dnsseeder/vendor/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcjson/example_test.go

// Copyright (c) 2014 The btcsuite developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package btcjson_test

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcjson"
)

// This example demonstrates how to create and marshal a command into a JSON-RPC
// request.
func ExampleMarshalCmd() {
	// Create a new getblock command.  Notice the nil parameter indicates
	// to use the default parameter for that fields.  This is a common
	// pattern used in all of the New<Foo>Cmd functions in this package for
	// optional fields.  Also, notice the call to btcjson.Bool which is a
	// convenience function for creating a pointer out of a primitive for
	// optional parameters.
	blockHash := "000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f"
	gbCmd := btcjson.NewGetBlockCmd(blockHash, btcjson.Bool(false), nil)

	// Marshal the command to the format suitable for sending to the RPC
	// server.  Typically the client would increment the id here which is
	// request so the response can be identified.
	id := 1
	marshalledBytes, err := btcjson.MarshalCmd(id, gbCmd)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}

	// Display the marshalled command.  Ordinarily this would be sent across
	// the wire to the RPC server, but for this example, just display it.
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", marshalledBytes)

	// Output:
	// {"jsonrpc":"1.0","method":"getblock","params":["000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f",false],"id":1}
}

// This example demonstrates how to unmarshal a JSON-RPC request and then
// unmarshal the concrete request into a concrete command.
func ExampleUnmarshalCmd() {
	// Ordinarily this would be read from the wire, but for this example,
	// it is hard coded here for clarity.
	data := []byte(`{"jsonrpc":"1.0","method":"getblock","params":["000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f",false],"id":1}`)

	// Unmarshal the raw bytes from the wire into a JSON-RPC request.
	var request btcjson.Request
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &request); err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}

	// Typically there isn't any need to examine the request fields directly
	// like this as the caller already knows what response to expect based
	// on the command it sent.  However, this is done here to demonstrate
	// why the unmarshal process is two steps.
	if request.ID == nil {
		fmt.Println("Unexpected notification")
		return
	}
	if request.Method != "getblock" {
		fmt.Println("Unexpected method")
		return
	}

	// Unmarshal the request into a concrete command.
	cmd, err := btcjson.UnmarshalCmd(&request)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}

	// Type assert the command to the appropriate type.
	gbCmd, ok := cmd.(*btcjson.GetBlockCmd)
	if !ok {
		fmt.Printf("Incorrect command type: %T\n", cmd)
		return
	}

	// Display the fields in the concrete command.
	fmt.Println("Hash:", gbCmd.Hash)
	fmt.Println("Verbose:", *gbCmd.Verbose)
	fmt.Println("VerboseTx:", *gbCmd.VerboseTx)

	// Output:
	// Hash: 000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
	// Verbose: false
	// VerboseTx: false
}

// This example demonstrates how to marshal a JSON-RPC response.
func ExampleMarshalResponse() {
	// Marshal a new JSON-RPC response.  For example, this is a response
	// to a getblockheight request.
	marshalledBytes, err := btcjson.MarshalResponse(1, 350001, nil)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}

	// Display the marshalled response.  Ordinarily this would be sent
	// across the wire to the RPC client, but for this example, just display
	// it.
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", marshalledBytes)

	// Output:
	// {"result":350001,"error":null,"id":1}
}

// This example demonstrates how to unmarshal a JSON-RPC response and then
// unmarshal the result field in the response to a concrete type.
func Example_unmarshalResponse() {
	// Ordinarily this would be read from the wire, but for this example,
	// it is hard coded here for clarity.  This is an example response to a
	// getblockheight request.
	data := []byte(`{"result":350001,"error":null,"id":1}`)

	// Unmarshal the raw bytes from the wire into a JSON-RPC response.
	var response btcjson.Response
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &response); err != nil {
		fmt.Println("Malformed JSON-RPC response:", err)
		return
	}

	// Check the response for an error from the server.  For example, the
	// server might return an error if an invalid/unknown block hash is
	// requested.
	if response.Error != nil {
		fmt.Println(response.Error)
		return
	}

	// Unmarshal the result into the expected type for the response.
	var blockHeight int32
	if err := json.Unmarshal(response.Result, &blockHeight); err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("Unexpected result type: %T\n", response.Result)
		return
	}
	fmt.Println("Block height:", blockHeight)

	// Output:
	// Block height: 350001
}