Bitcoin implementations provide a simple command interface for interacting with the full node via JSON-RPC.
There’s one endpoint which receives the command and its arguments via HTTP. The default port for it is 8332. Further information on how to configure it can be found in the bitcoin.conf example.
To get a list of the available commands, you might use the bitcoin-cli and a running bitcoin full node. Eg. this is the output of my local regtest setup:
Available Commands
$> bitcoin-cli help
== Blockchain ==
getbestblockhash
getblock "blockhash" ( verbosity )
getblockchaininfo
getblockcount
getblockhash height
getblockheader "hash" ( verbose )
getchaintips
getchaintxstats ( nblocks blockhash )
getdifficulty
getmempoolancestors txid (verbose)
getmempooldescendants txid (verbose)
getmempoolentry txid
getmempoolinfo
getrawmempool ( verbose )
gettxout "txid" n ( include_mempool )
gettxoutproof ["txid",...] ( blockhash )
gettxoutsetinfo
preciousblock "blockhash"
pruneblockchain
verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )
verifytxoutproof "proof"
== Control ==
getinfo
getmemoryinfo
help ( "command" )
stop
uptime
== Generating ==
generate nblocks ( maxtries )
generatetoaddress nblocks address (maxtries)
== Mining ==
getblocktemplate ( TemplateRequest )
getminingcandidate coinbase (optional, default false)
getmininginfo
getnetworkhashps ( nblocks height )
prioritisetransaction <txid> <priority delta> <fee delta>
submitblock "hexdata" ( "jsonparametersobject" )
submitminingsolution "<json string>"
== Network ==
addnode "node" "add|remove|onetry"
clearbanned
disconnectnode "[address]" [nodeid]
getaddednodeinfo ( "node" )
getconnectioncount
getexcessiveblock
getnettotals
getnetworkinfo
getpeerinfo
listbanned
ping
setban "subnet" "add|remove" (bantime) (absolute)
setexcessiveblock blockSize
setnetworkactive true|false
settxnpropagationfreq freq
== Rawtransactions ==
createrawtransaction [{"txid":"id","vout":n},...] {"address":amount,"data":"hex",...} ( locktime )
decoderawtransaction "hexstring"
decodescript "hexstring"
fundrawtransaction "hexstring" ( options )
getrawtransaction "txid" ( verbose )
sendrawtransaction "hexstring" ( allowhighfees )
signrawtransaction "hexstring" ( [{"txid":"id","vout":n,"scriptPubKey":"hex","redeemScript":"hex"},...] ["privatekey1",...] sighashtype )
== Util ==
createmultisig nrequired ["key",...]
estimatefee nblocks
signmessagewithprivkey "privkey" "message"
validateaddress "address"
verifymessage "address" "signature" "message"
== Wallet ==
abandontransaction "txid"
addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "account" )
backupwallet "destination"
dumpprivkey "address"
dumpwallet "filename"
encryptwallet "passphrase"
getaccount "address"
getaccountaddress "account"
getaddressesbyaccount "account"
getbalance ( "account" minconf include_watchonly )
getnewaddress ( "account" )
getrawchangeaddress
getreceivedbyaccount "account" ( minconf )
getreceivedbyaddress "address" ( minconf )
gettransaction "txid" ( include_watchonly )
getunconfirmedbalance
getwalletinfo
importaddress "address" ( "label" rescan p2sh )
importmulti "requests" "options"
importprivkey "bitcoinprivkey" ( "label" ) ( rescan )
importprunedfunds
importpubkey "pubkey" ( "label" rescan )
importwallet "filename"
keypoolrefill ( newsize )
listaccounts ( minconf include_watchonly)
listaddressgroupings
listlockunspent
listreceivedbyaccount ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly)
listreceivedbyaddress ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly)
listsinceblock ( "blockhash" target_confirmations include_watchonly)
listtransactions ( "account" count skip include_watchonly)
listunspent ( minconf maxconf ["addresses",...] [include_unsafe] )
listwallets
lockunspent unlock ([{"txid":"txid","vout":n},...])
move "fromaccount" "toaccount" amount ( minconf "comment" )
removeprunedfunds "txid"
sendfrom "fromaccount" "toaddress" amount ( minconf "comment" "comment_to" )
sendmany "fromaccount" {"address":amount,...} ( minconf "comment" ["address",...] )
sendtoaddress "address" amount ( "comment" "comment_to" subtractfeefromamount )
setaccount "address" "account"
settxfee amount
signmessage "address" "message"
You may try that out with a simple command line tool called curl:
Curl Example
curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"curltext","method":"getblockchaininfo","params":[]}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://username:[email protected]:8332/