diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index e960a5ed4b7..f4b12211dd7 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <serialize.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 #include <sync.h>
+#include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <txdb.h>
 #include <txmempool.h>
 #include <undo.h>
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <optional>
+#include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -937,7 +939,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan pruneblockchain()
     };
 }
 
-CoinStatsHashType ParseHashType(const std::string& hash_type_input)
+CoinStatsHashType ParseHashType(std::string_view hash_type_input)
 {
     if (hash_type_input == "hash_serialized_3") {
         return CoinStatsHashType::HASH_SERIALIZED;
@@ -1039,7 +1041,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan gettxoutsetinfo()
     UniValue ret(UniValue::VOBJ);
 
     const CBlockIndex* pindex{nullptr};
-    const CoinStatsHashType hash_type{request.params[0].isNull() ? CoinStatsHashType::HASH_SERIALIZED : ParseHashType(request.params[0].get_str())};
+    const CoinStatsHashType hash_type{ParseHashType(self.Arg<std::string_view>("hash_type"))};
     bool index_requested = request.params[2].isNull() || request.params[2].get_bool();
 
     NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
@@ -2516,7 +2518,8 @@ static RPCHelpMan scanblocks()
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
     UniValue ret(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    if (request.params[0].get_str() == "status") {
+    auto action{self.Arg<std::string_view>("action")};
+    if (action == "status") {
         BlockFiltersScanReserver reserver;
         if (reserver.reserve()) {
             // no scan in progress
@@ -2525,7 +2528,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan scanblocks()
         ret.pushKV("progress", g_scanfilter_progress.load());
         ret.pushKV("current_height", g_scanfilter_progress_height.load());
         return ret;
-    } else if (request.params[0].get_str() == "abort") {
+    } else if (action == "abort") {
         BlockFiltersScanReserver reserver;
         if (reserver.reserve()) {
             // reserve was possible which means no scan was running
@@ -2534,12 +2537,12 @@ static RPCHelpMan scanblocks()
         // set the abort flag
         g_scanfilter_should_abort_scan = true;
         return true;
-    } else if (request.params[0].get_str() == "start") {
+    } else if (action == "start") {
         BlockFiltersScanReserver reserver;
         if (!reserver.reserve()) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Scan already in progress, use action \"abort\" or \"status\"");
         }
-        const std::string filtertype_name{request.params[4].isNull() ? "basic" : request.params[4].get_str()};
+        auto filtertype_name{self.Arg<std::string_view>("filtertype")};
 
         BlockFilterType filtertype;
         if (!BlockFilterTypeByName(filtertype_name, filtertype)) {
@@ -2551,7 +2554,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan scanblocks()
 
         BlockFilterIndex* index = GetBlockFilterIndex(filtertype);
         if (!index) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Index is not enabled for filtertype " + filtertype_name);
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, tfm::format("Index is not enabled for filtertype %s", filtertype_name));
         }
 
         NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
@@ -2650,9 +2653,8 @@ static RPCHelpMan scanblocks()
         ret.pushKV("to_height", start_index->nHeight); // start_index is always the last scanned block here
         ret.pushKV("relevant_blocks", std::move(blocks));
         ret.pushKV("completed", completed);
-    }
-    else {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, strprintf("Invalid action '%s'", request.params[0].get_str()));
+    } else {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, tfm::format("Invalid action '%s'", action));
     }
     return ret;
 },
@@ -2917,10 +2919,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockfilter()
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
     uint256 block_hash = ParseHashV(request.params[0], "blockhash");
-    std::string filtertype_name = BlockFilterTypeName(BlockFilterType::BASIC);
-    if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
-        filtertype_name = request.params[1].get_str();
-    }
+    auto filtertype_name{self.Arg<std::string_view>("filtertype")};
 
     BlockFilterType filtertype;
     if (!BlockFilterTypeByName(filtertype_name, filtertype)) {
@@ -2929,7 +2928,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblockfilter()
 
