rpc-bitcoin

rpc-bitcoin

A TypeScript library to make RPC and HTTP REST requests to Bitcoin Core.

Installation

npm install rpc-bitcoin

RPC

const { RPCClient } = require("rpc-bitcoin");
const url = "http://192.168.0.10";
const user = "rpcuser";
const pass = "rpcpassword";
const port = 18832;
const timeout = 10000;
const client = new RPCClient({ url, port, timeout, user, pass });

• batch

const response = await client.batch([
  { method: "getbestblockhash", id: 1 },
  { method: "help", params: { command: "help" }, id: "custom-id" },
  { method: "getzmqnotifications", params: {}, id: 2 }
]);

Blockchain

• getbestblockhash

const hex = await client.getbestblockhash();

• getblock

const blockhash =
  "000000004182034f427d463b92162d35d0accef9ea0c5354a87e870ca1815b4c";
const verbosity = 2;
const block = await client.getblock({ blockhash, verbosity });

• getblockchaininfo

const info = await client.getblockchaininfo();

• getblockcount

const count = await client.getblockcount();

• getblockhash

const height = 1583782;
const hash = await client.getblockhash({ height });

• getblockheader

const blockhash =
  "000000004182034f427d463b92162d35d0accef9ea0c5354a87e870ca1815b4c";
const verbose = false;
const header = await client.getblockheader({ blockhash, verbose });

• getblockstats

const hash_or_height =
  "000000004182034f427d463b92162d35d0accef9ea0c5354a87e870ca1815b4c";
const stats = ["txs", "time"];
const info = await client.getblockstats({ hash_or_height, stats });

• getchaintips

const tips = await client.getchaintips();

• getchaintxstats

const nblocks = 2016;
const blockhash =
  "000000004182034f427d463b92162d35d0accef9ea0c5354a87e870ca1815b4c";
const result = await client.getchaintxstats({ nblocks, blockhash });

• getdifficulty

const difficulty = await client.getdifficulty();

• getmempoolancestors

const verbose = true;
const txid = "3e128c38f35520d4121d582f15998b7f74b44f17aa650b4d60decf975e642b9a";
const result = await client.getmempoolancestors({ txid, verbose });

• getmempooldescendants

const verbose = true;
const txid = "ff758ffd73729be8afae0d683547f7840bdaee75ad5e5c464fb621b2509c366b";
const result = await client.getmempooldescendants({ txid, verbose });

• getmempoolentry

const txid = "0629e01f05088728b089715f247de82a160428c06d6c85484adab2aa66574ace";
const result = await client.getmempoolentry({ txid });

• getmempoolinfo

const info = await client.getmempoolinfo();

• getrawmempool

const verbose = true;
const result = await client.getrawmempool({ verbose });

• gettxout

const txid = "d2f6b1d1844e483ce350a4a22fbaef36c31ebe88730415b7408c1f34b834fab5";
const n = 1;
const include_mempool = true;
const result = await client.gettxout({ txid, n, include_mempool });

• gettxoutproof

const txids = [
  "42e75d074cf5b836170d20fc09593245c65a3f07283a497c3350c4d109b38bb6"
];
const blockhash =
  "000000000000000000055bc30b762904ab996430603cafe846cc6adc82c4af1e";
const result = await client.gettxoutproof({ txids, blockhash });

• gettxoutsetinfo

const info = await client.gettxoutsetinfo();

• preciousblock

const blockhash =
  "00000000000000261a35cf378bf8fa1bf6ac87800d798ce2a11f581f562e92ba";
const result = await client.preciousblock({ blockhash });

• pruneblockchain

const height = 1000;
const result = await client.pruneblockchain({ height });

• savemempool

const result = await client.savemempool();

• scantxoutset

const action = "start";
const scanobjects = [
  "addr(mxosQ4CvQR8ipfWdRktyB3u16tauEdamGc)",
  {
    desc:
      "wpkh([d34db33f/84'/0'/0']tpubD6NzVbkrYhZ4YTN7usjEzYmfu4JKqnfp9RCbDmdKH78vTyuwgQat8vRw5cX1YaZZvFfQrkHrM2XsyfA8cZE1thA3guTBfTkKqbhCDpcKFLG/0/*)#8gfuh6ex",
    range: [1, 3]
  }
];
const result = await client.scantxoutset({ action, scanobjects });

