How to communicate between Java and bitcoind?

Question

I am having problems communicating between Java and bitcoind - every JSON RPC library I try has some issues. Can anyone provide a working implementation of even the most basic JSON RPC communication between Java and bitcoind ?

Answer 1

Here's an early experimental client I had played around with a while back. It supports getInfo, getBalance and getNewAddress, and can easily be expanded. In order to run it, the credentials for your local bitcoind have to match the values in the client class:

httpclient.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(new AuthScope("localhost", 8332),
                    new UsernamePasswordCredentials("btc", "123"));

Feel free to use this code in any way, but understand that it's only 5 minutes of work on a start, not a realistic client implementation. Hope it helps you generate some ideas!

Answer 2

You are also very welcome to try out https://github.com/clanie/bitcoind-client - it is in early development, but already supports almost all the methods provided by bitcoind.