validateaddress

POST

Validates the given Bitcoin address and returns the information derived from it.Only the isvalid field is returned when the address is invalid.

param[0]

addressstringrequired

The Bitcoin address to validate.

Responses

isvalidboolean

Whether the address is valid.

addressstring

The Bitcoin address that was validated. Returned only when the address is valid.

scriptPubKeystring

The hex-encoded output script generated by the address. Returned only when the address is valid.

isscriptboolean

Whether the key is a script. Returned only when the address is valid.

iswitnessboolean

Whether the address is a witness address. Returned only when the address is valid.

witness_versioninteger

The version number of the witness program. Returned only for witness addresses.

witness_programstring

The hex value of the witness program. Returned only for witness addresses.

errorstring

The reason the address is invalid. Returned only when an error occurred.

error_locationsarray

Indices of likely error locations in the address string.Returned only when the locations can be identified, such as for Bech32 errors.

codestringrequired

Code identifying the cause of the failed request.

messagestringrequired

Detailed message including the name and value of the invalid parameter.

{
  "code": "ERROR_CODE",
  "message": "Unauthorized"
}

X-API-KEY

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://bitcoin-mainnet.nodit.io' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-API-KEY: nodit-demo' \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "validateaddress",
    "params": [
      "bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh"
    ]
  }'