Implement REST mempool API, add test and documentation.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py b/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
index b0cde7268e..2da5219507 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
@@ -292,6 +292,19 @@ class RESTTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
         txs.append(self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[2].getnewaddress(), 11))
         self.sync_all()
 
+        # check that there are exactly 3 transactions in the TX memory pool before generating the block
+        json_string = http_get_call(url.hostname, url.port, '/rest/mempool/info'+self.FORMAT_SEPARATOR+'json')
+        json_obj = json.loads(json_string)
+        assert_equal(json_obj['size'], 3)
+        # the size of the memory pool should be greater than 3x ~100 bytes
+        assert_greater_than(json_obj['bytes'], 300)
+
+        # check that there are our submitted transactions in the TX memory pool
+        json_string = http_get_call(url.hostname, url.port, '/rest/mempool/contents'+self.FORMAT_SEPARATOR+'json')
+        json_obj = json.loads(json_string)
+        for tx in txs:
+            assert_equal(tx in json_obj, True)
+
         # now mine the transactions
         newblockhash = self.nodes[1].generate(1)
         self.sync_all()