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importpubkey

importpubkey "pubkey" ( "label" rescan )

Adds a public key (in hex) that can be watched as if it were in your wallet but cannot be used to spend. Requires a new wallet backup.

Note: This call can take minutes to complete if rescan is true.

# Import a public key with rescan
yerbas-cli importpubkey "mypubkey"

# Import using a label without rescan
yerbas-cli importpubkey "mypubkey" "testing" false

Arguments​

ArgumentTypeDescription
"privkey"(string)TThe private key (see dumpprivkey)
"label"(string)An optional label
rescan(boolean)Rescan the wallet for transactions
Arguments:
1. "pubkey"           (string, required) The hex-encoded public key
2. "label"            (string, optional, default="") An optional label
3. rescan               (boolean, optional, default=true) Rescan the wallet for transactions

Output​

ResultTypeDescription
.........
Result:
{
  ...
}

Examples​

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