btcd/rpcclient/rawrequest.go
JeremyRand 3e2d8464f1
rpcclient: Export symbols needed for custom commands (#1457)
* rpcclient: Export sendCmd and response

This facilitates using custom commands with rpcclient.

See https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/issues/1083

* rpcclient: Export receiveFuture

This facilitates using custom commands with rpcclient.

See https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/issues/1083

* rpcclient: Add customcommand example

* rpcclient: remove "Namecoin" from customcommand readme heading
2021-09-02 08:39:55 +02:00

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// 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 rpcclient
import (
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcjson"
)
// FutureRawResult is a future promise to deliver the result of a RawRequest RPC
// invocation (or an applicable error).
type FutureRawResult chan *Response
// Receive waits for the Response promised by the future and returns the raw
// response, or an error if the request was unsuccessful.
func (r FutureRawResult) Receive() (json.RawMessage, error) {
return ReceiveFuture(r)
}
// RawRequestAsync returns an instance of a type that can be used to get the
// result of a custom RPC request at some future time by invoking the Receive
// function on the returned instance.
//
// See RawRequest for the blocking version and more details.
func (c *Client) RawRequestAsync(method string, params []json.RawMessage) FutureRawResult {
// Method may not be empty.
if method == "" {
return newFutureError(errors.New("no method"))
}
// Marshal parameters as "[]" instead of "null" when no parameters
// are passed.
if params == nil {
params = []json.RawMessage{}
}
// Create a raw JSON-RPC request using the provided method and params
// and marshal it. This is done rather than using the SendCmd function
// since that relies on marshalling registered btcjson commands rather
// than custom commands.
id := c.NextID()
rawRequest := &btcjson.Request{
Jsonrpc: btcjson.RpcVersion1,
ID: id,
Method: method,
Params: params,
}
marshalledJSON, err := json.Marshal(rawRequest)
if err != nil {
return newFutureError(err)
}
// Generate the request and send it along with a channel to respond on.
responseChan := make(chan *Response, 1)
jReq := &jsonRequest{
id: id,
method: method,
cmd: nil,
marshalledJSON: marshalledJSON,
responseChan: responseChan,
}
c.sendRequest(jReq)
return responseChan
}
// RawRequest allows the caller to send a raw or custom request to the server.
// This method may be used to send and receive requests and responses for
// requests that are not handled by this client package, or to proxy partially
// unmarshaled requests to another JSON-RPC server if a request cannot be
// handled directly.
func (c *Client) RawRequest(method string, params []json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error) {
return c.RawRequestAsync(method, params).Receive()
}