     BlockFilterIndex* index = GetBlockFilterIndex(filtertype);
     if (!index) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, "Index is not enabled for filtertype " + filtertype_name);
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_MISC_ERROR, tfm::format("Index is not enabled for filtertype %s", filtertype_name));
     }
 
     const CBlockIndex* block_index;
@@ -3075,10 +3074,10 @@ static RPCHelpMan dumptxoutset()
     }
 
     const ArgsManager& args{EnsureAnyArgsman(request.context)};
-    const fs::path path = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(args.GetDataDirNet(), fs::u8path(request.params[0].get_str()));
+    const fs::path path = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(args.GetDataDirNet(), fs::u8path(self.Arg<std::string_view>("path")));
     // Write to a temporary path and then move into `path` on completion
     // to avoid confusion due to an interruption.
-    const fs::path temppath = fsbridge::AbsPathJoin(args.GetDataDirNet(), fs::u8path(request.params[0].get_str() + ".incomplete"));
+    const fs::path temppath = path + ".incomplete";
 
     if (fs::exists(path)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(
diff --git a/src/rpc/fees.cpp b/src/rpc/fees.cpp
index 92c7a922f28..ceb341e46af 100644
--- a/src/rpc/fees.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/fees.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <array>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 using common::FeeModeFromString;
 using common::FeeModesDetail;
@@ -67,18 +68,15 @@ static RPCHelpMan estimatesmartfee()
             CHECK_NONFATAL(mempool.m_opts.signals)->SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
             unsigned int max_target = fee_estimator.HighestTargetTracked(FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE);
             unsigned int conf_target = ParseConfirmTarget(request.params[0], max_target);
-            bool conservative = false;
-            if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
-                FeeEstimateMode fee_mode;
-                if (!FeeModeFromString(request.params[1].get_str(), fee_mode)) {
-                    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, InvalidEstimateModeErrorMessage());
-                }
-                if (fee_mode == FeeEstimateMode::CONSERVATIVE) conservative = true;
+            FeeEstimateMode fee_mode;
+            if (!FeeModeFromString(self.Arg<std::string_view>("estimate_mode"), fee_mode)) {
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, InvalidEstimateModeErrorMessage());
             }
 
             UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
             UniValue errors(UniValue::VARR);
             FeeCalculation feeCalc;
+            bool conservative{fee_mode == FeeEstimateMode::CONSERVATIVE};
             CFeeRate feeRate{fee_estimator.estimateSmartFee(conf_target, &feeCalc, conservative)};
             if (feeRate != CFeeRate(0)) {
                 CFeeRate min_mempool_feerate{mempool.GetMinFee()};
diff --git a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
index 147af369d34..1fda2a23594 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mempool.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <util/time.h>
 #include <util/vector.h>
 
+#include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
 
 using node::DumpMempool;
@@ -768,7 +769,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan importmempool()
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_IN_INITIAL_DOWNLOAD, "Can only import the mempool after the block download and sync is done.");
             }
 
-            const fs::path load_path{fs::u8path(request.params[0].get_str())};
+            const fs::path load_path{fs::u8path(self.Arg<std::string_view>("filepath"))};
             const UniValue& use_current_time{request.params[1]["use_current_time"]};
             const UniValue& apply_fee_delta{request.params[1]["apply_fee_delta_priority"]};
             const UniValue& apply_unbroadcast{request.params[1]["apply_unbroadcast_set"]};
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 4c88caca27b..c97d4c75af0 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
 using node::NodeContext;
 using util::Join;
-using util::TrimString;
 
 const std::vector<std::string> CONNECTION_TYPE_DOC{
         "outbound-full-relay (default automatic connections)",
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan addconnection()
     }
 
     const std::string address = request.params[0].get_str();
-    const std::string conn_type_in{TrimString(request.params[1].get_str())};
+    auto conn_type_in{util::TrimStringView(self.Arg<std::string_view>("connection_type"))};
     ConnectionType conn_type{};
     if (conn_type_in == "outbound-full-relay") {
         conn_type = ConnectionType::OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY;
@@ -462,16 +462,15 @@ static RPCHelpMan disconnectnode()
     CConnman& connman = EnsureConnman(node);
 
     bool success;
-    const UniValue &address_arg = request.params[0];
-    const UniValue &id_arg = request.params[1];
+    auto address{self.MaybeArg<std::string_view>("address")};
+    auto node_id{self.MaybeArg<int64_t>("nodeid")};
 
