ConnectAndAddBlockToServer.go

// Copyright (c) 2014-2017 The btcsuite developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package main

import (
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"time"

	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/rpcclient"
	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcjson"
	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg"
)

func main() {
	// Only override the handlers for notifications you care about.
	// Also note most of these handlers will only be called if you register
	// for notifications.  See the documentation of the rpcclient
	// NotificationHandlers type for more details about each handler.
	ntfnHandlers := rpcclient.NotificationHandlers{
		OnFilteredBlockConnected: func(height int32, header *wire.BlockHeader, txns []*btcutil.Tx) {
			log.Printf("Block connected: %v (%d) %v",
				header.BlockHash(), height, header.Timestamp)
		},
		OnFilteredBlockDisconnected: func(height int32, header *wire.BlockHeader) {
			log.Printf("Block disconnected: %v (%d) %v",
				header.BlockHash(), height, header.Timestamp)
		},
	}

	// Connect to local btcd RPC server using websockets.
	certs, err := ioutil.ReadFile("rpc.cert")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	connCfg := &rpcclient.ConnConfig{
		Host:         "localhost:18556",
		Endpoint:     "ws",
		User:         "zjMvszU1Wbv8ApnlMjbc/6kVJGE=",
		Pass:         "FiX+xbrC+rsdajHrbs68Oiav5tc=",
		Certificates: certs,
	}
	client, err := rpcclient.New(connCfg, &ntfnHandlers)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Register for block connect and disconnect notifications.
	if err := client.NotifyBlocks(); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	log.Println("NotifyBlocks: Registration Complete")

	// Get the current block count.
	blockCount, err := client.GetBlockCount()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	log.Printf("Block count: %d", blockCount)
	
	// Create a new transaction object and send it to the server. Used dummy parameters (currently the server rejects this transaction 
	// because it treats it is an orphan transaction; likely an issue due to not linking with the original genesis block)
	var array = []btcjson.TransactionInput{{Txid: "e6da89de7a6b8508ce8f371a3d0535b04b5e108cb1a6e9284602d3bfd357c018", Vout: 1}}
	addr, err := btcutil.DecodeAddress("SW8yPHHVAeedS5JMsACPuARdb3AxidHUkv", &chaincfg.SimNetParams)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	amt, err := btcutil.NewAmount(0.49213337)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	var obj = map[btcutil.Address]btcutil.Amount{addr: amt}
	var num = int64(0)
	
	val, err := client.CreateRawTransaction(array, obj, &num) 
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	log.Printf("Check: %d\n", val)

	client.AddNode("127.0.0.1:12345", "add")
	countOfConnects, err := client.GetConnectionCount()
	log.Printf("Num Connects: %v\n", countOfConnects)

	retVal, err := client.SendRawTransaction(val, false)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	log.Printf("Check 2 Second: %v\n", retVal)


	// For this example gracefully shutdown the client after 10 seconds.
	// Ordinarily when to shutdown the client is highly application
	// specific.
	log.Println("Client shutdown in 10 seconds...")
	time.AfterFunc(time.Second*10, func() {
		log.Println("Client shutting down...")
		client.Shutdown()
		log.Println("Client shutdown complete.")
	})

	// Wait until the client either shuts down gracefully (or the user
	// terminates the process with Ctrl+C).
	client.WaitForShutdown()
}