bitcoincoreunixsocket

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Bitcoin Core HTTP POST Over Unix Socket Example

This example shows how to use the rpcclient package to connect to a Bitcoin Core RPC server using HTTP POST mode over a Unix Socket with TLS disabled and gets the current block count.

Running the Example

The first step is to use go get to download and install the rpcclient package:

$ go get github.com/VidarSoltuions/btcd/rpcclient

Next, modify the main.go source to specify the correct RPC username and password for the RPC server:

	User: "yourrpcuser",
	Pass: "yourrpcpass",

As Bitcoin Core supports only TCP/IP, we'll redirect RPC requests from the Unix Socket to Bitcoin Core. For this example, we'll use the socat command:

$ socat -d UNIX-LISTEN:"my-unix-socket-path",fork TCP:"host-address"
$ socat -d UNIX-LISTEN:/tmp/test.XXXX,fork TCP:localhost:8332

Finally, navigate to the example's directory and run it with:

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/VidarSoltuions/btcd/rpcclient/examples/bitcoincorehttp
$ go run *.go

License

This example is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.