lbcd/examples/bitcoincorehttp/main.go
2015-01-15 21:21:40 -06:00

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// 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 main
import (
"log"
"github.com/btcsuite/btcrpcclient"
)
func main() {
// Connect to local bitcoin core RPC server using HTTP POST mode.
connCfg := &btcrpcclient.ConnConfig{
Host: "localhost:8332",
User: "yourrpcuser",
Pass: "yourrpcpass",
HttpPostMode: true, // Bitcoin core only supports HTTP POST mode
DisableTLS: true, // Bitcoin core does not provide TLS by default
}
// Notice the notification parameter is nil since notifications are
// not supported in HTTP POST mode.
client, err := btcrpcclient.New(connCfg, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer client.Shutdown()
// Get the current block count.
blockCount, err := client.GetBlockCount()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
log.Printf("Block count: %d", blockCount)
}