btc-rpc-client

Kotlin-based JSON-RPC client for bitcoind/btcd. Requires jsonrpc4j (and optionally nv-websocket-client for WebSocket support)

Features

• Supports all of the non-deprecated RPC methods exposed by the JSON-RPC interface in bitcoind and btcd
• Data classes defined for all data types
• Supports SSL (btcd only)
• Experimental support for WebSocket interface (both synchronous and async - btcd only)

Usage

// Create a secure HTTP JSON-RPC Client to a local node
// NOTE: SSL supported only in btcd
val rpcClient = BitcoinRpcClientFactory.createClient(
        user = "james",
        password = "",
        host = "localhost",
        port = 8334,
        secure = true)
        
println(rpcClient.getBlockCount())
        
// OR: Create a WebSocket JSON-RPC client (btcd only)
val rpcClient = BitcoinRpcClientFactory.createWsClient(
        user = "james",
        password = "james",
        host = "localhost",
        port = 18334,
        secure = true

rpcClient.connect() // WS Clients must be explicitly connected/disconnected
println(rpcClient.getBlockCount())
rpcClient.disconnect()

// Asynchronous websocket (all methods return a CompletableFuture<T>)
val asyncWebSockets = BitcoinRpcClientFactory.createAsyncWsClient("james", "james", "localhost", 18334, true)

asyncWebSockets.connect()
val future: Future<Int> = asyncWebSockets.getBlockCount()
println(future.get())
asyncWebSockets.disconnect()

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.jleskovar</groupId>
    <artifactId>btc-rpc-client</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Notes

Should be compatible with bitcoind and btcd JSON-RPC interfaces, for methods implemented in btcd.

• The default SSL mode is insecure, as it does not validate certificate paths. It is highly recommended a validating SSL context is created with appropriate truststores configured, by passing in the sslContext parameter to createClient

• The websocket RPC interface in btcd offers superior performance compared to HTTP-based JSON-RPC, and is recommended for applications requiring heavy usage of the JSON-RPC interface (block iteration, transaction / address lookup, etc). On a 2016 macbook pro, running btcd in regtest mode:

   // Performance.kt
   Starting retrieval of first 1000 blocks using http client..
   http client took 30867 ms (32 requests/sec)
   Starting retrieval of first 1000 blocks using ws client..
   ws client took 250 ms (4000 requests/sec)
  

• Repeated runs of the above test with 10000 blocks have yielded an average of ~8000 rps

Donation

Thanks! bitcoin:17bxks7R353xniuuTkbsEXwwqFn96vr2X7