rpc: Document an RPCResult for all calls; Enforce at compile time

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static UniValue syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             RPCHelpMan{"syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue",
                 "\nWaits for the validation interface queue to catch up on everything that was there when we entered this function.\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue","")
             + HelpExampleRpc("syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue","")
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ static UniValue preciousblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"blockhash", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "the hash of the block to mark as precious"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("preciousblock", "\"blockhash\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("preciousblock", "\"blockhash\"")
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ static UniValue invalidateblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"blockhash", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "the hash of the block to mark as invalid"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("invalidateblock", "\"blockhash\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("invalidateblock", "\"blockhash\"")
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static UniValue reconsiderblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"blockhash", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "the hash of the block to reconsider"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("reconsiderblock", "\"blockhash\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("reconsiderblock", "\"blockhash\"")
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ static UniValue savemempool(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             RPCHelpMan{"savemempool",
                 "\nDumps the mempool to disk. It will fail until the previous dump is fully loaded.\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("savemempool", "")
             + HelpExampleRpc("savemempool", "")

src/rpc/mining.cpp

@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static UniValue submitblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"hexdata", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "the hex-encoded block data to submit"},
                     {"dummy", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "ignored", "dummy value, for compatibility with BIP22. This value is ignored."},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", "Returns JSON Null when valid, a string according to BIP22 otherwise"},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("submitblock", "\"mydata\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("submitblock", "\"mydata\"")

src/rpc/misc.cpp

@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static UniValue setmocktime(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"timestamp", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, UNIX_EPOCH_TIME + "\n"
             "   Pass 0 to go back to using the system time."},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{""},
             }.Check(request);
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static UniValue mockscheduler(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         {
             {"delta_time", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "Number of seconds to forward the scheduler into the future." },
         },
-        RPCResults{},
+        RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
         RPCExamples{""},
     }.Check(request);
 
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static UniValue echo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 "\nThe difference between echo and echojson is that echojson has argument conversion enabled in the client-side table in "
                 "bitcoin-cli and the GUI. There is no server-side difference.",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", "Returns whatever was passed in"},
                 RPCExamples{""},
             }.ToString()
         );

src/rpc/net.cpp

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static UniValue ping(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 "Results provided in getpeerinfo, pingtime and pingwait fields are decimal seconds.\n"
                 "Ping command is handled in queue with all other commands, so it measures processing backlog, not just network ping.\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("ping", "")
             + HelpExampleRpc("ping", "")
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static UniValue addnode(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"node", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The node (see getpeerinfo for nodes)"},
                     {"command", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "'add' to add a node to the list, 'remove' to remove a node from the list, 'onetry' to try a connection to the node once"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("addnode", "\"192.168.0.6:8333\" \"onetry\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("addnode", "\"192.168.0.6:8333\", \"onetry\"")
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static UniValue disconnectnode(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"address", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "fallback to nodeid", "The IP address/port of the node"},
                     {"nodeid", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "fallback to address", "The node ID (see getpeerinfo for node IDs)"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("disconnectnode", "\"192.168.0.6:8333\"")
             + HelpExampleCli("disconnectnode", "\"\" 1")
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static UniValue setban(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"bantime", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "0", "time in seconds how long (or until when if [absolute] is set) the IP is banned (0 or empty means using the default time of 24h which can also be overwritten by the -bantime startup argument)"},
                     {"absolute", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false", "If set, the bantime must be an absolute timestamp expressed in " + UNIX_EPOCH_TIME},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("setban", "\"192.168.0.6\" \"add\" 86400")
                             + HelpExampleCli("setban", "\"192.168.0.0/24\" \"add\"")
@@ -628,7 +628,16 @@ static UniValue listbanned(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             RPCHelpMan{"listbanned",
                 "\nList all banned IPs/Subnets.\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+        RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::ARR, "", "",
+            {
+                {RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "",
+                    {
+                        {RPCResult::Type::STR, "address", ""},
+                        {RPCResult::Type::NUM_TIME, "banned_until", ""},
+                        {RPCResult::Type::NUM_TIME, "ban_created", ""},
+                        {RPCResult::Type::STR, "ban_reason", ""},
+                    }},
+            }},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("listbanned", "")
                             + HelpExampleRpc("listbanned", "")
@@ -663,7 +672,7 @@ static UniValue clearbanned(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             RPCHelpMan{"clearbanned",
                 "\nClear all banned IPs.\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("clearbanned", "")
                             + HelpExampleRpc("clearbanned", "")
@@ -685,7 +694,7 @@ static UniValue setnetworkactive(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"state", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "true to enable networking, false to disable"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "", "The value that was passed in"},
                 RPCExamples{""},
             }.Check(request);
 

src/rpc/server.cpp

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ UniValue help(const JSONRPCRequest& jsonRequest)
 
 UniValue stop(const JSONRPCRequest& jsonRequest)
 {
+    static const std::string RESULT{PACKAGE_NAME " stopping"};
     // Accept the deprecated and ignored 'detach' boolean argument
     // Also accept the hidden 'wait' integer argument (milliseconds)
     // For instance, 'stop 1000' makes the call wait 1 second before returning
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ UniValue stop(const JSONRPCRequest& jsonRequest)
             RPCHelpMan{"stop",
                 "\nRequest a graceful shutdown of " PACKAGE_NAME ".",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::STR, "", "A string with the content '" + RESULT + "'"},
                 RPCExamples{""},
             }.ToString());
     // Event loop will exit after current HTTP requests have been handled, so
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ UniValue stop(const JSONRPCRequest& jsonRequest)
     if (jsonRequest.params[0].isNum()) {
         UninterruptibleSleep(std::chrono::milliseconds{jsonRequest.params[0].get_int()});
     }
-    return PACKAGE_NAME " stopping";
+    return RESULT;
 }
 
 static UniValue uptime(const JSONRPCRequest& jsonRequest)

src/rpc/util.h

@@ -290,11 +290,6 @@ struct RPCResult {
 struct RPCResults {
     const std::vector<RPCResult> m_results;
 
