// Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Conformal Systems LLC. // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package btcrpcclient import ( "encoding/json" "errors" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcjson" ) // FutureRawResult is a future promise to deliver the result of a RawRequest RPC // invocation (or an applicable error). type FutureRawResult chan *response // Receive waits for the response promised by the future and returns the raw // response, or an error if the request was unsuccessful. func (r FutureRawResult) Receive() (json.RawMessage, error) { return receiveFuture(r) } // RawRequestAsync returns an instance of a type that can be used to get the // result of a custom RPC request at some future time by invoking the Receive // function on the returned instance. // // See RawRequest for the blocking version and more details. func (c *Client) RawRequestAsync(method string, params []json.RawMessage) FutureRawResult { // Method may not be empty. if method == "" { return newFutureError(errors.New("no method")) } // Marshal parameters as "[]" instead of "null" when no parameters // are passed. if params == nil { params = []json.RawMessage{} } // Create a raw JSON-RPC request using the provided method and params // and marshal it. This is done rather than using the sendCmd function // since that relies on marshalling registered btcjson commands rather // than custom commands. id := c.NextID() rawRequest := &btcjson.Request{ Jsonrpc: "1.0", ID: id, Method: method, Params: params, } marshalledJSON, err := json.Marshal(rawRequest) if err != nil { return newFutureError(err) } // Generate the request and send it along with a channel to respond on. responseChan := make(chan *response, 1) jReq := &jsonRequest{ id: id, method: method, cmd: nil, marshalledJSON: marshalledJSON, responseChan: responseChan, } c.sendRequest(jReq) return responseChan } // RawRequest allows the caller to send a raw or custom request to the server. // This method may be used to send and receive requests and responses for // requests that are not handled by this client package, or to proxy partially // unmarshaled requests to another JSON-RPC server if a request cannot be // handled directly. func (c *Client) RawRequest(method string, params []json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error) { return c.RawRequestAsync(method, params).Receive() }