Beginner RPC Questions

[sitara]

Hello! I am new to dash and currently experimenting with the JSON RPC of dashd, and I am having some problems

I am trying to get the balance of some random address i found on the blockexplorer ( XxEzYPRgzhZMcaPRsfwb3Py2orizHJwHXF )

with the RPC method "getBalance"

but i get the error:

500 Internal Server Error

when i try another call, like "getblock" with blockhash it works as expected.

do methods like getBalance only work for addresses i have im my wallet?
If so how would i go about creating my own blockexplorer?

generally is there documentation of the json rpc calls?

thanks all

 

[Balych]

do methods like getBalance only work for addresses i have im my wallet?

Yes. Core wallet indexing blockchain data for own addresses.

If so how would i go about creating my own blockexplorer?

https://github.com/nightlydash/dash-abe

generally is there documentation of the json rpc calls?

Generally dash-cli help or dash-cli help command

 

[UdjinM6]

If you add "addressindex=1" string into dash.conf and reindex blockchain, you'll be able to use "getaddressbalance" rpc on any address.