Function importaddress

src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp:216–318

}

RPCHelpMan importaddress()
{
    return RPCHelpMan{"importaddress",
                "\nAdds an address or script (in hex) that can be watched as if it were in your wallet but cannot be used to spend. Requires a new wallet backup.\n"
            "\nNote: This call can take over an hour to complete if rescan is true, during that time, other rpc calls\n"
            "may report that the imported address exists but related transactions are still missing, leading to temporarily incorrect/bogus balances and unspent outputs until rescan completes.\n"
            "If you have the full public key, you should call importpubkey instead of this.\n"
            "Hint: use importmulti to import more than one address.\n"
            "\nNote: If you import a non-standard raw script in hex form, outputs sending to it will be treated\n"
            "as change, and not show up in many RPCs.\n"
            "Note: Use \"getwalletinfo\" to query the scanning progress.\n",
                {
                    {"address", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The Bitcoin address (or hex-encoded script)"},
                    {"label", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Default{""}, "An optional label"},
                    {"rescan", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, RPCArg::Default{true}, "Rescan the wallet for transactions"},
                    {"p2sh", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, RPCArg::Default{false}, "Add the P2SH version of the script as well"},
                },
                RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},
                RPCExamples{
            "\nImport an address with rescan\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("importaddress", "\"myaddress\"") +
            "\nImport using a label without rescan\n"
            + HelpExampleCli("importaddress", "\"myaddress\" \"testing\" false") +
            "\nAs a JSON-RPC call\n"
            + HelpExampleRpc("importaddress", "\"myaddress\", \"testing\", false")
                },
        [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
{
    std::shared_ptr<CWallet> const pwallet = GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest(request);
    if (!pwallet) return NullUniValue;

    EnsureLegacyScriptPubKeyMan(*pwallet, true);

    std::string strLabel;
    if (!request.params[1].isNull())
        strLabel = request.params[1].get_str();

    // Whether to perform rescan after import
    bool fRescan = true;
    if (!request.params[2].isNull())
        fRescan = request.params[2].get_bool();

    if (fRescan && pwallet->chain().havePruned()) {
        // Exit early and print an error.
        // If a block is pruned after this check, we will import the key(s),
        // but fail the rescan with a generic error.
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Rescan is disabled when blocks are pruned");
    }

    WalletRescanReserver reserver(*pwallet);
    if (fRescan && !reserver.reserve()) {
        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Wallet is currently rescanning. Abort existing rescan or wait.");
    }

    // Whether to import a p2sh version, too
    bool fP2SH = false;
    if (!request.params[3].isNull())
        fP2SH = request.params[3].get_bool();