Better command help for getblocktemplate #16594

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   red0bear commented at 12:07 pm on August 13, 2019: none

   I’m testing command here but always get error. Following the help doesn’t help too. Can you give me a good example how to build this command ? I already have command client working fine.

   bitcoin-cli getblocktemplate {“rules”:[“segwit”]} –> like in example but give error.

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   maflcko commented at 1:09 pm on August 13, 2019: member

   What is the error?
3. maflcko added the label Questions and Help on Aug 13, 2019
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   red0bear commented at 1:16 pm on August 13, 2019: none

   @MarcoFalke , Error: Error parsing JSON:{
6. maflcko removed the label Waiting for author on Aug 13, 2019
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10. 
    maflcko commented at 1:40 pm on August 13, 2019: member

    Oh, I see we are not quoting correctly in the rpc help
11. maflcko added the label good first issue on Aug 13, 2019
12. maflcko added this to the milestone 0.18.2 on Aug 13, 2019
13. 
    emilengler commented at 4:28 pm on August 13, 2019: contributor

    See #16596
14. 
    Relaxo143 commented at 8:37 pm on August 13, 2019: none

    why is there a new minor version (0.18.2) being developed?
15. 
    maflcko commented at 8:46 pm on August 13, 2019: member

    See https://bitcoincore.org/en/lifecycle
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    openGLnoob commented at 4:49 pm on August 28, 2019: none

    Hmm. With 0.18.1 on Win7 when I have bitcoin-cli getblocktemplate '{"rules":["segwit"]}' I get error also:

    0error: Error parsing JSON:'{rules:[segwit]}'
    

23. 
    openGLnoob commented at 6:18 pm on August 28, 2019: none

    SOLVED! On Win7 you need replace all " to \" and all ' to ". That will work:

    0bitcoin-cli getblocktemplate "{\"rules\":[\"segwit\"]}"
    

    The same goes for curl.

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    emilengler commented at 7:29 pm on August 28, 2019: contributor

    Same on most Unix shells as well but this is more an issue/feature of your shell
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