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Wallet RPCs (Deprecated)#

Note

RPCs that require wallet support are not available on masternodes for security reasons. Such RPCs are designated with a “Requires wallet support” message.

GetAccount#

Note

Requires wallet support (unavailable on masternodes)

The getaccount RPC returns the name of the account associated with the given address.

Parameter #1—a Dimecoin address

Name	Type	Presence	Description
Address	string (base58)	Required (exactly 1)	A P2PKH or P2SH Dimecoin address belonging either to a specific account or the default account (")”

Result—an account name

Name	Type	Presence	Description
`result`	string	Required (exactly 1)	The name of an account, or an empty string (", the default account)”

Example from Dimecoin Core 1.10.01

Dimecoin-cli -mainnet getaccount 7MTFRnrfJ4NpnYVeidDNHVwT7uuNsVjevq

Result:

doc test

See also

GetAddressesByAccount: returns a list of every address assigned to a particular account.

GetAccountAddress#

Note

Requires wallet support (unavailable on masternodes)

The getaccountaddress RPC returns the current Dimecoin address for receiving payments to this account. If the account doesn’t exist, it creates both the account and a new address for receiving payment. Once a payment has been received to an address, future calls to this RPC for the same account will return a different address.

Parameter #1—an account name

Name	Type	Presence	Description
Account	string	Required (exactly 1)	The name of an account. Use an empty string (") for the default account. If the account doesn’t exist, it will be created”

Result—a Dimecoin address

Name	Type	Presence	Description
`result`	string (base58)	Required (exactly 1)	An address, belonging to the account specified, which has not yet received any payments

Example from Dimecoin Core 1.10.01

Get an address for the default account:

dimecoin-cli -mainnet getaccountaddress ""

Result:

7NUQ6RzTpNj5GP5ebdRcusJ7K9JJKx6VvV

See also

GetNewAddress: returns a new Dimecoin address for receiving payments. If an account is specified, payments received with the address will be credited to that account.
GetRawChangeAddress: returns a new Dimecoin address for receiving change. This is for use with raw transactions, not normal use.
GetAddressesByAccount: returns a list of every address assigned to a particular account.

GetAddressesByAccount#

Note

Requires wallet support (unavailable on masternodes)

The getaddressesbyaccount RPC returns a list of every address assigned to a particular account.

Parameter #1—the account name

Name	Type	Presence	Description
Account	string	Required (exactly 1)	The name of the account containing the addresses to get. To get addresses from the default account, pass an empty string (")”

Result—a list of addresses

Name	Type	Presence	Description
`result`	array	Required (exactly 1)	An array containing all addresses belonging to the specified account. If the account has no addresses, the array will be empty
Address	string (base58)	Optional (1 or more)	A P2PKH or P2SH address belonging to the account

Example from Dimecoin Core 1.10.01

Get the addresses assigned to the account “test”:

dimecoin-cli -mainnet getaddressesbyaccount "test"

Result:

[
  "7MTFRnrfJ4NpnYVeidDNHVwT7uuNsVjevq",
  "7hT2HS1SxvXkMVdAdf6RNtGPfuVFvwZi35"
]

See also

GetAccount: returns the name of the account associated with the given address.
GetBalance: gets the balance in decimal Dimecoin across all accounts or for a particular account.

SetAccount#

Warning

setaccount will be removed in a later version of Dimecoin Core. Use the RPCs listed in the See Also subsection below instead.

Requires wallet support (unavailable on masternodes)

The setaccount RPC puts the specified address in the given account.

Parameter #1—a Dimecoin address

Name	Type	Presence	Description
Address	string (base58)	Required (exactly 1)	The P2PKH or P2SH address to put in the account. Must already belong to the wallet

Parameter #2—an account

Name	Type	Presence	Description
Account	string	Required (exactly 1)	The name of the account in which the address should be placed. May be the default account, an empty string (")”

Result—null if successful

Name	Type	Presence	Description
`result`	null	Required (exactly 1)	Set to JSON `null` if the address was successfully placed in the account

Example from Dimecoin Core 2.3.0.0

Put the address indicated below in the “doc test” account.

dimecoin-cli -mainnet setaccount \
    7MTFRnrfJ4NpnYVeidDNHVwT7uuNsVjevq "test"

(Success: no result displayed.)

See also

GetAccount: returns the name of the account associated with the given address.
GetAddressesByAccount: returns a list of every address assigned to a particular account.
SetLabel: sets the label associated with the given address.