add hint in README.md to help when trying out the RPC

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Arthur Breitman 2016-10-04 02:03:51 -07:00
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@ -102,9 +102,17 @@ in the config file. Tezos never modifies the content of an existing
JSON/RPC interface JSON/RPC interface
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The tezos node provides a JSON/RPC interface. It is not active by The tezos node provides a JSON/RPC interface. Note that it is an RPC,
default and it should be explicitely activated with the `rpc-port` and it is JSON based, but it does not follow the "JSON-RPC" protocol.
option. This RPC interface is self-documented and the `tezos-client` It is not active by default and it should be explicitely activated with
the `rpc-port` option. Typically, if you are not trying to run a local
network and just want to explore the RPC, you should run:
```
./tezos-node -sandbox /path/to/a/custom/data/dir -rpc-port 8732
```
The RPC interface is self-documented and the `tezos-client`
is able to pretty-print the list of available RPCs. For instance, for is able to pretty-print the list of available RPCs. For instance, for
the list of RPC provided by the Shell: the list of RPC provided by the Shell: