Return all available information via RPC call "validateaddress" #6262

dexX7 commented at 4:05 PM on June 9, 2015: contributor

"validateaddress" omits some information, even in cases where it's available.

The primary motivation is to be able to retrieve redeemScripts, after using "addmultisigaddress", when not all keys are available, but the redeemScripts actually are.

The output of "validateaddress" with this PR:

Keys not available:

validateaddress "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a914fa20d564550b105787f7ce3a9ad7fd9a45cd407088ac",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": false
}

validateaddress "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK",
  "scriptPubKey": "a9146769c19a16c9400b908756e19a4d2afb9e9760e187",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": true
}

After adding the redeemScript:

addmultisigaddress 2 '["02537357B156A33306A7A014A3748631C59DF405B56F11BA4AA4A3CE81501AF095","02F1FB200390E7864EF4450C07B15988179A57C3CF3A878F668E1070CB615749FE"]'
2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK

validateaddress "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK",
  "scriptPubKey": "a9146769c19a16c9400b908756e19a4d2afb9e9760e187",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": true,
  "script": "multisig",
  "hex": "522102537357b156a33306a7a014a3748631c59df405b56f11ba4aa4a3ce81501af0952102f1fb200390e7864ef4450c07b15988179a57c3cf3a878f668e1070cb615749fe52ae",
  "addresses": [
    "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
    "mmSKNtbYYHRrhTLKiok5TuYrGEs4Y2A4k6"
  ],
  "sigsrequired": 2,
  "account": ""
}

All keys available:

importprivkey "cR47hEvnsFhF4WNG1E69tvVYEwqeEgW51WGJEJimxRyH8EajqBUE"
importprivkey "cQnVk2cdUT6Kqg5kFAz1jXQVB1ksy9eBSMJzGXE8Ka7xBjwqarTB"

validateaddress "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a914fa20d564550b105787f7ce3a9ad7fd9a45cd407088ac",
  "ismine": true,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": false,
  "pubkey": "02537357b156a33306a7a014a3748631c59df405b56f11ba4aa4a3ce81501af095",
  "iscompressed": true,
  "account": ""
}

validateaddress "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK",
  "scriptPubKey": "a9146769c19a16c9400b908756e19a4d2afb9e9760e187",
  "ismine": true,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": true,
  "script": "multisig",
  "hex": "522102537357b156a33306a7a014a3748631c59df405b56f11ba4aa4a3ce81501af0952102f1fb200390e7864ef4450c07b15988179a57c3cf3a878f668e1070cb615749fe52ae",
  "addresses": [
    "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
    "mmSKNtbYYHRrhTLKiok5TuYrGEs4Y2A4k6"
  ],
  "sigsrequired": 2,
  "account": ""
}

Return all available information via validateaddress

`"validateaddress"` omits some information, even in cases where is it available.

The primary motivation is to be able to retrieve redeemScripts, after using `"addmultisigaddress"`, when not all keys are available in the keystore, but the redeemScript actually is.

The output of `"validateaddress"` with this commit:

Keys not available:
```js
validateaddress "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a914fa20d564550b105787f7ce3a9ad7fd9a45cd407088ac",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": false
}
```
```js
validateaddress "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK",
  "scriptPubKey": "a9146769c19a16c9400b908756e19a4d2afb9e9760e187",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": true
}
```

After adding the redeemScript:
```js
addmultisigaddress 2 '["02537357B156A33306A7A014A3748631C59DF405B56F11BA4AA4A3CE81501AF095","02F1FB200390E7864EF4450C07B15988179A57C3CF3A878F668E1070CB615749FE"]'
2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK

validateaddress "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK",
  "scriptPubKey": "a9146769c19a16c9400b908756e19a4d2afb9e9760e187",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": true,
  "script": "multisig",
  "hex": "522102537357b156a33306a7a014a3748631c59df405b56f11ba4aa4a3ce81501af0952102f1fb200390e7864ef4450c07b15988179a57c3cf3a878f668e1070cb615749fe52ae",
  "addresses": [
    "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
    "mmSKNtbYYHRrhTLKiok5TuYrGEs4Y2A4k6"
  ],
  "sigsrequired": 2,
  "account": ""
}
```

All keys available:
```js
validateaddress "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a914fa20d564550b105787f7ce3a9ad7fd9a45cd407088ac",
  "ismine": true,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": false,
  "pubkey": "02537357b156a33306a7a014a3748631c59df405b56f11ba4aa4a3ce81501af095",
  "iscompressed": true,
  "account": ""
}
```
```js
validateaddress "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK"
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "2N2g2H7gjA8a11g1yKBgh5VTqndyvbnWpBK",
  "scriptPubKey": "a9146769c19a16c9400b908756e19a4d2afb9e9760e187",
  "ismine": true,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": true,
  "script": "multisig",
  "hex": "522102537357b156a33306a7a014a3748631c59df405b56f11ba4aa4a3ce81501af0952102f1fb200390e7864ef4450c07b15988179a57c3cf3a878f668e1070cb615749fe52ae",
  "addresses": [
    "n4KWZKx349gdMQGgTnZ8W6WfgSwybkGSK3",
    "mmSKNtbYYHRrhTLKiok5TuYrGEs4Y2A4k6"
  ],
  "sigsrequired": 2,
  "account": ""
}
```

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laanwj added the label RPC on Jun 9, 2015

jonasschnelli commented at 7:53 PM on June 11, 2015: contributor

utACK

laanwj added the label Feature on Jun 15, 2015

sipa commented at 1:54 PM on June 16, 2015: member

utACK

laanwj commented at 4:30 PM on June 19, 2015: member

Invalid address

$ src/bitcoin-cli validateaddress msj42CCGruhRsFrGATiUuh25dtxYtnpbT
{
  "isvalid": false
}

Valid, own address

src/bitcoin-cli validateaddress msj42CCGruhRsFrGATiUuh25dtxYtnpbTx
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "msj42CCGruhRsFrGATiUuh25dtxYtnpbTx",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a91485eb47fe98f349065d6f044e27a4ac541af79ee288ac",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": false
}

Valid, non-own address

$ src/bitcoin-cli validateaddress mpGLz2gJcVG75xgbwMVDXmruBBpuRRL9KQ
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "mpGLz2gJcVG75xgbwMVDXmruBBpuRRL9KQ",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a9145ff5d5286bd5c904f20935ff45cf59d865c745fd88ac",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": false,
  "isscript": false
}

Imported watchonly address

$ src/bitcoin-cli validateaddress mys3A1gFacVkCsCC1yw2GiASeDpjLXv1Cr
{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "mys3A1gFacVkCsCC1yw2GiASeDpjLXv1Cr",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a914c93ea43293ecfbb3acffba423f0d85cf78d6a10e88ac",
  "ismine": false,
  "iswatchonly": true,
  "isscript": false,
  "account": ""
}

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laanwj merged this on Jun 19, 2015

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laanwj referenced this in commit 247b91449a on Jun 19, 2015

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