getreceivedbyaddress

v0.9.3

getreceivedbyaddress "bitcoinaddress" ( minconf )

Returns the total amount received by the given bitcoinaddress in transactions with at least minconf confirmations.

Arguments:
1. "bitcoinaddress" (string, required) The bitcoin address for transactions.
2. minconf (numeric, optional, default=1) Only include transactions confirmed at least this many times.

Result:
amount (numeric) The total amount in btc received at this address.

Examples:

The amount from transactions with at least 1 confirmation
> bitcoin-cli getreceivedbyaddress "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ"

The amount including unconfirmed transactions, zero confirmations
> bitcoin-cli getreceivedbyaddress "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ" 0

The amount with at least 6 confirmation, very safe
> bitcoin-cli getreceivedbyaddress "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ" 6

As a json rpc call
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "getreceivedbyaddress", "params": ["1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ", 6] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
Don't trust. Verify. Docs extracted from src/rpcwallet.cpp#L448-L468.