-    if (!address_arg.isNull() && id_arg.isNull()) {
+    if (address && !node_id) {
         /* handle disconnect-by-address */
-        success = connman.DisconnectNode(address_arg.get_str());
-    } else if (!id_arg.isNull() && (address_arg.isNull() || (address_arg.isStr() && address_arg.get_str().empty()))) {
+        success = connman.DisconnectNode(*address);
+    } else if (node_id && (!address || address->empty())) {
         /* handle disconnect-by-id */
-        NodeId nodeid = (NodeId) id_arg.getInt<int64_t>();
-        success = connman.DisconnectNode(nodeid);
+        success = connman.DisconnectNode(*node_id);
     } else {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMS, "Only one of address and nodeid should be provided.");
     }
@@ -523,10 +522,10 @@ static RPCHelpMan getaddednodeinfo()
 
     std::vector<AddedNodeInfo> vInfo = connman.GetAddedNodeInfo(/*include_connected=*/true);
 
-    if (!request.params[0].isNull()) {
+    if (auto node{self.MaybeArg<std::string_view>("node")}) {
         bool found = false;
         for (const AddedNodeInfo& info : vInfo) {
-            if (info.m_params.m_added_node == request.params[0].get_str()) {
+            if (info.m_params.m_added_node == *node) {
                 vInfo.assign(1, info);
                 found = true;
                 break;
@@ -754,10 +753,8 @@ static RPCHelpMan setban()
                 },
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& help, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
-    std::string strCommand;
-    if (!request.params[1].isNull())
-        strCommand = request.params[1].get_str();
-    if (strCommand != "add" && strCommand != "remove") {
+    auto command{help.Arg<std::string_view>("command")};
+    if (command != "add" && command != "remove") {
         throw std::runtime_error(help.ToString());
     }
     NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
@@ -765,25 +762,23 @@ static RPCHelpMan setban()
 
     CSubNet subNet;
     CNetAddr netAddr;
-    bool isSubnet = false;
-
-    if (request.params[0].get_str().find('/') != std::string::npos)
-        isSubnet = true;
+    std::string subnet_arg{help.Arg<std::string_view>("subnet")};
+    const bool isSubnet{subnet_arg.find('/') != subnet_arg.npos};
 
     if (!isSubnet) {
-        const std::optional<CNetAddr> addr{LookupHost(request.params[0].get_str(), false)};
+        const std::optional<CNetAddr> addr{LookupHost(subnet_arg, false)};
         if (addr.has_value()) {
             netAddr = static_cast<CNetAddr>(MaybeFlipIPv6toCJDNS(CService{addr.value(), /*port=*/0}));
         }
+    } else {
+        subNet = LookupSubNet(subnet_arg);
     }
-    else
-        subNet = LookupSubNet(request.params[0].get_str());
 
-    if (! (isSubnet ? subNet.IsValid() : netAddr.IsValid()) )
+    if (! (isSubnet ? subNet.IsValid() : netAddr.IsValid()) ) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_INVALID_IP_OR_SUBNET, "Error: Invalid IP/Subnet");
+    }
 
