diff --git a/04_4__Interlude_Using_Curl.md b/04_4__Interlude_Using_Curl.md index 0ad2629..3463164 100644 --- a/04_4__Interlude_Using_Curl.md +++ b/04_4__Interlude_Using_Curl.md @@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ Here's what some parameter arrays will look like: You can now send your first `curl` command by accessing the `getmininginfo` RPC: ``` $ curl --user StandUp:8eaf562eaf45c33c3328bc66008f2dd1 --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getmininginfo", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:18332/ -{"result":{"blocks":1772428,"difficulty":10178811.40698772,"networkhashps":91963587385939.06,"pooledtx":61,"chain":"test","warnings":"Warning: unknown new rules activated (versionbit 28)"},"error":null,"id":"curltest"}``` -Note that we provided the method, `getmininginfo`, and the parameter, `[]`, but that everything else was the standard `curl` command line. +{"result":{"blocks":1772428,"difficulty":10178811.40698772,"networkhashps":91963587385939.06,"pooledtx":61,"chain":"test","warnings":"Warning: unknown new rules activated (versionbit 28)"},"error":null,"id":"curltest"} ``` + +Note that we provided the method, `getmininginfo`, and the parameter, `[]`, but that everything else was the standard `curl` command line. + > **WARNING:** If you get a result like "Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 8332: Connection refused", be sure that a line like `rpcallowip=127.0.0.1` is in your ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf. If things still don't work, be sure that you're allowing access to port 18332 (or 8332) from localhost. Our standard setup from [Chapter Two: Creating a Bitcoin-Core VPS](02_0_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS.md) should do all of this. The result is another JSON array, which is unfortunately ugly to read if you're using `curl` by hand. Fortunately, you can clean it up simply by piping it through `jq`: