validateaddress (0.21.0.0 RPC)

validateaddress "address"

Return information about the given bitcoin address.

Arguments:
1. address    (string, required) The bitcoin address to validate

Result:
{                                   (json object)
  "isvalid" : true|false,           (boolean) If the address is valid or not
  "isvalid_parent" : true|false,    (boolean) If the address is valid or not for parent chain
  "address" : "str",                (string) The bitcoin address validated
  "scriptPubKey" : "hex",           (string) The hex-encoded scriptPubKey generated by the address
  "isscript" : true|false,          (boolean) If the key is a script
  "iswitness" : true|false,         (boolean) If the address is a witness address
  "witness_version" : n,            (numeric, optional) The version number of the witness program
  "witness_program" : "hex",        (string, optional) The hex value of the witness program
  "confidential_key" : "hex",       (string) the raw blinding public key for that address, if any. "" if none
  "unconfidential" : "str",         (string) The address without confidentiality key
  "parent_address_info" : {         (json object) If the address isvalid_parent, this object contains details about the parent address type
    "address" : "str",              (string)
    "scriptPubKey" : "hex"          (string)
  },
  "error" : "str",                  (string, optional) Error message, if any
  "error_parent" : "str"            (string, optional) Error message, if any
}

Examples:
> elements-cli validateaddress "bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:7041/