getdescriptorinfo

getdescriptorinfo "descriptor" Analyses a descriptor. Arguments: 1. descriptor (string, required) The descriptor. Result: { (json object) "descriptor" : "str", (string) The descriptor in canonical form, without private keys. For a multipath descriptor, only the first will be returned. "multipath_expansion" : [ (json array, optional) All descriptors produced by expanding multipath derivation elements. Only if the provided descriptor specifies multipath derivation elements. "str", (string) ... ], "checksum" : "str", (string) The checksum for the input descriptor "isrange" : true|false, (boolean) Whether the descriptor is ranged "issolvable" : true|false, (boolean) Whether the descriptor is solvable "hasprivatekeys" : true|false (boolean) Whether the input descriptor contained at least one private key } Examples: Analyse a descriptor > bitcoin-cli getdescriptorinfo "wpkh([d34db33f/84h/0h/0h]0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295Ce870b07029Bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)" > curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "getdescriptorinfo", "params": ["wpkh([d34db33f/84h/0h/0h]0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295Ce870b07029Bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Signature

getdescriptorinfo(descriptor: string) → any

Code samples

curl --user "$RPC_USER:$RPC_PASS" \
  --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"docs","method":"getdescriptorinfo","params":["\"<descriptor>\""]}' \
  -H 'content-type: text/plain;' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8332/

bitcoin-cli getdescriptorinfo "wpkh([d34db33f/84h/0h/0h]0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295Ce870b07029Bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "getdescriptorinfo", "params": ["wpkh([d34db33f/84h/0h/0h]0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295Ce870b07029Bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "getdescriptorinfo",
        "params": ["\"<descriptor>\""],
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(r.json())

const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8332/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Basic " + btoa(`${process.env.RPC_USER}:${process.env.RPC_PASS}`),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: "1.0",
    id: "docs",
    method: "getdescriptorinfo",
    params: ["\"<descriptor>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Parameters

Name	Type	Req.	Description
descriptor	`string`	yes	The descriptor.

Result

Type: any

{ (json object) "descriptor" : "str", (string) The descriptor in canonical form, without private keys. For a multipath descriptor, only the first will be returned. "multipath_expansion" : [ (json array, optional) All descriptors produced by expanding multipath derivation elements. Only if the provided descriptor specifies multipath derivation elements. "str", (string) ... ], "checksum" : "str", (string) The checksum for the input descriptor "isrange" : true|false, (boolean) Whether the descriptor is ranged "issolvable" : true|false, (boolean) Whether the descriptor is solvable "hasprivatekeys" : true|false (boolean) Whether the input descriptor contained at least one private key }

Source: services/core-node/bcore/src/rpc/output_script.cpp:167

C++ symbol: getdescriptorinfo

Code samples

curl --user "$RPC_USER:$RPC_PASS" \
  --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"1.0","id":"docs","method":"getdescriptorinfo","params":["\"<descriptor>\""]}' \
  -H 'content-type: text/plain;' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8332/

bitcoin-cli getdescriptorinfo "wpkh([d34db33f/84h/0h/0h]0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295Ce870b07029Bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "getdescriptorinfo", "params": ["wpkh([d34db33f/84h/0h/0h]0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295Ce870b07029Bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

import requests
r = requests.post(
    "http://127.0.0.1:8332/",
    auth=("$RPC_USER", "$RPC_PASS"),
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "1.0",
        "id": "docs",
        "method": "getdescriptorinfo",
        "params": ["\"<descriptor>\""],
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(r.json())

const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8332/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Basic " + btoa(`${process.env.RPC_USER}:${process.env.RPC_PASS}`),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: "1.0",
    id: "docs",
    method: "getdescriptorinfo",
    params: ["\"<descriptor>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());