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authorJeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>2013-07-10 08:49:50 -0700
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>2013-07-10 08:49:50 -0700
commit3b837d5679af0c54ef2cef233cf42c09cdc50926 (patch)
tree0781d8fe4e04dce855797b98d41a970eed740c61
parent61186321dfe85769578c04dbb82ddd3b0d4266a2 (diff)
parent091aa8dae9b7345a1cd81e2733766463dfbf4b82 (diff)
Merge pull request #2812 from jgarzik/rpcbestblock
RPC: add getbestblockhash, to return tip of best chain
-rw-r--r--src/bitcoinrpc.cpp1
-rw-r--r--src/bitcoinrpc.h1
-rw-r--r--src/rpcblockchain.cpp9
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index 5908126200..11fac42213 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ static const CRPCCommand vRPCCommands[] =
{ "help", &help, true, true },
{ "stop", &stop, true, true },
{ "getblockcount", &getblockcount, true, false },
+ { "getbestblockhash", &getbestblockhash, true, false },
{ "getconnectioncount", &getconnectioncount, true, false },
{ "getpeerinfo", &getpeerinfo, true, false },
{ "addnode", &addnode, true, true },
diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.h b/src/bitcoinrpc.h
index 247c47adf9..4d5599be84 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.h
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ extern json_spirit::Value signrawtransaction(const json_spirit::Array& params, b
extern json_spirit::Value sendrawtransaction(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
extern json_spirit::Value getblockcount(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp); // in rpcblockchain.cpp
+extern json_spirit::Value getbestblockhash(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
extern json_spirit::Value getdifficulty(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
extern json_spirit::Value settxfee(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
extern json_spirit::Value getrawmempool(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
diff --git a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
index 3c24016fe3..edaa732225 100644
--- a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ Value getblockcount(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
return nBestHeight;
}
+Value getbestblockhash(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
+{
+ if (fHelp || params.size() != 0)
+ throw runtime_error(
+ "getbestblockhash\n"
+ "Returns the hash of the best (tip) block in the longest block chain.");
+
+ return hashBestChain.GetHex();
+}
Value getdifficulty(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
{