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authorJeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>2015-08-15 16:09:06 -0400
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>2015-08-15 16:09:06 -0400
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+####Memory pool
+`GET /rest/mempool/info.json`
+
+Returns various information about the TX mempool.
+Only supports JSON as output format.
+* size : (numeric) the number of transactions in the TX mempool
+* bytes : (numeric) size of the TX mempool in bytes
+* usage : (numeric) total TX mempool memory usage
+
+`GET /rest/mempool/contents.json`
+
+Returns transactions in the TX mempool.
+Only supports JSON as output format.
+
Risks
-------------
Running a web browser on the same node with a REST enabled bitcoind can be a risk. Accessing prepared XSS websites could read out tx/block data of your node by placing links like `<script src="http://127.0.0.1:8332/rest/tx/1234567890.json">` which might break the nodes privacy.