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authorpracticalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com>2018-03-09 06:09:57 +0100
committerpracticalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com>2018-03-09 14:55:44 +0100
commitde04fde534997f15235ded46912806d47c615c23 (patch)
treebf288d8d9e171d07436a30d09fe862cf201f5e06 /src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
parent29fad97c320c892ab6a480c81e2078ec22ab354b (diff)
bitcoin-cli: Provide a better error message when bitcoind is not running
Before this patch: ``` $ bitcoin-cli -testnet echo 'hello world' error: Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and RPC password is not set. See -rpcpassword and -stdinrpcpass. Configuration file: (/root/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf) ``` After this patch: ``` $ bitcoin-cli -testnet echo 'hello world' error: Could not connect to the server 127.0.0.1:18332 Make sure the bitcoind server is running and that you are connecting to the correct RPC port. ```
Diffstat (limited to 'src/bitcoin-cli.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/bitcoin-cli.cpp26
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 41f1e5786c..8bdc210997 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -313,13 +313,11 @@ static UniValue CallRPC(BaseRequestHandler *rh, const std::string& strMethod, co
// Get credentials
std::string strRPCUserColonPass;
+ bool failedToGetAuthCookie = false;
if (gArgs.GetArg("-rpcpassword", "") == "") {
// Try fall back to cookie-based authentication if no password is provided
if (!GetAuthCookie(&strRPCUserColonPass)) {
- throw std::runtime_error(strprintf(
- _("Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and RPC password is not set. See -rpcpassword and -stdinrpcpass. Configuration file: (%s)"),
- GetConfigFile(gArgs.GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME)).string().c_str()));
-
+ failedToGetAuthCookie = true;
}
} else {
strRPCUserColonPass = gArgs.GetArg("-rpcuser", "") + ":" + gArgs.GetArg("-rpcpassword", "");
@@ -358,11 +356,21 @@ static UniValue CallRPC(BaseRequestHandler *rh, const std::string& strMethod, co
event_base_dispatch(base.get());
- if (response.status == 0)
- throw CConnectionFailed(strprintf("couldn't connect to server: %s (code %d)\n(make sure server is running and you are connecting to the correct RPC port)", http_errorstring(response.error), response.error));
- else if (response.status == HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED)
- throw std::runtime_error("incorrect rpcuser or rpcpassword (authorization failed)");
- else if (response.status >= 400 && response.status != HTTP_BAD_REQUEST && response.status != HTTP_NOT_FOUND && response.status != HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+ if (response.status == 0) {
+ std::string responseErrorMessage;
+ if (response.error != -1) {
+ responseErrorMessage = strprintf(" (error code %d - \"%s\")", response.error, http_errorstring(response.error));
+ }
+ throw CConnectionFailed(strprintf("Could not connect to the server %s:%d%s\n\nMake sure the bitcoind server is running and that you are connecting to the correct RPC port.", host, port, responseErrorMessage));
+ } else if (response.status == HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED) {
+ if (failedToGetAuthCookie) {
+ throw std::runtime_error(strprintf(
+ _("Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and RPC password is not set. See -rpcpassword and -stdinrpcpass. Configuration file: (%s)"),
+ GetConfigFile(gArgs.GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME)).string().c_str()));
+ } else {
+ throw std::runtime_error("Authorization failed: Incorrect rpcuser or rpcpassword");
+ }
+ } else if (response.status >= 400 && response.status != HTTP_BAD_REQUEST && response.status != HTTP_NOT_FOUND && response.status != HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
throw std::runtime_error(strprintf("server returned HTTP error %d", response.status));
else if (response.body.empty())
throw std::runtime_error("no response from server");