• verifychain

const checklevel = 1;
const nblocks = 10;
const result = await client.verifychain({ checklevel, nblocks });

• verifytxoutproof

const proof =
  "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";
const result = await client.verifytxoutproof({ proof });

Control

• getmemoryinfo

const mode = "mallocinfo";
const result = await client.getmemoryinfo({ mode });

• getrpcinfo

const result = await client.getrpcinfo();

• help

const command = "getzmqnotifications";
const result = await client.help({ command });

• logging

const include = ["net", "rpc"];
const exclude = ["mempoolrej", "estimatefee"];
const result = await client.logging({ include, exclude });

• stop

const result = await client.stop();

• uptime

const result = await client.uptime();

Generating

• generate

const nblocks = 1;
const maxtries = 10000;
const wallet = "bitcoin-core-wallet.dat";
const result = await client.generate({ nblocks, maxtries }, wallet);

• generatetoaddress

const nblocks = 1;
const maxtries = 10000;
const address = "1HLoD9E4SDFFPDiYfNYnkBLQ85Y51J3Zb1";
const wallet = "bitcoin-core-wallet.dat";
const result = await client.generatetoaddress(
  { nblocks, address, maxtries },
  wallet
);

Mining

• getblocktemplate

const rules = ["segwit"];
const mode = "template";
const capabilities = ["serverlist", "proposal"];
const template_request = { rules, mode, capabilities };
const result = await client.getblocktemplate({ template_request });

• getmininginfo

const result = await client.getmininginfo();

• getnetworkhashps

const nblocks = 100;
const height = 100;
const result = await client.getnetworkhashps({ nblocks, height });

• prioritisetransaction

const txid = "9b0fc92260312ce44e74ef369f5c66bbb85848f2eddd5a7a1cde251e54ccfdd5";
const fee_delta = 1000;
const result = await client.prioritisetransaction({ txid, fee_delta });

• submitblock

const hexdata = "hexEncodedBlock";
const result = await client.submitblock({ hexdata });

• submitheader

const hexdata = "hexEncodedBlockHeaderData";
const result = await client.submitheader({ hexdata });

ZMQ

• getzmqnotifications

const result = await client.getzmqnotifications();

HTTP REST

const { RESTClient } = require("rpc-bitcoin");
const url = "http://192.168.0.101";
const port = 17230;
const timeout = 20000;
const restClient = new RESTClient({ url, port, timeout });

• getBlock

const hash = "00000000099de420b319c7804c4bfee5357d3f5ddbfd3c71c15b3625347792bf";
const format = "hex";
await restClient.getBlock({ hash, format });

• getBlockNoTxDetails

const hash = "00000000099de420b319c7804c4bfee5357d3f5ddbfd3c71c15b3625347792bf";
const format = "hex";
await restClient.getBlockNoTxDetails({ hash, format });

• getBlockHashByHeight

const height = 1;
const format = "hex";
await restClient.getBlockHashByHeight({ height, format });

• getChainInfo

await restClient.getChainInfo();

• getUtxos

const checkmempool = true;
const outpoints = [
  {
    txid: "e346be6c1ef4d24f3a26ea8e1b45a2645d339fbee9da8b9dc03aeef1c4179716",
    n: 0
  },
  {
    txid: "e346be6c1ef4d24f3a26ea8e1b45a2645d339fbee9da8b9dc03aeef1c4179716",
    n: 1
  }
];
const format = "hex";
await restClient.getUtxos({ checkmempool, outpoints, format });

• getHeaders

const count = 5;
const hash = "00000000000001f0be142e57e99d3528212e1204157209c6c10bd11326cc5b35";
const format = "hex";
await restClient.getHeaders({ count, hash, format });

• getMemPoolContents

await restClient.getMemPoolContents();

• getMemPoolInfo

await restClient.getMemPoolInfo();

• getTx

const txid = "93520a51cc6c694e79913f1daf0288cb10e0d7946723c06b4e7b6c2e5b057933";
const format = "hex";
await restClient.getTx({ txid, format });