletresult-proxy": "The proxy used by the server",
"infowalletresult-difficulty": "The current target difficulty",
"infowalletresult-testnet": "Whether or not server is using testnet",
"infowalletresult-keypoololdest": "Seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT of the oldest pre-generated key in the key pool",
"infowalletresult-keypoolsize": "The number of new keys that are pre-generated",
"infowalletresult-unlocked_until": "The timestamp in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT that the wallet is unlocked for transfers, or 0 if the wallet is locked",
"infowalletresult-paytxfee": "The transaction fee set in BTC/KB",
"infowalletresult-relayfee": "The minimum relay fee for non-free transactions in BTC/KB",
"infowalletresult-errors": "Any current errors",
// GetHeadersCmd help.
"getheaders--synopsis": "Returns block headers starting with the first known block hash from the request",
"getheaders-blocklocators": "JSON array of hex-encoded hashes of blocks. Headers are returned starting from the first known hash in this list",
"getheaders-hashstop": "Block hash to stop including block headers for; if not found, all headers to the latest known block are returned.",
"getheaders--result0": "Serialized block headers of all located blocks, limited to some arbitrary maximum number of hashes (currently 2000, which matches the wire protocol headers message, but this is not guaranteed)",
// GetInfoCmd help.
"getinfo--synopsis": "Returns a JSON object containing various state info.",
// GetMempoolInfoCmd help.
"getmempoolinfo--synopsis": "Returns memory pool information",
// GetMempoolInfoResult help.
"getmempoolinforesult-bytes": "Size in bytes of the mempool",
"getmempoolinforesult-size": "Number of transactions in the mempool",
// GetMiningInfoResult help.
"getmininginforesult-blocks": "Height of the latest best block",
"getmininginforesult-currentblocksize": "Size of the latest best block",
"getmininginforesult-currentblockweight": "Weight of the latest best block",
"getmininginforesult-currentblocktx": "Number of transactions in the latest best block",
"getmininginforesult-difficulty": "Current target difficulty",
"getmininginforesult-errors": "Any current errors",
"getmininginforesult-generate": "Whether or not server is set to generate coins",
"getmininginforesult-genproclimit": "Number of processors to use for coin generation (-1 when disabled)",
"getmininginforesult-hashespersec": "Recent hashes per second performance measurement while generating coins",
"getmininginforesult-networkhashps": "Estimated network hashes per second for the most recent blocks",
"getmininginforesult-pooledtx": "Number of transactions in the memory pool",
"getmininginforesult-testnet": "Whether or not server is using testnet",
// GetMiningInfoCmd help.
"getmininginfo--synopsis": "Returns a JSON object containing mining-related information.",
// GetNetworkHashPSCmd help.
"getnetworkhashps--synopsis": "Returns the estimated network hashes per second for the block heights provided by the parameters.",
"getnetworkhashps-blocks": "The number of blocks, or -1 for blocks since last difficulty change",
"getnetworkhashps-height": "Perform estimate ending with this height or -1 for current best chain block height",
"getnetworkhashps--result0": "Estimated hashes per second",
// GetNetTotalsCmd help.
"getnettotals--synopsis": "Returns a JSON object containing network traffic statistics.",
// GetNetTotalsResult help.
"getnettotalsresult-totalbytesrecv": "Total bytes received",
"getnettotalsresult-totalbytessent": "Total bytes sent",
"getnettotalsresult-timemillis": "Number of milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
// GetNodeAddressesResult help.
"getnodeaddressesresult-time": "Timestamp in seconds since epoch (Jan 1 1970 GMT) keeping track of when the node was last seen",
"getnodeaddressesresult-services": "The services offered",
"getnodeaddressesresult-address": "The address of the node",
"getnodeaddressesresult-port": "The port of the node",
// GetNodeAddressesCmd help.
"getnodeaddresses--synopsis": "Return known addresses which can potentially be used to find new nodes in the network",
"getnodeaddresses-count": "How many addresses to return. Limited to the smaller of 2500 or 23% of all known addresses",
"getnodeaddresses--result0": "List of node addresses",
// GetPeerInfoResult help.
"getpeerinforesult-id": "A unique node ID",
"getpeerinforesult-addr": "The ip address and port of the peer",
"getpeerinforesult-addrlocal": "Local address",
"getpeerinforesult-services": "Services bitmask which represents the services supported by the peer",
"getpeerinforesult-relaytxes": "Peer has requested transactions be relayed to it",
"getpeerinforesult-lastsend": "Time the last message was received in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"getpeerinforesult-lastrecv": "Time the last message was sent in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"getpeerinforesult-bytessent": "Total bytes sent",
"getpeerinforesult-bytesrecv": "Total bytes received",
"getpeerinforesult-conntime": "Time the connection was made in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"getpeerinforesult-timeoffset": "The time offset of the peer",
"getpeerinforesult-pingtime": "Number of microseconds the last ping took",
"getpeerinforesult-pingwait": "Number of microseconds a queued ping has been waiting for a response",
"getpeerinforesult-version": "The protocol version of the peer",
"getpeerinforesult-subver": "The user agent of the peer",
"getpeerinforesult-inbound": "Whether or not the peer is an inbound connection",
"getpeerinforesult-startingheight": "The latest block height the peer knew about when the connection was established",
"getpeerinforesult-currentheight": "The current height of the peer",
"getpeerinforesult-banscore": "The ban score",
"getpeerinforesult-feefilter": "The requested minimum fee a transaction must have to be announced to the peer",
"getpeerinforesult-syncnode": "Whether or not the peer is the sync peer",
// GetPeerInfoCmd help.
"getpeerinfo--synopsis": "Returns data about each connected network peer as an array of json objects.",
// GetRawMempoolVerboseResult help.
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-size": "Transaction size in bytes",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-fee": "Transaction fee in bitcoins",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-time": "Local time transaction entered pool in seconds since 1 Jan 1970 GMT",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-height": "Block height when transaction entered the pool",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-startingpriority": "Priority when transaction entered the pool",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-currentpriority": "Current priority",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-depends": "Unconfirmed transactions used as inputs for this transaction",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-vsize": "The virtual size of a transaction",
"getrawmempoolverboseresult-weight": "The transaction's weight (between vsize*4-3 and vsize*4)",
// GetRawMempoolCmd help.
"getrawmempool--synopsis": "Returns information about all of the transactions currently in the memory pool.",
"getrawmempool-verbose": "Returns JSON object when true or an array of transaction hashes when false",
"getrawmempool--condition0": "verbose=false",
"getrawmempool--condition1": "verbose=true",
"getrawmempool--result0": "Array of transaction hashes",
// GetRawTransactionCmd help.
"getrawtransaction--synopsis": "Returns information about a transaction given its hash.",
"getrawtransaction-txid": "The hash of the transaction",
"getrawtransaction-verbose": "Specifies the transaction is returned as a JSON object instead of a hex-encoded string",
"getrawtransaction--condition0": "verbose=false",
"getrawtransaction--condition1": "verbose=true",
"getrawtransaction--result0": "Hex-encoded bytes of the serialized transaction",
// GetTxOutResult help.
"gettxoutresult-bestblock": "The block hash that contains the transaction output",
"gettxoutresult-confirmations": "The number of confirmations",
"gettxoutresult-value": "The transaction amount in BTC",
"gettxoutresult-scriptPubKey": "The public key script used to pay coins as a JSON object",
"gettxoutresult-version": "The transaction version",
"gettxoutresult-coinbase": "Whether or not the transaction is a coinbase",
// GetTxOutCmd help.
"gettxout--synopsis": "Returns information about an unspent transaction output.",
"gettxout-txid": "The hash of the transaction",
"gettxout-vout": "The index of the output",
"gettxout-includemempool": "Include the mempool when true",
// HelpCmd help.
