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| author | John Newbery <john@johnnewbery.com> | 2018-04-17 14:20:28 -0400 |
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| committer | John Newbery <john@johnnewbery.com> | 2018-04-17 14:20:28 -0400 |
| commit | cead28bbecf032b49c01ca3ae4f47aa2536cbc55 (patch) | |
| tree | 5452c6e64eee86f5c2e11f3852458d5ce91939bd /doc | |
| parent | 72c9575f7b793e3c77bd2d631ef7345a4c31cb0d (diff) | |
[docs] Add release notes for deprecated 'account' API
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes-pr12892.md | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md b/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md index 894bf19dee..8105eca5c0 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md +++ b/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ -'label' API for wallet ----------------------- +'label' and 'account' APIs for wallet +------------------------------------- A new 'label' API has been introduced for the wallet. This is intended as a -replacement for the deprecated 'account' API. +replacement for the deprecated 'account' API. The 'account' can continue to +be used in V0.17 by starting bitcoind with the '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' +argument, and will be fully removed in V0.18. The label RPC methods mirror the account functionality, with the following functional differences: @@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ Here are the changes to RPC methods: | Changed Method | Notes | | :--------------------- | :------ | -| `addmultisigaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility. | -| `getnewaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility. | -| `listunspent` | Returns new `label` fields, along with `account` fields for backward compatibility. | +| `addmultisigaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts'. | +| `getnewaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility. if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' | +| `listunspent` | Returns new `label` fields. `account` field will be returned for backward compatibility if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' | +| `sendmany` | The `account` named parameter has been renamed to `dummy`. If provided, the `dummy` parameter must be set to the empty string, unless running with the `-deprecatedrpc=accounts` argument (in which case functionality is unchanged). | +| `listtransactions` | The `account` named parameter has been renamed to `dummy`. If provided, the `dummy` parameter must be set to the string `*`, unless running with the `-deprecatedrpc=accounts` argument (in which case functionality is unchanged). | +| `getbalance` | `account`, `minconf` and `include_watchonly` parameters are deprecated, and can only be used if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' | |