-    if (strCommand == "add")
-    {
+    if (command == "add") {
         if (isSubnet ? banman.IsBanned(subNet) : banman.IsBanned(netAddr)) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_NODE_ALREADY_ADDED, "Error: IP/Subnet already banned");
         }
@@ -809,9 +804,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan setban()
                 node.connman->DisconnectNode(netAddr);
             }
         }
-    }
-    else if(strCommand == "remove")
-    {
+    } else if(command == "remove") {
         if (!( isSubnet ? banman.Unban(subNet) : banman.Unban(netAddr) )) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_INVALID_IP_OR_SUBNET, "Error: Unban failed. Requested address/subnet was not previously manually banned.");
         }
@@ -1051,11 +1044,11 @@ static RPCHelpMan sendmsgtopeer()
             HelpExampleCli("sendmsgtopeer", "0 \"addr\" \"ffffff\"") + HelpExampleRpc("sendmsgtopeer", "0 \"addr\" \"ffffff\"")},
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue {
             const NodeId peer_id{request.params[0].getInt<int64_t>()};
-            const std::string& msg_type{request.params[1].get_str()};
+            const auto msg_type{self.Arg<std::string_view>("msg_type")};
             if (msg_type.size() > CMessageHeader::MESSAGE_TYPE_SIZE) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, strprintf("Error: msg_type too long, max length is %i", CMessageHeader::MESSAGE_TYPE_SIZE));
             }
-            auto msg{TryParseHex<unsigned char>(request.params[2].get_str())};
+            auto msg{TryParseHex<unsigned char>(self.Arg<std::string_view>("msg"))};
             if (!msg.has_value()) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Error parsing input for msg");
             }
diff --git a/src/rpc/node.cpp b/src/rpc/node.cpp
index a5da8785df4..c922b27f688 100644
--- a/src/rpc/node.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/node.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <rpc/server_util.h>
 #include <rpc/util.h>
 #include <scheduler.h>
+#include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <univalue.h>
 #include <util/any.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_INFO
 #include <malloc.h>
 #endif
+#include <string_view>
 
 using node::NodeContext;
 
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getmemoryinfo()
                 },
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
-    std::string mode = request.params[0].isNull() ? "stats" : request.params[0].get_str();
+    auto mode{self.Arg<std::string_view>("mode")};
     if (mode == "stats") {
         UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
         obj.pushKV("locked", RPCLockedMemoryInfo());
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getmemoryinfo()
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "mallocinfo mode not available");
 #endif
     } else {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "unknown mode " + mode);
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, tfm::format("unknown mode %s", mode));
     }
 },
     };
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getindexinfo()
                 [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
 {
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    const std::string index_name = request.params[0].isNull() ? "" : request.params[0].get_str();
+    const std::string index_name{self.MaybeArg<std::string_view>("index_name").value_or("")};
 
     if (g_txindex) {
         result.pushKVs(SummaryToJSON(g_txindex->GetSummary(), index_name));
diff --git a/src/rpc/output_script.cpp b/src/rpc/output_script.cpp
index 43624c98eac..5c1151f0e0b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/output_script.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/output_script.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -130,20 +131,17 @@ static RPCHelpMan createmultisig()
             }
 
             // Get the output type
-            OutputType output_type = OutputType::LEGACY;
-            if (!request.params[2].isNull()) {
-                std::optional<OutputType> parsed = ParseOutputType(request.params[2].get_str());
-                if (!parsed) {
-                    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, strprintf("Unknown address type '%s'", request.params[2].get_str()));
-                } else if (parsed.value() == OutputType::BECH32M) {
-                    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "createmultisig cannot create bech32m multisig addresses");
-                }
-                output_type = parsed.value();
+            auto address_type{self.Arg<std::string_view>("address_type")};
+            auto output_type{ParseOutputType(address_type)};
+            if (!output_type) {
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, tfm::format("Unknown address type '%s'", address_type));
+            } else if (output_type.value() == OutputType::BECH32M) {
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "createmultisig cannot create bech32m multisig addresses");
             }
 
             FlatSigningProvider keystore;
             CScript inner;
-            const CTxDestination dest = AddAndGetMultisigDestination(required, pubkeys, output_type, keystore, inner);
+            const CTxDestination dest = AddAndGetMultisigDestination(required, pubkeys, output_type.value(), keystore, inner);
 
