Import View Only Account

Create a view-only account by importing the private key from an existing account. Note: a single wallet cannot have both the regular and view-only versions of an account.

Request

Required Param	Purpose	Requirements
view_private_key	The view private key of this account
spend_public_key	The spend public key of this account

Optional Param	Purpose	Requirements
name	A label for this account.	A label can have duplicates, but it is not recommended.
first_block_index	The block from which to start scanning the ledger.	All subaddresses below this index will be created.
next_subaddress_index	The next known unused subaddress index for the account.

Response

Example

Request Body

{
    "method": "import_view_only_account",
    "params": {
        "view_private_key": "0a20952e7ea32b80f5249c8fa470913dd67b1f722e12f516d0aff8a64f95faf6cb07",
        "spend_public_key": "0a20e22bcedd966ac737cbe53445dc983433072b771440e7c9f2619f775db2cc0448",
        "name": "Alice",
        "first_block_index": "1769454",
        "next_subaddress_index": "2"
        "require_spend_subaddress": false
    },
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1
}

Response

{
  "method": "import_view_only_account",
  "result": {
    "account": {
      "id": "60ef9401f98fc278cd8a1ef51f466111244c9d4b97e8f8886a86bd840238dcaa",
      "name": "Alice",
      "key_derivation_version": "2",
      "main_address": "8VWJpZDdmLT8sETcZfHdVojWdFmoo54yVEk7nmae7ixiFfxjZyVFLFj9moCiJBzkeg6Vd5BPXbbwrDvoZuxWZWsyU3G3rEvQdqZBmEbfh7x",
      "next_subaddress_index": "2",
      "first_block_index": "1769454",
      "next_block_index": "1769454",
      "recovery_mode": false,
      "fog_enabled": false,
      "view_only": true,
      "require_spend_subaddress": false
    }
  },
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1
}