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 path to the directory of the wallet to be loaded, either absolute or relative to the “wallets” directory. The “wallets” directory is set by the -walletdir option and defaults to the “wallets” folder within the data directory.
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:

Load wallet from the wallet dir:

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

Load wallet using absolute path (Unix):

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

Load wallet using absolute path (Windows):

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