// toSatoshi attempts to convert the passed string to a satoshi amount returned
// as an int64. It returns the int64 packed into an interface so it can be used
// in the calls which expect interfaces. An error will be returned if the string
// can't be converted first to a float64.
func toSatoshi(val string) (interface{}, error) {
idx, err := strconv.ParseFloat(val, 64)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
amt, err := btcutil.NewAmount(idx)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return int64(amt), nil
}
// makeCreateRawTransaction generates the cmd structure for createrawtransaction
// commands.
func makeCreateRawTransaction(args []interface{}) (btcjson.Cmd, error) {
var inputs []btcjson.TransactionInput
err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(args[0].(string)), &inputs)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
var famounts map[string]float64
err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(args[1].(string)), &famounts)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
amounts := make(map[string]int64, len(famounts))
for k, v := range famounts {
amt, err := btcutil.NewAmount(v)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
amounts[k] = int64(amt)
}
return btcjson.NewCreateRawTransactionCmd("btcctl", inputs, amounts)
}