rpc: load PSBT from file #17065

issue Sjors opened this issue on October 6, 2019

Sjors commented at 8:40 AM on October 6, 2019: member

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

It's not possible to inspect a binary PSBT file generated by e.g. ColdCard.

Describe the solution you'd like

RPC calls like decodepsbt and analyzepsbt should have a file path argument.

Describe alternatives you've considered

A new RPC call like loadpsbt could have a file argument and return the base64 encoded version, that the user can then copy-paste into the existing RPC calls.

cc @achow101
Sjors added the label Feature on Oct 6, 2019
fanquake added the label RPC/REST/ZMQ on Oct 6, 2019
emilengler commented at 5:13 PM on October 6, 2019: contributor
I prefer the second solution. It is more modular which I personally prefer (Unix fanboy).

the user can then copy-paste into the existing RPC calls. Copy and pasting is not needed
```
decodepsbt(loadpsbt('foo.bar'))
```
Sjors commented at 7:07 PM on October 6, 2019: member
@emilengler we don't supported nested RPC calls like that. It's a bit more verbose:
```
bitcoin-cli getblockheader(getbestblockhash)
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

bitcoin-cli getblockheader `bitcoin-cli getbestblockhash`
```
It's worse when the inner RPC call returns a JSON object.
promag commented at 8:11 PM on October 6, 2019: member

This implies the file is on the server side, not very R(emote)PC friendly?
emilengler commented at 11:22 PM on October 6, 2019: contributor
@Sjors In the Qt console I can do
```
getblock(getblockhash(10))
```
Not sure about bitcoin-cli
Sjors commented at 12:29 PM on January 6, 2021: member

A good enough alternative might be to use cat tx.psbt | bitcoin -stdin decodepsbt
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