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-rwxr-xr-xshare/rpcauth/rpcauth.py12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py b/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
index cc7bba1f8b..506fcf9d91 100755
--- a/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
+++ b/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser
from getpass import getpass
from secrets import token_hex, token_urlsafe
import hmac
+import json
def generate_salt(size):
"""Create size byte hex salt"""
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def main():
parser = ArgumentParser(description='Create login credentials for a JSON-RPC user')
parser.add_argument('username', help='the username for authentication')
parser.add_argument('password', help='leave empty to generate a random password or specify "-" to prompt for password', nargs='?')
+ parser.add_argument("-j", "--json", help="output to json instead of plain-text", action='store_true')
args = parser.parse_args()
if not args.password:
@@ -35,9 +37,13 @@ def main():
salt = generate_salt(16)
password_hmac = password_to_hmac(salt, args.password)
- print('String to be appended to bitcoin.conf:')
- print(f'rpcauth={args.username}:{salt}${password_hmac}')
- print(f'Your password:\n{args.password}')
+ if args.json:
+ odict={'username':args.username, 'password':args.password, 'rpcauth':f'{args.username}:{salt}${password_hmac}'}
+ print(json.dumps(odict))
+ else:
+ print('String to be appended to bitcoin.conf:')
+ print(f'rpcauth={args.username}:{salt}${password_hmac}')
+ print(f'Your password:\n{args.password}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()