-    RPCResults()
-        : m_results{}
-    {
-    }
-
     RPCResults(RPCResult result)
         : m_results{{result}}
     {

src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ UniValue importprivkey(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"label", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "current label if address exists, otherwise \"\"", "An optional label"},
                     {"rescan", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "true", "Rescan the wallet for transactions"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nDump a private key\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("dumpprivkey", "\"myaddress\"") +
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ UniValue abortrescan(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 "\nStops current wallet rescan triggered by an RPC call, e.g. by an importprivkey call.\n"
                 "Note: Use \"getwalletinfo\" to query the scanning progress.\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "", "Whether the abort was successful"},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nImport a private key\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("importprivkey", "\"mykey\"") +
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ UniValue importaddress(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"rescan", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "true", "Rescan the wallet for transactions"},
                     {"p2sh", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false", "Add the P2SH version of the script as well"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nImport an address with rescan\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("importaddress", "\"myaddress\"") +
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ UniValue importprunedfunds(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"rawtransaction", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "A raw transaction in hex funding an already-existing address in wallet"},
                     {"txoutproof", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The hex output from gettxoutproof that contains the transaction"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{""},
             }.Check(request);
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ UniValue removeprunedfunds(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"txid", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The hex-encoded id of the transaction you are deleting"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("removeprunedfunds", "\"a8d0c0184dde994a09ec054286f1ce581bebf46446a512166eae7628734ea0a5\"") +
             "\nAs a JSON-RPC call\n"
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ UniValue importpubkey(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"label", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "\"\"", "An optional label"},
                     {"rescan", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "true", "Rescan the wallet for transactions"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nImport a public key with rescan\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("importpubkey", "\"mypubkey\"") +
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ UniValue importwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"filename", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The wallet file"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nDump the wallet\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("dumpwallet", "\"test\"") +

src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static UniValue setlabel(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"address", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The bitcoin address to be associated with a label."},
                     {"label", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The label to assign to the address."},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("setlabel", "\"" + EXAMPLE_ADDRESS[0] + "\" \"tabby\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("setlabel", "\"" + EXAMPLE_ADDRESS[0] + "\", \"tabby\"")
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static UniValue getunconfirmedbalance(const JSONRPCRequest &request)
             RPCHelpMan{"getunconfirmedbalance",
                 "DEPRECATED\nIdentical to getbalances().mine.untrusted_pending\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NUM, "", "The balance"},
                 RPCExamples{""},
             }.Check(request);
 
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ static UniValue abandontransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"txid", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The transaction id"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("abandontransaction", "\"1075db55d416d3ca199f55b6084e2115b9345e16c5cf302fc80e9d5fbf5d48d\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("abandontransaction", "\"1075db55d416d3ca199f55b6084e2115b9345e16c5cf302fc80e9d5fbf5d48d\"")
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ static UniValue backupwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"destination", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The destination directory or file"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("backupwallet", "\"backup.dat\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("backupwallet", "\"backup.dat\"")
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ static UniValue keypoolrefill(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"newsize", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "100", "The new keypool size"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("keypoolrefill", "")
             + HelpExampleRpc("keypoolrefill", "")
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ static UniValue walletpassphrase(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"passphrase", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The wallet passphrase"},
                     {"timeout", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The time to keep the decryption key in seconds; capped at 100000000 (~3 years)."},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nUnlock the wallet for 60 seconds\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("walletpassphrase", "\"my pass phrase\" 60") +
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ static UniValue walletpassphrasechange(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"oldpassphrase", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The current passphrase"},
                     {"newpassphrase", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The new passphrase"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("walletpassphrasechange", "\"old one\" \"new one\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("walletpassphrasechange", "\"old one\", \"new one\"")
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@ static UniValue walletlock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 "After calling this method, you will need to call walletpassphrase again\n"
                 "before being able to call any methods which require the wallet to be unlocked.\n",
                 {},
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nSet the passphrase for 2 minutes to perform a transaction\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("walletpassphrase", "\"my pass phrase\" 120") +
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ static UniValue encryptwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"passphrase", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The pass phrase to encrypt the wallet with. It must be at least 1 character, but should be long."},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::STR, "", "A string with further instructions"},
                 RPCExamples{
             "\nEncrypt your wallet\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("encryptwallet", "\"my pass phrase\"") +
@@ -2767,7 +2767,7 @@ static UniValue unloadwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 {
                     {"wallet_name", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "the wallet name from the RPC request", "The name of the wallet to unload."},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("unloadwallet", "wallet_name")
             + HelpExampleRpc("unloadwallet", "wallet_name")
@@ -4013,7 +4013,7 @@ UniValue sethdseed(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                     {"seed", RPCArg::Type::STR, /* default */ "random seed", "The WIF private key to use as the new HD seed.\n"
             "                             The seed value can be retrieved using the dumpwallet command. It is the private key marked hdseed=1"},
                 },
-                RPCResults{},
+                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                 RPCExamples{
                     HelpExampleCli("sethdseed", "")
             + HelpExampleCli("sethdseed", "false")