core-lightning/doc/lightning-getinfo.7.md
Rusty Russell 3a49320dd1 doc: language tidyups and a few minor refinements.
Some additional detail was warranted in several places, though the
listconfigs is better off simply referring to lightningd-config.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Changelog-Fixed: doc: Many missing manual pages were completed
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lightning-getinfo -- Command to receive all information about the c-lightning node.

SYNOPSIS

getinfo

DESCRIPTION

The getinfo gives a summary of the current running node.

EXAMPLE JSON REQUEST

{
  "id": 82,
  "method": "getinfo",
  "params": {}
}

RETURN VALUE

On success, an object with the following information is returned:

  • id: A string that represents the public key of the node. It will represents the node on the public network.
  • alias: A string that represents the alias of the node, by default is calculate from the public key (node id). This is just for fun; the name can be anything and is not unique!
  • color: A string that represents the preferred color of the node.
  • num_peers: An integer that represents the number of peer connect to the node.
  • num_pending_channels: An integer that represents the number of channel which are still awaiting opening confirmation.
  • num_active_channels: A integer that represents the number of channel which are currently open.
  • num_inactive_channels: A integer that represents the number of channel which are closing.
  • address: An array that represents all published addresses of the node, each object inside the array contains the following proprieties:
    • type: A string that represents the type of the address (currently ipv4, ipv6, torv3 or torv4).
    • address: A string that represents the value of the address.
    • port: An integer that represents the port where the node is listening with this address.
  • binding: An array that represents all addresses where the node is binded. Each object contains the same object type of the address propriety above.
  • version: A string that represents the version of the node.
  • blockheight: An integer that represents the blockchain height.
  • network: A string that represents the type of network on the node are working (e.g: bitcoin, testnet, or regtest).

On failure, one of the following error codes may be returned:

  • -32602: Error in given parameters or some error happened during the command process.

EXAMPLE JSON RESPONSE

{
   "id": "02bf811f7571754f0b51e6d41a8885f5561041a7b14fac093e4cffb95749de1a8d",
   "alias": "SLICKERGOPHER",
   "color": "02bf81",
   "num_peers": 0,
   "num_pending_channels": 0,
   "num_active_channels": 0,
   "num_inactive_channels": 0,
   "address": [
      {
         "type": "torv3",
         "address": "fp463inc4w3lamhhduytrwdwq6q6uzugtaeapylqfc43agrdnnqsheyd.onion",
         "port": 9736
      },
      {
         "type": "torv3",
         "address": "ifnntp5ak4homxrti2fp6ckyllaqcike447ilqfrgdw64ayrmkyashid.onion",
         "port": 9736
      }
   ],
   "binding": [
      {
         "type": "ipv4",
         "address": "127.0.0.1",
         "port": 9736
      }
   ],
   "version": "0.9.0",
   "blockheight": 644297,
   "network": "bitcoin",
   "msatoshi_fees_collected": 0,
   "fees_collected_msat": "0msat",
   "lightning-dir": "/media/vincent/Maxtor/C-lightning/node/bitcoin"
}

AUTHOR

Vincenzo Palazzo <vincenzo.palazzo@protonmail.com> wrote the initial version of this man page, but many others did the hard work of actually implementing this rpc command.

SEE ALSO

lightning-connect(7), lightning-fundchannel(7), lightning-listconfigs(7).

RESOURCES

Main web site: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning