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Trying to RPC my local active Bitcoin Full Node, but getting ECONNREFUSED on client.getBalance. Am I missing additional configuration? Is there a better RPC wrapper to use? Any advice or working examples would be greatly appreciated!

CODE:

var bitcoin=require("bitcoin");

var client = new bitcoin.Client({
  host: 'localhost',
  port: 8332,
  user: 'username',
  pass: 'password',
  timeout: 30000
});

client.getBalance('*', 6, function(err, balance, resHeaders) {
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  console.log('Balance:', balance);
});

CONFIGURATION FILE:

server=1
rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=password
rpcport=8332
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1

ERROR:

{ Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:8332
    at Object._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at _exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1044:20)
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1182:14)
  code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
  syscall: 'connect',
  address: '127.0.0.1',
  port: 8332 }
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Here is the solution that worked for me...

  1. bictcoin.conf

txindex=1 server=1 rpcuser=username rpcpassword=password port=8444 rpcport=8332 rpcbind=127.0.0.1 rpcallowip=127.0.0.1

  1. Bitcoin Daemon must be running

  2. DOS CMD: netstat -a -n must show listening for both ports 8444 and 8332

Good luck!

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