I've recently been introduced to bcoin. In the documentation, it's stated that bcoin's RPC interface is similar to that of Bitcoin Core but after syncing my node, I can't find a way to set up a JSON RPC Server on Bcoin to communicate with my app. The documentation clearly does not specify any methods such as rpcuser, rpcbind, rpcpassword values. Is there a way to set this up with bcoin in the bcoin.conf file?
- 1Right under the introduction paragraph is a section on authentication: bcoin.io/api-docs/#authentication, did you try that?Murch– Murch ♦2022-08-05 21:05:02 +00:00Commented Aug 5, 2022 at 21:05
- Yes @Murch, I've tried that. When I try connecting it asks for the user and password after replacing api-key. So I'm really confused!Seth Harrington– Seth Harrington2022-08-05 21:38:51 +00:00Commented Aug 5, 2022 at 21:38
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See the configuration guide in the bcoin repo: https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin/blob/master/docs/configuration.md
bcoin uses an API key for authentication, without username.
Bcoin always runs with an RPC interface, whether or not an api key has been set.
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Example:
# start the server $ bcoin --network=regtest --daemon # Make an rpc request $ bcoin-cli --network=regtest rpc getinfo { "version": "2.1.2", "protocolversion": 70015, "walletversion": 0, "balance": 0, "blocks": 0, "timeoffset": 0, "connections": 0, "proxy": "", "difficulty": 4.6565423739069247e-10, "testnet": true, "keypoololdest": 0, "keypoolsize": 0, "unlocked_until": 0, "paytxfee": 0.0002, "relayfee": 0.00001, "errors": "" } 
- Ok, let me try it out without an api-key.Seth Harrington– Seth Harrington2022-08-05 21:45:54 +00:00Commented Aug 5, 2022 at 21:45