"help--synopsis": "Returns a list of all commands or help for a specified command.",
"help-command": "The command to retrieve help for",
"help--condition0": "no command provided",
"help--condition1": "command specified",
"help--result0": "List of commands",
"help--result1": "Help for specified command",
// PingCmd help.
"ping--synopsis": "Queues a ping to be sent to each connected peer.\n" +
"Ping times are provided by getpeerinfo via the pingtime and pingwait fields.",
// SearchRawTransactionsCmd help.
"searchrawtransactions--synopsis": "Returns raw data for transactions involving the passed address.\n" +
"Returned transactions are pulled from both the database, and transactions currently in the mempool.\n" +
"Transactions pulled from the mempool will have the 'confirmations' field set to 0.\n" +
"Usage of this RPC requires the optional --addrindex flag to be activated, otherwise all responses will simply return with an error stating the address index has not yet been built.\n" +
"Similarly, until the address index has caught up with the current best height, all requests will return an error response in order to avoid serving stale data.",
"searchrawtransactions-address": "The Bitcoin address to search for",
"searchrawtransactions-verbose": "Specifies the transaction is returned as a JSON object instead of hex-encoded string",
"searchrawtransactions--condition0": "verbose=0",
"searchrawtransactions--condition1": "verbose=1",
"searchrawtransactions-skip": "The number of leading transactions to leave out of the final response",
"searchrawtransactions-count": "The maximum number of transactions to return",
"searchrawtransactions-vinextra": "Specify that extra data from previous output will be returned in vin",
"searchrawtransactions-reverse": "Specifies that the transactions should be returned in reverse chronological order",
"searchrawtransactions-filteraddrs": "Address list. Only inputs or outputs with matching address will be returned",
"searchrawtransactions--result0": "Hex-encoded serialized transaction",
// SendRawTransactionCmd help.
"sendrawtransaction--synopsis": "Submits the serialized, hex-encoded transaction to the local peer and relays it to the network.",
"sendrawtransaction-hextx": "Serialized, hex-encoded signed transaction",
"sendrawtransaction-feesetting": "Whether or not to allow insanely high fees in bitcoind < v0.19.0 or the max fee rate for bitcoind v0.19.0 and later (btcd does not yet implement this parameter, so it has no effect)",
"sendrawtransaction--result0": "The hash of the transaction",
"allowhighfeesormaxfeerate-value": "Either the boolean value for the allowhighfees parameter in bitcoind < v0.19.0 or the numerical value for the maxfeerate field in bitcoind v0.19.0 and later",
// SetGenerateCmd help.
"setgenerate--synopsis": "Set the server to generate coins (mine) or not.",
"setgenerate-generate": "Use true to enable generation, false to disable it",
"setgenerate-genproclimit": "The number of processors (cores) to limit generation to or -1 for default",
// SignMessageWithPrivKeyCmd help.
"signmessagewithprivkey--synopsis": "Sign a message with the private key of an address",
"signmessagewithprivkey-privkey": "The private key to sign the message with",
"signmessagewithprivkey-message": "The message to create a signature of",
"signmessagewithprivkey--result0": "The signature of the message encoded in base 64",
// StopCmd help.
"stop--synopsis": "Shutdown btcd.",
"stop--result0": "The string 'btcd stopping.'",
// SubmitBlockOptions help.
"submitblockoptions-workid": "This parameter is currently ignored",
// SubmitBlockCmd help.
"submitblock--synopsis": "Attempts to submit a new serialized, hex-encoded block to the network.",
"submitblock-hexblock": "Serialized, hex-encoded block",
"submitblock-options": "This parameter is currently ignored",
"submitblock--condition0": "Block successfully submitted",
"submitblock--condition1": "Block rejected",
"submitblock--result1": "The reason the block was rejected",
// ValidateAddressResult help.
"validateaddresschainresult-isvalid": "Whether or not the address is valid",
"validateaddresschainresult-address": "The bitcoin address (only when isvalid is true)",
"validateaddresschainresult-isscript": "If the key is a script",
"validateaddresschainresult-iswitness": "If the address is a witness address",
"validateaddresschainresult-witness_version": "The version number of the witness program",
"validateaddresschainresult-witness_program": "The hex value of the witness program",
// ValidateAddressCmd help.
"validateaddress--synopsis": "Verify an address is valid.",
"validateaddress-address": "Bitcoin address to validate",
// VerifyChainCmd help.
"verifychain--synopsis": "Verifies the block chain database.\n" +
"The actual checks performed by the checklevel parameter are implementation specific.\n" +
"For btcd this is:\n" +
"checklevel=0 - Look up each block and ensure it can be loaded from the database.\n" +
"checklevel=1 - Perform basic context-free sanity checks on each block.",
"verifychain-checklevel": "How thorough the block verification is",
"verifychain-checkdepth": "The number of blocks to check",
"verifychain--result0": "Whether or not the chain verified",
// VerifyMessageCmd help.
"verifymessage--synopsis": "Verify a signed message.",
"verifymessage-address": "The bitcoin address to use for the signature",
"verifymessage-signature": "The base-64 encoded signature provided by the signer",
"verifymessage-message": "The signed message",
"verifymessage--result0": "Whether or not the signature verified",
// -------- Websocket-specific help --------
// Session help.
"session--synopsis": "Return details regarding a websocket client's current connection session.",
"sessionresult-sessionid": "The unique session ID for a client's websocket connection.",
// NotifyBlocksCmd help.
"notifyblocks--synopsis": "Request notifications for whenever a block is connected or disconnected from the main (best) chain.",
// StopNotifyBlocksCmd help.
"stopnotifyblocks--synopsis": "Cancel registered notifications for whenever a block is connected or disconnected from the main (best) chain.",
// NotifyNewTransactionsCmd help.
"notifynewtransactions--synopsis": "Send either a txaccepted or a txacceptedverbose notification when a new transaction is accepted into the mempool.",
"notifynewtransactions-verbose": "Specifies which type of notification to receive. If verbose is true, then the caller receives txacceptedverbose, otherwise the caller receives txaccepted",
// StopNotifyNewTransactionsCmd help.
"stopnotifynewtransactions--synopsis": "Stop sending either a txaccepted or a txacceptedverbose notification when a new transaction is accepted into the mempool.",
// NotifyReceivedCmd help.
"notifyreceived--synopsis": "Send a recvtx notification when a transaction added to mempool or appears in a newly-attached block contains a txout pkScript sending to any of the passed addresses.\n" +
"Matching outpoints are automatically registered for redeemingtx notifications.",
"notifyreceived-addresses": "List of address to receive notifications about",
// StopNotifyReceivedCmd help.
"stopnotifyreceived--synopsis": "Cancel registered receive notifications for each passed address.",
"stopnotifyreceived-addresses": "List of address to cancel receive notifications for",
// OutPoint help.
"outpoint-hash": "The hex-encoded bytes of the outpoint hash",
"outpoint-index": "The index of the outpoint",
// NotifySpentCmd help.
"notifyspent--synopsis": "Send a redeemingtx notification when a transaction spending an outpoint appears in mempool (if relayed to this btcd instance) and when such a transaction first appears in a newly-attached block.",
"notifyspent-outpoints": "List of transaction outpoints to monitor.",
// StopNotifySpentCmd help.
"stopnotifyspent--synopsis": "Cancel registered spending notifications for each passed outpoint.",
"stopnotifyspent-outpoints": "List of transaction outpoints to stop monitoring.",
// LoadTxFilterCmd help.
"loadtxfilter--synopsis": "Load, add to, or reload a websocket client's transaction filter for mempool transactions, new blocks and rescanblocks.",
"loadtxfilter-reload": "Load a new filter instead of adding data to an existing one",
"loadtxfilter-addresses": "Array of addresses to add to the transaction filter",
"loadtxfilter-outpoints": "Array of outpoints to add to the transaction filter",
// Rescan help.
