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loadwallet
==========

``loadwallet "filename"``

Loads a wallet from a wallet file or directory.

Note that all wallet command-line options used when starting bitcoind will be
applied to the new wallet (eg -zapwallettxes, upgradewallet, rescan, etc).

Argument #1 - filename
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Type:** string, required

The wallet directory or .dat file.

Result
~~~~~~

::

  {
    "name" :    <wallet_name>,        (string) The wallet name if loaded successfully.
    "warning" : <warning>,            (string) Warning message if wallet was not loaded cleanly.
  }

Examples
~~~~~~~~


.. highlight:: shell

::

  bitcoin-cli loadwallet "test.dat"

::

  curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "loadwallet", "params": ["test.dat"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/