importprivkey

Imports the private key to the wallet.

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Before you can invoke this method, wallet must be open first.

Parameters

Object NameRequiredTypeDetail
KEYStringThe WIF-format private key.
"params": ["QZA2VMgxdftok4ejoGFNNqvieEjxw9QWuBy8G6pSzezNyNg66a8k"]

Result

The address corresponding to the key.

Example

Request

curl <your-endpoint> \
   -X POST \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "importprivkey", "params": ["QZA2VMgxdftok4ejoGFNNqvieEjxw9QWuBy8G6pSzezNyNg66a8k"],"id": 1}'

Return

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "address": "NSk8xEBm3FNAFDueUf21cMugkWidJn5N1n",
        "haskey": true,
        "label": null,
        "watchonly": false
    }
}
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