Can't connect to rpc.blockchain.info with bitcoin-cli

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I'm trying to, given a bitcoin address, retrieve the last X transactions to this address. After researches, I found this to be an interesting solution, as I don't want to download and validate the entire blockchain for this simple purpose.

On my Windows 10 machine, I downloaded bitcoin-core and tried to send a getinfo (I didn't execute bitcoin-qt as I don't want it to start syncing with the blockchain) :

./bitcoin-cli -rpcconnect=rpc.blockchain.info -rpcport=80 -rpcuser=my_id -rpcpassword=my_password getinfo

I got an error message complaining about bitcoin.conf and credentials (indeed, there was no bitcoin.conf file in %APPDATA%\Roaming\Bitcoin\)

So I created a bitcoin.conf file :

server=1
rpcuser=my_id
rpcpassword=my_password
rpcport=80
rpcconnect=rpc.blockchain.info
#rpcssl=1        #SSL mode for RPC is no longer supported

However, I get this error (bitcoin-cli has been allowed to access the web in Windows Firewall) :

error: couldn't connect to server: EOF reached (code 1)
(make sure server is running and you are connecting to the correct RPC port)

Has the service been discontinued ? Or is there a problem with my configuration ?

EinderJam

Posted 2018-07-27T12:12:36.180

Reputation: 23

looks like you're not the only one having problems: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1761533.0

– JBaczuk – 2018-07-27T13:30:47.863

Oh, the topic has been created in january 2017..... I think they stopped providing this service, but didn't removed the doc webpage... Is there any alternative ? All I want is basically getting the result of listtransactions and parse the result to get senders and transaction amount (in a C++ app if it matters). By the way, replacing .info with .com doesn't help either... – EinderJam – 2018-07-27T13:38:38.223

You mean like this? https://blockchain.info/rawaddr/$bitcoin_address

– JBaczuk – 2018-07-27T14:00:06.733

This is P-E-R-F-E-C-T ! And I don't need to install anything on my system... Thank you ! – EinderJam – 2018-07-27T15:19:29.743

cool let's make an answer so people can find it more easily – JBaczuk – 2018-07-27T15:35:29.960

Answers

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It appears this service is no longer available per other discussions (and a failed ping of rpc.blockchain.info).

An alternative would be to use the address query on blockchain.info's api:

https://blockchain.info/rawaddr/$bitcoin_address

Example

Single Address

https://blockchain.info/rawaddr/1AJbsFZ64EpEfS5UAjAfcUG8pH8Jn3rn1F

Address can be base58 or hash160

  • Optional limit parameter to show n transactions e.g. &limit=50 (Default: 50, Max: 50)
  • Optional offset parameter to skip the first n transactions e.g. &offset=100 (Page 2 for limit 50)


{
    "hash160":"660d4ef3a743e3e696ad990364e555c271ad504b",
    "address":"1AJbsFZ64EpEfS5UAjAfcUG8pH8Jn3rn1F",
    "n_tx":17,
    "n_unredeemed":2,
    "total_received":1031350000,
    "total_sent":931250000,
    "final_balance":100100000,
    "txs":[--Array of Transactions--]
}

JBaczuk

Posted 2018-07-27T12:12:36.180

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