The validateaddress RPC returns information about the given Bitcoin address.
validateaddress "address"
*bitcoin-cli help validateaddress
validateaddress "address"
Return information about the given bitcoin address.
Arguments:
1. address (string, required) The bitcoin address to validate
Result:
{ (json object)
"isvalid" : true|false, (boolean) If the address is valid or not
"address" : "str", (string, optional) The bitcoin address validated
"scriptPubKey" : "hex", (string, optional) The hex-encoded scriptPubKey generated by the address
"isscript" : true|false, (boolean, optional) If the key is a script
"iswitness" : true|false, (boolean, optional) If the address is a witness address
"witness_version" : n, (numeric, optional) The version number of the witness program
"witness_program" : "hex", (string, optional) The hex value of the witness program
"error" : "str", (string, optional) Error message, if any
"error_locations" : [ (json array, optional) Indices of likely error locations in address, if known (e.g. Bech32 errors)
n, (numeric) index of a potential error
...
]
}
Examples:
> bitcoin-cli validateaddress "bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "validateaddress", "params": ["bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/