validateaddress

validateaddress "address" Return information about the given bitcoin address. Arguments: 1. address (string, required) The bitcoin address to validate Result: { (json object) "isvalid" : true|false, (boolean) If the address is valid or not "address" : "str", (string, optional) The bitcoin address validated "scriptPubKey" : "hex", (string, optional) The hex-encoded output script generated by the address "isscript" : true|false, (boolean, optional) If the key is a script "iswitness" : true|false, (boolean, optional) If the address is a witness address "witness_version" : n, (numeric, optional) The version number of the witness program "witness_program" : "hex", (string, optional) The hex value of the witness program "error" : "str", (string, optional) Error message, if any "error_locations" : [ (json array, optional) Indices of likely error locations in address, if known (e.g. Bech32 errors) n, (numeric) index of a potential error ... ] } Examples: > bitcoin-cli validateaddress "bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl" > curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8332/

Signature

validateaddress(address: string) → any

Code samples

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

bitcoin-cli validateaddress "bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"]}' -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": "validateaddress",
        "params": ["\"<address>\""],
    },
    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: "validateaddress",
    params: ["\"<address>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

Parameters

Name	Type	Req.	Description
address	`string`	yes	The bitcoin address to validate

Result

Type: any

{ (json object) "isvalid" : true|false, (boolean) If the address is valid or not "address" : "str", (string, optional) The bitcoin address validated "scriptPubKey" : "hex", (string, optional) The hex-encoded output script generated by the address "isscript" : true|false, (boolean, optional) If the key is a script "iswitness" : true|false, (boolean, optional) If the address is a witness address "witness_version" : n, (numeric, optional) The version number of the witness program "witness_program" : "hex", (string, optional) The hex value of the witness program "error" : "str", (string, optional) Error message, if any "error_locations" : [ (json array, optional) Indices of likely error locations in address, if known (e.g. Bech32 errors) n, (numeric) index of a potential error ... ] }

Source: services/core-node/bcore/src/rpc/output_script.cpp:28

C++ symbol: validateaddress

Code samples

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

bitcoin-cli validateaddress "bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"]}' -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": "validateaddress",
        "params": ["\"<address>\""],
    },
    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: "validateaddress",
    params: ["\"<address>\""],
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());