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importprivkey

importprivkey "smileycoinprivkey" ( "label" rescan )

Description

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

Arguments

1. "smileycoinprivkey" (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

• smileycoin-cli dumpprivkey "myaddress"

Import the private key

• smileycoin-cli importprivkey "mykey"

Import using a label

• smileycoin-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://127.0.0.1:9332/