importprivkey

v0.9.3

importprivkey "bitcoinprivkey" ( "label" rescan )

Adds a private key (as returned by dumpprivkey) to your wallet.

Arguments:
1. "bitcoinprivkey" (string, required) The private key (see dumpprivkey)
2. "label" (string, optional) an optional label
3. rescan (boolean, optional, default=true) Rescan the wallet for transactions

Examples:

Dump a private key
> bitcoin-cli dumpprivkey "myaddress"

Import the private key
> bitcoin-cli importprivkey "mykey"

Import using a label
> bitcoin-cli importprivkey "mykey" "testing" false

As a json rpc call
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "importprivkey", "params": ["mykey", "testing", false] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
Don't trust. Verify. Docs extracted from src/rpcdump.cpp#L66-L85.