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How can I resolve the bitcoind host when running a "getwalletinfo"?

I'm creating a website which will generate a new BTC wallet for every user, I'm trying to get the specific wallet's balance which I know is inside an array when running getwalletinfo. However, getwalletinfo RPC takes no parameters and therefore I don't know how I'm going to get specific wallet info.

I've tried running the following commands in the cmd line: bitcoin-cli getwalletinfo "http://127.0.0.1:8332/wallets/testwallet" bitcoin-cli getwalletinfo "~/bitcoin/wallets/testwallet" Both returning error codes. For clearance, my bitcoin data directory isn't located in my server directory.

In PHP I use this code, I use the EasyBitcoin PHP library to be clear:

$bitcoin = new Bitcoin('user', 'password');
$get_wallet_info = $bitcoin->getwalletinfo("home/user/bitcoin/wallets/testwallet");
$balance = $get_wallet_info["balance"];

I expect it to return true and show the specific wallet array, instead I receive the same error.

Solution

  • You have to use RPC call loadwallet before issuing walletinfo.

    bitcoin-cli loadwallet <wallet-file-name>