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04_3_Creating_a_Raw_Transaction_with_Named_Arguments.md
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@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ To learn what the names are for the arguments of a command, consult `bitcoin-cli
For example, `bitcoin-cli help getbalance` lists these arguments:
1. account
1. dummy [used to be account]
2. minconf
3. include watchonly
3. include_watchonly
4. avoid_reuse
The following shows a traditional, unintuitive usage of `getbalance` using the minimum confirmation argument:
```
@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ $ bitcoin-cli getbalance "*" 1
```
With named arguments, you can clarify what you're doing, which also minimizes mistakes:
```
$ bitcoin-cli -named getbalance account="*" minconf=1
$ bitcoin-cli -named getbalance minconf=1
```
## Test Out a Raw Transaction
@ -41,19 +42,20 @@ $ utxo_txid=$(bitcoin-cli listunspent | jq -r '.[0] | .txid')
$ utxo_vout=$(bitcoin-cli listunspent | jq -r '.[0] | .vout')
$ recipient="n2eMqTT929pb1RDNuqEnxdaLau1rxy3efi"
$ rawtxhex=$(bitcoin-cli -named createrawtransaction inputs='''[ { "txid": "'$utxo_txid'", "vout": '$utxo_vout' } ]''' outputs='''{ "'$recipient'": 0.7595 }''')
$ rawtxhex=$(bitcoin-cli -named createrawtransaction inputs='''[ { "txid": "'$utxo_txid'", "vout": '$utxo_vout' } ]''' outputs='''{ "'$recipient'": 0.00001 }''')
$ bitcoin-cli -named decoderawtransaction hexstring=$rawtxhex
{
"txid": "f445f121085d98635f7302e641f815d1ca4ce70f0e1b03f144ad1661dc5e10e7",
"hash": "f445f121085d98635f7302e641f815d1ca4ce70f0e1b03f144ad1661dc5e10e7",
"txid": "2b59c31bc232c0399acee4c2a381b564b6fec295c21044fbcbb899ffa56c3da5",
"hash": "2b59c31bc232c0399acee4c2a381b564b6fec295c21044fbcbb899ffa56c3da5",
"version": 2,
"size": 85,
"vsize": 85,
"version": 2,
"weight": 340,
"locktime": 0,
"vin": [
{
"txid": "2b5f5798359e0e23e02764588166f222d4ce056419dec83c743b72aad171d708",
"vout": 1,
"txid": "ca4898d8f950df03d6bfaa00578bd0305d041d24788b630d0c4a32debcac9f36",
"vout": 0,
"scriptSig": {
"asm": "",
"hex": ""
@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ $ bitcoin-cli -named decoderawtransaction hexstring=$rawtxhex
],
"vout": [
{
"value": 0.75950000,
"value": 0.00001000,
"n": 0,
"scriptPubKey": {
"asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 e7c1345fc8f87c68170b3aa798a956c2fe6a9eff OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ $ bitcoin-cli -named decoderawtransaction hexstring=$rawtxhex
$ signedtx=$(bitcoin-cli -named signrawtransactionwithwallet hexstring=$rawtxhex | jq -r '.hex')
$ bitcoin-cli -named sendrawtransaction hexstring=$signedtx
8000dca7b1e7ab70f4056bc4512af6ffff7727d1588436521da3e5d886dbcddf
e70dd2aa13422d12c222481c17ca21a57071f92ff86bdcffd7eaca71772ba172
```
Voila! You've sent out another raw transaction, but this time using named arguments for clarity and to reduce errors.