"rescan--synopsis": "Rescan block chain for transactions to addresses.\n" +
"When the endblock parameter is omitted, the rescan continues through the best block in the main chain.\n" +
"Rescan results are sent as recvtx and redeemingtx notifications.\n" +
"This call returns once the rescan completes.",
"rescan-beginblock": "Hash of the first block to begin rescanning",
"rescan-addresses": "List of addresses to include in the rescan",
"rescan-outpoints": "List of transaction outpoints to include in the rescan",
"rescan-endblock": "Hash of final block to rescan",
// RescanBlocks help.
"rescanblocks--synopsis": "Rescan blocks for transactions matching the loaded transaction filter.",
"rescanblocks-blockhashes": "List of hashes to rescan. Each next block must be a child of the previous.",
"rescanblocks--result0": "List of matching blocks.",
// RescannedBlock help.
"rescannedblock-hash": "Hash of the matching block.",
"rescannedblock-transactions": "List of matching transactions, serialized and hex-encoded.",
// Uptime help.
"uptime--synopsis": "Returns the total uptime of the server.",
"uptime--result0": "The number of seconds that the server has been running",
// Version help.
"version--synopsis": "Returns the JSON-RPC API version (semver)",
"version--result0--desc": "Version objects keyed by the program or API name",
"version--result0--key": "Program or API name",
"version--result0--value": "Object containing the semantic version",
// VersionResult help.
"versionresult-versionstring": "The JSON-RPC API version (semver)",
"versionresult-major": "The major component of the JSON-RPC API version",
"versionresult-minor": "The minor component of the JSON-RPC API version",
"versionresult-patch": "The patch component of the JSON-RPC API version",
"versionresult-prerelease": "Prerelease info about the current build",
"versionresult-buildmetadata": "Metadata about the current build",
}
// rpcResultTypes specifies the result types that each RPC command can return.
// This information is used to generate the help. Each result type must be a
// pointer to the type (or nil to indicate no return value).
var rpcResultTypes = map[string][]interface{}{
"addnode": nil,
"createrawtransaction": {(*string)(nil)},
"debuglevel": {(*string)(nil), (*string)(nil)},
"decoderawtransaction": {(*btcjson.TxRawDecodeResult)(nil)},
"decodescript": {(*btcjson.DecodeScriptResult)(nil)},
"estimatefee": {(*float64)(nil)},
"generate": {(*[]string)(nil)},
"getaddednodeinfo": {(*[]string)(nil), (*[]btcjson.GetAddedNodeInfoResult)(nil)},
"getbestblock": {(*btcjson.GetBestBlockResult)(nil)},
"getbestblockhash": {(*string)(nil)},
"getblock": {(*string)(nil), (*btcjson.GetBlockVerboseResult)(nil)},
"getblockcount": {(*int64)(nil)},
"getblockhash": {(*string)(nil)},
"getblockheader": {(*string)(nil), (*btcjson.GetBlockHeaderVerboseResult)(nil)},
"getblocktemplate": {(*btcjson.GetBlockTemplateResult)(nil), (*string)(nil), nil},
"getblockchaininfo": {(*btcjson.GetBlockChainInfoResult)(nil)},
"getcfilter": {(*string)(nil)},
"getcfilterheader": {(*string)(nil)},
"getconnectioncount": {(*int32)(nil)},
"getcurrentnet": {(*uint32)(nil)},
"getdifficulty": {(*float64)(nil)},
"getgenerate": {(*bool)(nil)},
"gethashespersec": {(*float64)(nil)},
"getheaders": {(*[]string)(nil)},
"getinfo": {(*btcjson.InfoChainResult)(nil)},
"getmempoolinfo": {(*btcjson.GetMempoolInfoResult)(nil)},
"getmininginfo": {(*btcjson.GetMiningInfoResult)(nil)},
"getnettotals": {(*btcjson.GetNetTotalsResult)(nil)},
"getnetworkhashps": {(*int64)(nil)},
"getnodeaddresses": {(*[]btcjson.GetNodeAddressesResult)(nil)},
"getpeerinfo": {(*[]btcjson.GetPeerInfoResult)(nil)},
"getrawmempool": {(*[]string)(nil), (*btcjson.GetRawMempoolVerboseResult)(nil)},
"getrawtransaction": {(*string)(nil), (*btcjson.TxRawResult)(nil)},
"gettxout": {(*btcjson.GetTxOutResult)(nil)},
"node": nil,
"help": {(*string)(nil), (*string)(nil)},
"ping": nil,
"searchrawtransactions": {(*string)(nil), (*[]btcjson.SearchRawTransactionsResult)(nil)},
"sendrawtransaction": {(*string)(nil)},
"setgenerate": nil,
"signmessagewithprivkey": {(*string)(nil)},
"stop": {(*string)(nil)},
"submitblock": {nil, (*string)(nil)},
"uptime": {(*int64)(nil)},
"validateaddress": {(*btcjson.ValidateAddressChainResult)(nil)},
"verifychain": {(*bool)(nil)},
"verifymessage": {(*bool)(nil)},
"version": {(*map[string]btcjson.VersionResult)(nil)},
// Websocket commands.
"loadtxfilter": nil,
"session": {(*btcjson.SessionResult)(nil)},
"notifyblocks": nil,
"stopnotifyblocks": nil,
"notifynewtransactions": nil,
"stopnotifynewtransactions": nil,
"notifyreceived": nil,
"stopnotifyreceived": nil,
"notifyspent": nil,
"stopnotifyspent": nil,
"rescan": nil,
"rescanblocks": {(*[]btcjson.RescannedBlock)(nil)},
}
// helpCacher provides a concurrent safe type that provides help and usage for
// the RPC server commands and caches the results for future calls.
type helpCacher struct {
sync.Mutex
usage string
methodHelp map[string]string
}
// rpcMethodHelp returns an RPC help string for the provided method.
//
// This function is safe for concurrent access.
func (c *helpCacher) rpcMethodHelp(method string) (string, error) {
c.Lock()
defer c.Unlock()
// Return the cached method help if it exists.
if help, exists := c.methodHelp[method]; exists {
return help, nil
}
// Look up the result types for the method.
resultTypes, ok := rpcResultTypes[method]
if !ok {
return "", errors.New("no result types specified for method " +
method)
}
// Generate, cache, and return the help.
help, err := btcjson.GenerateHelp(method, helpDescsEnUS, resultTypes...)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
c.methodHelp[method] = help
return help, nil
}
// rpcUsage returns one-line usage for all support RPC commands.
//
// This function is safe for concurrent access.
func (c *helpCacher) rpcUsage(includeWebsockets bool) (string, error) {
c.Lock()
defer c.Unlock()
// Return the cached usage if it is available.
if c.usage != "" {
return c.usage, nil
}
// Generate a list of one-line usage for every command.
usageTexts := make([]string, 0, len(rpcHandlers))
for k := range rpcHandlers {
usage, err := btcjson.MethodUsageText(k)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
usageTexts = append(usageTexts, usage)
}
// Include websockets commands if requested.
if includeWebsockets {
for k := range wsHandlers {
usage, err := btcjson.MethodUsageText(k)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
usageTexts = append(usageTexts, usage)
}
}
sort.Strings(usageTexts)
c.usage = strings.Join(usageTexts, "\n")
return c.usage, nil
}
// newHelpCacher returns a new instance of a help cacher which provides help and
// usage for the RPC server commands and caches the results for future calls.
func newHelpCacher() *helpCacher {
return &helpCacher{
methodHelp: make(map[string]string),
}
}