validateaddress

POST

/{apiKey}

Verifies the validity of a given Bitcoin address and provides additional metadata about it.

Path Parameters

stringrequireddefaults to docs-demo

For higher throughput, create your own API key

Request

stringformat: "^(bc1|[13])[a-zA-HJ-NP-Z0-9]{25,39}$"required

The Bitcoin address to validate.

Responses

200

Validation result and metadata about the address.

POST/v2/{apiKey}

curl --request POST \  --url https://bitcoin-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/docs-demo \  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \  --data '{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "method": "validateaddress",  "params": [    "39L4cdhha5ueasiKz1wRVd75fHdB9NV2t7"  ]}'

200Success

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "id": 1,  "result": {    "isvalid": true,    "address": "39L4cdhha5ueasiKz1wRVd75fHdB9NV2t7",    "scriptPubKey": "a91453ca847feb3986cf2be405429e7e513484e0bc9387",    "isscript": true,    "iswitness": false  }}

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