btcd/btcjson
Calvin Kim 79752a8880 btcjson: accept null in StringOrArray.UnmarshalJSON
StringOrArray.MarshalJSON emits JSON null for a nil slice (see existing
test "nil slice marshals as null" in TestStringOrArrayMarshalJSON), but
UnmarshalJSON did not have a matching case for null and fell to the
default branch, returning "invalid string_or_array value: <nil>". A
round trip of a nil slice therefore failed.

This bit the rpcclient against btcd's own getblockchaininfo, whose
Warnings field is a StringOrArray that the server leaves as a nil slice
when there are no warnings. Every rpctest integration test that touches
GetBlockChainInfo (TestBIP0009, TestBIP0068AndBIP0112Activation,
TestBIP0113Activation, TestPrune) failed to decode the response.

Handle the nil case explicitly so null decodes back to a nil slice, and
add regression cases for "warnings: null" and an omitted warnings field
to TestGetBlockChainInfoWarnings.
2026-05-30 16:47:18 +09:00
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btcdextcmds.go fix typos (#2100) 2024-03-25 09:44:25 -04:00
btcdextcmds_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
btcdextresults.go Port getheaders JSON-RPC command from dcrd 2017-01-10 19:11:18 -07:00
btcdextresults_test.go fix typos (#2100) 2024-03-25 09:44:25 -04:00
btcwalletextcmds.go fix NewImportAddressCmd rescan wrong parameters 2018-03-05 19:25:40 +00:00
btcwalletextcmds_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
chainsvrcmds.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
chainsvrcmds_test.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
chainsvrresults.go btcjson: accept null in StringOrArray.UnmarshalJSON 2026-05-30 16:47:18 +09:00
chainsvrresults_test.go btcjson: accept null in StringOrArray.UnmarshalJSON 2026-05-30 16:47:18 +09:00
chainsvrwscmds.go btcjson,rpcclient: use proper Deprecated comment format 2020-03-10 11:00:24 -04:00
chainsvrwscmds_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
chainsvrwsntfns.go btcjson,rpcclient: use proper Deprecated comment format 2020-03-10 11:00:24 -04:00
chainsvrwsntfns_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
chainsvrwsresults.go btcjson/docs: add rescanblocks command backported from dcrd 2017-01-27 15:32:15 -07:00
chainsvrwsresults_test.go fix typos (#2100) 2024-03-25 09:44:25 -04:00
cmdinfo.go multi: Fix several misspellings in the comments. 2016-02-25 11:17:12 -06:00
cmdinfo_test.go fix typos (#2100) 2024-03-25 09:44:25 -04:00
cmdparse.go refactor: specify strconv.ParseFloat bitsize to 64 2024-06-03 18:28:21 +08:00
cmdparse_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
CONTRIBUTORS Import btcjson repo into btcjson directory. 2015-02-19 11:10:46 -06:00
doc.go multi: remove repetitive the 2023-06-26 15:40:51 +08:00
error.go fix typos (#2100) 2024-03-25 09:44:25 -04:00
error_test.go Relicense to the btcsuite developers. 2015-05-01 12:00:56 -05:00
example_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
export_test.go Relicense to the btcsuite developers. 2015-05-01 12:00:56 -05:00
help.go multi: appease go 1.26 vet for non-const format + goroutine Fatalf 2026-05-14 17:36:51 -07:00
help_test.go btcjson: fix formatting directives 2018-07-06 13:06:00 -07:00
helpers.go Add getblockfilter JSON-RPC client command 2020-08-31 10:02:54 -04:00
helpers_test.go Relicense to the btcsuite developers. 2015-05-01 12:00:56 -05:00
jsonrpc.go Default to JSONRPC 1.0 if the rpcVersion empty 2022-04-09 06:55:59 -04:00
jsonrpc_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
jsonrpcerr.go btcjson: add addresstype arg to getnewaddress 2022-04-09 07:38:57 -04:00
README.md docs: update shields 2021-03-05 07:45:19 -05:00
register.go build: clean linter warnings 2020-05-13 08:58:39 -04:00
register_test.go typo-Update register_test.go (#2291) 2025-01-09 08:32:50 -05:00
submitpackage.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
submitpackage_test.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
walletsvrcmds.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
walletsvrcmds_test.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
walletsvrresults.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
walletsvrresults_test.go multi: use new v2 modules everywhere 2026-05-14 18:05:33 -07:00
walletsvrwscmds.go Relicense to the btcsuite developers. 2015-05-01 12:00:56 -05:00
walletsvrwscmds_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
walletsvrwsntfns.go btcd/multi: fix a number of typos in comments. 2018-01-25 23:23:59 -06:00
walletsvrwsntfns_test.go Add Batch JSON-RPC support (rpc client & server) 2021-02-09 09:47:46 -05:00
zmqsvrcmds.go rpcclient: add getzmqnotifications RPC 2022-04-09 07:46:07 -04:00
zmqsvrresults.go rpcclient: add getzmqnotifications RPC 2022-04-09 07:46:07 -04:00

btcjson

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Package btcjson implements concrete types for marshalling to and from the bitcoin JSON-RPC API. A comprehensive suite of tests is provided to ensure proper functionality.

Although this package was primarily written for the btcsuite, it has intentionally been designed so it can be used as a standalone package for any projects needing to marshal to and from bitcoin JSON-RPC requests and responses.

Note that although it's possible to use this package directly to implement an RPC client, it is not recommended since it is only intended as an infrastructure package. Instead, RPC clients should use the btcrpcclient package which provides a full blown RPC client with many features such as automatic connection management, websocket support, automatic notification re-registration on reconnect, and conversion from the raw underlying RPC types (strings, floats, ints, etc) to higher-level types with many nice and useful properties.

Installation and Updating

$ go get -u github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcjson

Examples

  • Marshal Command
    Demonstrates how to create and marshal a command into a JSON-RPC request.

  • Unmarshal Command
    Demonstrates how to unmarshal a JSON-RPC request and then unmarshal the concrete request into a concrete command.

  • Marshal Response
    Demonstrates how to marshal a JSON-RPC response.

  • Unmarshal Response
    Demonstrates how to unmarshal a JSON-RPC response and then unmarshal the result field in the response to a concrete type.

GPG Verification Key

All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code has not been tampered with and is coming from the btcsuite developers. To verify the signature perform the following:

  • Download the public key from the Conformal website at https://opensource.conformal.com/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt

  • Import the public key into your GPG keyring:

    gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
    
  • Verify the release tag with the following command where TAG_NAME is a placeholder for the specific tag:

    git tag -v TAG_NAME
    

License

Package btcjson is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.