             // Make the descriptor
             std::unique_ptr<Descriptor> descriptor = InferDescriptor(GetScriptForDestination(dest), keystore);
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan createmultisig()
             result.pushKV("descriptor", descriptor->ToString());
 
             UniValue warnings(UniValue::VARR);
-            if (descriptor->GetOutputType() != output_type) {
+            if (descriptor->GetOutputType() != output_type.value()) {
                 // Only warns if the user has explicitly chosen an address type we cannot generate
                 warnings.push_back("Unable to make chosen address type, please ensure no uncompressed public keys are present.");
             }
@@ -198,7 +196,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan getdescriptorinfo()
         {
             FlatSigningProvider provider;
             std::string error;
-            auto descs = Parse(request.params[0].get_str(), provider, error);
+            auto descs = Parse(self.Arg<std::string_view>("descriptor"), provider, error);
             if (descs.empty()) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, error);
             }
@@ -303,7 +301,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan deriveaddresses()
         },
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& request) -> UniValue
         {
-            const std::string desc_str = request.params[0].get_str();
+            auto desc_str{self.Arg<std::string_view>("descriptor")};
 
             int64_t range_begin = 0;
             int64_t range_end = 0;
diff --git a/src/rpc/server.cpp b/src/rpc/server.cpp
index 2edf13fd236..5fd733d056b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/server.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 using util::SplitString;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ struct RPCCommandExecution
     }
 };
 
-std::string CRPCTable::help(const std::string& strCommand, const JSONRPCRequest& helpreq) const
+std::string CRPCTable::help(std::string_view strCommand, const JSONRPCRequest& helpreq) const
 {
     std::string strRet;
     std::string category;
@@ -130,16 +131,13 @@ static RPCHelpMan help()
                 RPCExamples{""},
         [&](const RPCHelpMan& self, const JSONRPCRequest& jsonRequest) -> UniValue
 {
-    std::string strCommand;
-    if (jsonRequest.params.size() > 0) {
-        strCommand = jsonRequest.params[0].get_str();
-    }
-    if (strCommand == "dump_all_command_conversions") {
+    auto command{self.MaybeArg<std::string_view>("command")};
+    if (command == "dump_all_command_conversions") {
         // Used for testing only, undocumented
         return tableRPC.dumpArgMap(jsonRequest);
     }
 
-    return tableRPC.help(strCommand, jsonRequest);
+    return tableRPC.help(command.value_or(""), jsonRequest);
 },
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/server.h b/src/rpc/server.h
index 84accccba9e..cb68c1def79 100644
--- a/src/rpc/server.h
+++ b/src/rpc/server.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private:
     std::map<std::string, std::vector<const CRPCCommand*>> mapCommands;
 public:
     CRPCTable();
-    std::string help(const std::string& name, const JSONRPCRequest& helpreq) const;
+    std::string help(std::string_view name, const JSONRPCRequest& helpreq) const;
 
     /**
      * Execute a method.
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.cpp b/src/rpc/util.cpp
index dbe90d93fb4..4813324c050 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ static void CheckRequiredOrDefault(const RPCArg& param)
 TMPL_INST(nullptr, const UniValue*, maybe_arg;);
 TMPL_INST(nullptr, std::optional<double>, maybe_arg ? std::optional{maybe_arg->get_real()} : std::nullopt;);
 TMPL_INST(nullptr, std::optional<bool>, maybe_arg ? std::optional{maybe_arg->get_bool()} : std::nullopt;);
+TMPL_INST(nullptr, std::optional<int64_t>, maybe_arg ? std::optional{maybe_arg->getInt<int64_t>()} : std::nullopt;);
 TMPL_INST(nullptr, std::optional<std::string_view>, maybe_arg ? std::optional<std::string_view>{maybe_arg->get_str()} : std::nullopt;);
 
 // Required arg or optional arg with default value.