github.com/btcsuite/btcd@v0.24.0/rpcclient/examples/bitcoincorehttp/main.go (about)

     1  // Copyright (c) 2014-2017 The btcsuite developers
     2  // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
     3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4  
     5  package main
     6  
     7  import (
     8  	"log"
     9  
    10  	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"
    11  )
    12  
    13  func main() {
    14  	// Connect to local bitcoin core RPC server using HTTP POST mode.
    15  	connCfg := &rpcclient.ConnConfig{
    16  		Host:         "localhost:8332",
    17  		User:         "yourrpcuser",
    18  		Pass:         "yourrpcpass",
    19  		HTTPPostMode: true, // Bitcoin core only supports HTTP POST mode
    20  		DisableTLS:   true, // Bitcoin core does not provide TLS by default
    21  	}
    22  	// Notice the notification parameter is nil since notifications are
    23  	// not supported in HTTP POST mode.
    24  	client, err := rpcclient.New(connCfg, nil)
    25  	if err != nil {
    26  		log.Fatal(err)
    27  	}
    28  	defer client.Shutdown()
    29  
    30  	// Get the current block count.
    31  	blockCount, err := client.GetBlockCount()
    32  	if err != nil {
    33  		log.Fatal(err)
    34  	}
    35  	log.Printf("Block count: %d", blockCount)
    36  }