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 (eg -rescan, etc).

Argument #1 - filename

Type: string, required

The wallet directory or .dat file.

Argument #2 - load_on_startup

Type: boolean, optional, default=null

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.
  "warning" : "str"     (string) Warning message if wallet was not loaded cleanly.
}

Examples

bitcoin-cli loadwallet "test.dat"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "loadwallet", "params": ["test.dat"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/