importwallet (0.17.99 RPC)
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importwallet "filename"
Imports keys from a wallet dump file (see dumpwallet). Requires a new wallet backup to include imported keys.
Arguments
1. "filename" |
string required |
The wallet file |
Examples
Dump the wallet
bitcoin-cli dumpwallet "test"
Import the wallet
bitcoin-cli importwallet "test"
Import using the json rpc call
curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "importwallet", "params": ["test"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/