z_importviewingkey - Zcash 4.5.1-1 RPC
z_importviewingkey "vkey" ( rescan startHeight )
Adds a viewing key (as returned by z_exportviewingkey) to your wallet.
Arguments:
1. "vkey" (string, required) The viewing key (see z_exportviewingkey)
2. rescan (string, optional, default="whenkeyisnew") Rescan the wallet for transactions - can be "yes", "no" or "whenkeyisnew"
3. startHeight (numeric, optional, default=0) Block height to start rescan from
Note: This call can take minutes to complete if rescan is true.
Result:
{
"type" : "xxxx", (string) "sprout" or "sapling"
"address" : "address|DefaultAddress", (string) The address corresponding to the viewing key (for Sapling, this is the default address).
}
Examples:
Import a viewing key
> zcash-cli z_importviewingkey "vkey"
Import the viewing key without rescan
> zcash-cli z_importviewingkey "vkey", no
Import the viewing key with partial rescan
> zcash-cli z_importviewingkey "vkey" whenkeyisnew 30000
Re-import the viewing key with longer partial rescan
> zcash-cli z_importviewingkey "vkey" yes 20000
As a JSON-RPC call
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "z_importviewingkey", "params": ["vkey", "no"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8232/
Maintained by @_garethtdavies; modified by: mdr0id;license of the docs is MIT (see zcash repo), license of the scripts and webpage is also MIT (github repo)
Note it uses a mainnet zcash node
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