First iteration of instructions on how to set up an HTTPS JSON-RPC connection

Author: Pierre Rochard

examples/ssl-rpc-connection.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2014 The python-bitcoinlib developers
+#
+# This file is part of python-bitcoinlib.
+#
+# It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level
+# directory of this distribution.
+#
+# No part of python-bitcoinlib, including this file, may be copied, modified,
+# propagated, or distributed except according to the terms contained in the
+# LICENSE file.
+
+
+## Instructions
+
+# This sets up SSL on a localhost connection. Not terribly useful but it will be iterated on.
+
+#  Linux: cd ~/.bitcoin
+#  Mac: cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Bitcoin/
+#  openssl genrsa -out server.pem 2048
+#  openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha256 -days 3650 -key server.pem > server.cert
+#  The prompts are optional, you can just hit enter
+
+# Verify that your bitcoin.conf exists in the above directory and contains the following lines:
+# server=1
+# rpcssl=1
+# rpcuser=CHANGETHIS
+# rpcpassword=CHANGETHAT
+# rpcsslciphers=TLSv1_2
+# rpcsslprivatekeyfile=server.pem
+# rpcsslcertificatechainfile=server.cert
+
+import bitcoin.rpc
+
+proxy_connection = bitcoin.rpc.Proxy()
+print(proxy_connection.getnewaddress())