A Golang client library wrapping the bitcoind JSON RPC API
$ go get github.com/toorop/go-bitcoind
package main
import (
"github.com/toorop/go-bitcoind"
"log"
)
const (
SERVER_HOST = "You server host"
SERVER_PORT = port (int)
USER = "user"
PASSWD = "passwd"
USESSL = false
WALLET_PASSPHRASE = "WalletPassphrase"
)
func main() {
bc, err := bitcoind.New(SERVER_HOST, SERVER_PORT, USER, PASSWD, USESSL)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalln(err)
}
//walletpassphrase
err = bc.WalletPassphrase(WALLET_PASSPHRASE, 3600)
log.Println(err)
// backupwallet
err = bc.BackupWallet("/tmp/wallet.dat")
log.Println(err)
// dumpprivkey
privKey, err := bc.DumpPrivKey("1KU5DX7jKECLxh1nYhmQ7CahY7GMNMVLP3")
log.Println(err, privKey)
}
Mores examples in example.go (in examples folder)
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More than 100 unit tests are made.
To run tests:
$ go get github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo
$ go get github.com/onsi/gomega
$ ginkgo
Running Suite: Bitcoind Suite
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Random Seed: 1401120770
Will run 112 of 112 specs
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Ran 112 of 112 Specs in 0.001 seconds
SUCCESS! -- 112 Passed | 0 Failed | 0 Pending | 0 Skipped PASS
Ginkgo ran in 10.856335553s
Test Suite Passed
- GetBlockTemplate
- sendrawtransaction
- signrawtransaction
- submitblock
Note on ssl support : bitcoind library doesn't verify the server's certificate chain. That means that it accepts any certificate presented by the server and any host name in that certificate. In this mode, TLS is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks.