@BigBlockIfTrue 18 May 2020

Online API documentation for Bitcoin Cash Node

Good news for Bitcoin Cash developers! Two sets of Bitcoin Cash Node API documentation are now published on the project website: **Command-line interface documentation** https://docs.bitcoincashnode.org/cli/bitcoind/ **JSON-RPC interface documentation** https://docs.bitcoincashnode.org/json-rpc/ I wrote code to automatically generate these webpages from CLI/RPC help text embedded in the application. I also integrated this code into the release process of the software, so that the webpages will automatically stay up-to-date as new versions are released. The source for the webpages is also available as Markdown files in the Bitcoin Cash Node git repository - Dagur and merc1er set up the system that converts the Markdown files into a website. https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bitcoin-cash-node/-/tree/master/doc The contents of the pages should be familiar, but now you can easily access them without diving into the command line, and enjoy nicer formatting. However, I also made a series of improvements to the contents. The most notable changes are: I wrote a help text for the command-line options that were previously undocumented. I made hidden aliases of command-line options visible in the help text. I improved and extended the help text for various command-line options. I changed the categories of various command-line options for consistency. I made the reorg protection RPC commands visible in the RPC commands list. I removed SegWit references from RPC help text. No project funds have been used for this effort, but I hope (and am confident) you will enjoy the improved and online API documentation like myself. If you do, tips are appreciated (BigBlockIfTrue#54916; ☯). Happy developing and also enjoy the pending release of Bitcoin Cash Node v0.21.2!