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loadwallet

loadwallet “filename” ( load_on_startup )

Loads a wallet from a wallet file or directory. Note that all wallet command-line options used when starting bitcoind will be applied to the new wallet.

Arguments:

  1. filename (string, required) The wallet directory or .dat file.
  2. load_on_startup (boolean, optional) Save wallet name to persistent settings and load on startup. True to add wallet to startup list, false to remove, null to leave unchanged.

Result: { (json object) “name” : “str”, (string) The wallet name if loaded successfully. “warnings” : [ (json array, optional) Warning messages, if any, related to loading the wallet. “str”, (string) … ] }

Examples:

bitcoin-cli loadwallet “test.dat” curl —user myusername —data-binary ’{“jsonrpc”: “2.0”, “id”: “curltest”, “method”: “loadwallet”, “params”: [“test.dat”]}’ -H ‘content-type: application/json’ http://127.0.0.1:8332/