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getnewaddress

Command#

pacprotocol-cli getnewaddress ( "label" )

Returns a new PAC address for receiving payments. If 'label' is specified, it is added to the address book so payments received with the address will be associated with 'label'.

Arguments#

label#

(string, optional)

The label name for the address to be linked to. If not provided, the default label "" is used. It can also be set to the empty string "" to represent the default label. The label does not need to exist, it will be created if there is no label by the given name.

Examples#

pacprotocol-cli getnewaddress
curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getnewaddress", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:1111/

Result#

"address" #(string) The new PAC address

Running following help command

pacprotocol-cli help getnewaddress

Will produce following output:

getnewaddress ( "label" )
Returns a new PAC address for receiving payments.
If 'label' is specified, it is added to the address book
so payments received with the address will be associated with 'label'.
Arguments:
1. "label" (string, optional) The label name for the address to be linked to. If not provided, the default label "" is used. It can also be set to the empty string "" to represent the default label. The label does not need to exist, it will be created if there is no label by the given name.
Result:
"address" (string) The new PAC address
Examples:
> pacprotocol-cli getnewaddress
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getnewaddress", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:1111/