Interacting with a Dogecoin Node

How to interact with the Dogecoin Network?

You recently setup a dogecoin node on a distant server and you want to build something or just interact with it from your computer?

The dogecoin daemon exposes a JSON-RPC API. This is how you can interact with the node and query or send transactions to it. The RPC API is enabled by default, but you need to configure the dogecoind daemon to listen for RPC connections:

server=1
listen=1
maxconnections=50
rpcbind=0.0.0.0
rpcallowip=0.0.0.0/0
rpcport=22555
rpcuser=shibetoshi
rpcpassword=impossibletoguesspassword

The rpcallowip option allows connections from any IP address. The rpcport is the port on which the RPC server will listen for connections. The rpcuser and rpcpassword are the credentials for the RPC server.

The default path for the dogecoind configuration file is .dogecoin/dogecoin.conf (or wherever you installed the node data directory).

You can then try to cURL the RPC server:

curl --user shibetoshi --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getinfo", "params": []}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://<your-node-ip>:22555

The precedent comment will prompt for the password. If the node is running and the credentials are correct, you should get a response like this:

{
  "result": {
    "version": 1140600,
    "protocolversion": 70015,
    "walletversion": 130000,
    "balance": 0E-8,
    "blocks": 5474701,
    "timeoffset": 0,
    "connections": 29,
    "proxy": "",
    "difficulty": 14030611.64003879,
    "testnet": false,
    "keypoololdest": 1732174492,
    "keypoolsize": 100,
    "paytxfee": 0.01000000,
    "relayfee": 0.00100000,
    "errors": ""
  },
  "error": null,
  "id": "curltest"
}

Conclusion

You now know how to interact with a Dogecoin node. You can now build your own application or interact with the network.

Here is the list of the available RPC methods (run dogecoin-cli help on your node to get the full list):

== Blockchain ==
getbestblockhash
getblock "blockhash" ( verbose )
getblockchaininfo
getblockcount
getblockhash height
getblockheader "hash" ( verbose )
getchaintips
getdifficulty
getmempoolancestors txid (verbose)
getmempooldescendants txid (verbose)
getmempoolentry txid
getmempoolinfo
getrawmempool ( verbose )
gettxout "txid" n ( include_mempool )
gettxoutproof ["txid",...] ( blockhash )
gettxoutsetinfo
preciousblock "blockhash"
pruneblockchain
verifychain ( checklevel nblocks )
verifytxoutproof "proof"

== Control ==
getinfo
getmemoryinfo
help ( "command" )
stop

== Generating ==
generate nblocks ( maxtries auxpow )
generatetoaddress nblocks address (maxtries auxpow)

== Mining ==
createauxblock <address>
getauxblock (hash auxpow)
getblocktemplate ( TemplateRequest )
getmininginfo
getnetworkhashps ( nblocks height )
prioritisetransaction <txid> <priority delta> <fee delta>
submitauxblock <hash> <auxpow>
submitblock "hexdata" ( "jsonparametersobject" )

== Network ==
addnode "node" "add|remove|onetry"
clearbanned
disconnectnode "address"
getaddednodeinfo ( "node" )
getconnectioncount
getnettotals
getnetworkinfo
getpeerinfo
listbanned
ping
setban "subnet" "add|remove" (bantime) (absolute)
setmaxconnections
setnetworkactive true|false

== Rawtransactions ==
createrawtransaction [{"txid":"id","vout":n},...] {"address":amount,"data":"hex",...} ( locktime )
decoderawtransaction "hexstring"
decodescript "hexstring"
fundrawtransaction "hexstring" ( options )
getrawtransaction "txid" ( verbose )
sendrawtransaction "hexstring" ( allowhighfees )
signrawtransaction "hexstring" ( [{"txid":"id","vout":n,"scriptPubKey":"hex","redeemScript":"hex"},...] ["privatekey1",...] sighashtype )

== Util ==
createmultisig nrequired ["key",...]
estimatefee nblocks
estimatepriority nblocks
estimatesmartfee nblocks
estimatesmartpriority nblocks
signmessagewithprivkey "privkey" "message"
validateaddress "address"
verifymessage "address" "signature" "message"

== Wallet ==
abandontransaction "txid"
addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "account" )
addwitnessaddress "address"
backupwallet "destination"
bumpfee "txid" ( options )
dumpprivkey "address"
dumpwallet "filename"
encryptwallet "passphrase"
getaccount "address"
getaccountaddress "account"
getaddressesbyaccount "account"
getbalance ( "account" minconf include_watchonly )
getnewaddress ( "account" )
getrawchangeaddress
getreceivedbyaccount "account" ( minconf )
getreceivedbyaddress "address" ( minconf )
gettransaction "txid" ( include_watchonly )
getunconfirmedbalance
getwalletinfo
importaddress "address" ( "label" rescan p2sh )
importmulti "requests" "options"
importprivkey "dogecoinprivkey" ( "label" ) ( rescan )
importprunedfunds
importpubkey "pubkey" ( "label" rescan )
importwallet "filename"
keypoolrefill ( newsize )
listaccounts ( minconf include_watchonly)
listaddressgroupings
listlockunspent
listreceivedbyaccount ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly)
listreceivedbyaddress ( minconf include_empty include_watchonly)
listsinceblock ( "blockhash" target_confirmations include_watchonly)
liststucktransactions ( verbose include_watchonly )
listtransactions ( "account" count skip include_watchonly)
listunspent ( minconf maxconf  ["addresses",...] [include_unsafe] [query_options])
lockunspent unlock ([{"txid":"txid","vout":n},...])
move "fromaccount" "toaccount" amount ( minconf "comment" )
removeprunedfunds "txid"
rescan ( "height" )
sendfrom "fromaccount" "toaddress" amount ( minconf "comment" "comment_to" )
sendmany "fromaccount" {"address":amount,...} ( minconf "comment" ["address",...] )
sendtoaddress "address" amount ( "comment" "comment_to" subtractfeefromamount )
setaccount "address" "account"
settxfee amount
signmessage "address" "message"