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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bitcoin-cli.cpp | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp index 34980d9ca1..49935699fd 100644 --- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp +++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ std::string HelpMessageCli() strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=<user>", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcclienttimeout=<n>", strprintf(_("Timeout during HTTP requests (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT)); + strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-stdin", _("Read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D (recommended for sensitive information such as passphrases)")); return strUsage; } @@ -232,15 +233,17 @@ int CommandLineRPC(int argc, char *argv[]) argc--; argv++; } - - // Method - if (argc < 2) - throw runtime_error("too few parameters"); - string strMethod = argv[1]; - - // Parameters default to strings - std::vector<std::string> strParams(&argv[2], &argv[argc]); - UniValue params = RPCConvertValues(strMethod, strParams); + std::vector<std::string> args = std::vector<std::string>(&argv[1], &argv[argc]); + if (GetBoolArg("-stdin", false)) { + // Read one arg per line from stdin and append + std::string line; + while (std::getline(std::cin,line)) + args.push_back(line); + } + if (args.size() < 1) + throw runtime_error("too few parameters (need at least command)"); + std::string strMethod = args[0]; + UniValue params = RPCConvertValues(strMethod, std::vector<std::string>(args.begin()+1, args.end())); // Execute and handle connection failures with -rpcwait const bool fWait = GetBoolArg("-rpcwait", false); |