Better error messages for invalid addresses

This commit addresses #20809.

We add an additional 'error' property in the result of 'validateaddress' in case the address is not valid that gives a short description of why the address in invalid. We also change the error message returned by 'getaddressinfo' in case the address is invalid.
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Bezdrighin
2021-01-03 01:45:25 +01:00
parent 32b191fb66
commit 8f0b64fb51
7 changed files with 141 additions and 14 deletions

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@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ class WalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
assert_equal(total_txs, len(self.nodes[0].listtransactions("*", 99999)))
# Test getaddressinfo on external address. Note that these addresses are taken from disablewallet.py
assert_raises_rpc_error(-5, "Invalid address", self.nodes[0].getaddressinfo, "3J98t1WpEZ73CNmQviecrnyiWrnqRhWNLy")
assert_raises_rpc_error(-5, "Invalid prefix for Base58-encoded address", self.nodes[0].getaddressinfo, "3J98t1WpEZ73CNmQviecrnyiWrnqRhWNLy")
address_info = self.nodes[0].getaddressinfo("mneYUmWYsuk7kySiURxCi3AGxrAqZxLgPZ")
assert_equal(address_info['address'], "mneYUmWYsuk7kySiURxCi3AGxrAqZxLgPZ")
assert_equal(address_info["scriptPubKey"], "76a9144e3854046c7bd1594ac904e4793b6a45b36dea0988ac")