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getnewaddress

getnewaddress ( "account" )

Returns a new Yerbas address for receiving payments. If 'account' is specified (DEPRECATED), it is added to the address book so payments received with the address will be credited to 'account'.

yerbas-cli getnewaddress

Arguments

ArgumentTypeDescription
"account"(string)The account name for the address to be linked to. If not provided, the default account "" is used. It can also be set to the empty string "" to represent the default account. The account does not need to exist, it will be created if there is no account by the given name.
Arguments:
1. "account" (string, optional) DEPRECATED. The account name for the address to be linked to. If not provided, the default account "" is used. It can also be set to the empty string "" to represent the default account. The account does not need to exist, it will be created if there is no account by the given name.

Output

ResultTypeDescription
"address"(string)The new yerbas address
Result:
"address" (string) The new yerbas address

Examples

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getnewaddress", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/