{
  "$schema": "../rpc-schema-draft.json",
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "rpc": "recoverchannel",
  "title": "Command for recovering channels bundeled in an array in the form of *Static Backup*",
  "description": [
    "The **recoverchannel** RPC command tries to force the peer (with whom you already had a channel) to close the channel and sweeps on-chain fund. This method is not spontaneous and depends on the peer, so use it in case of severe data loss.",
    "",
    "The *scb* parameter is an array containing minimum required info to reconnect and sweep funds. You can get the scb for already stored channels by using the RPC command 'staticbackup'."
  ],
  "request": {
    "required": [
      "scb"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "scb": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": [
          "SCB of the channels in an array."
        ],
        "items": {
          "type": "hex"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "required": [
      "stubs"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "stubs": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": [
            "Channel IDs of channels successfully inserted."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "json_example": [
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:recoverchannel#1",
        "method": "recoverchannel",
        "params": [
          [
            "0000000000000001c3a7b9d74a174497122bc52d74d6d69836acadc77e0429c6d8b68b48d5c9139a022d223620a359a47ff7f7ac447c85c46c923da53389221a0054c11c1e3ca31d5904017f0000019f0bc3a7b9d74a174497122bc52d74d6d69836acadc77e0429c6d8b68b48d5c9139a0000000000000000000186a000021000"
          ]
        ]
      },
      "response": {
        "stubs": [
          "c3a7b9d74a174497122bc52d74d6d69836acadc77e0429c6d8b68b48d5c9139a"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "author": [
    "Aditya <<aditya.sharma20111@gmail.com>> is mainly responsible."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "lightning-getsharedsecret(7)"
  ],
  "resources": [
    "Main web site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>"
  ]
}