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# JSON-RPC interface
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Delve exposes a [JSON-RPC](https://www.jsonrpc.org/specification_v1) API interface.
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Note that this JSON-RPC interface is served over a streaming socket, *not* over HTTP.
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# API versions
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Delve currently supports two versions of its API. By default a headless instance of `dlv` will serve APIv1 for backward compatibility with old clients, however new clients should use APIv2 as new features will only be made available through version 2. To select APIv2 use `--api-version=2` command line argument.
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Clients can also select APIv2 by sending a [SetApiVersion](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-delve/delve/service/rpccommon#RPCServer.SetApiVersion) request specifying `APIVersion = 2` after connecting to the headless instance.
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# API version 2 documentation
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All the methods of the type `service/rpc2.RPCServer` can be called using JSON-RPC, the documentation for these calls is [available on godoc](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-delve/delve/service/rpc2#RPCServer).
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Note that all exposed methods take one single input parameter (usually called `args`) of a struct type and also return a result of a struct type. Also note that the method name should be prefixed with `RPCServer.` in JSON-RPC.
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# Example
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Your client wants to set a breakpoint on the function `main.main`.
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The first step will be calling the method `FindLocation` with `Scope = api.EvalScope{ GoroutineID: -1, Frame: 0}` and `Loc = "main.main"`. The JSON-RPC request packet should look like this:
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```
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{"method":"RPCServer.FindLocation","params":[{"Scope":{"GoroutineID":-1,"Frame":0},"Loc":"main.main"}],"id":2}
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```
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the response packet will look like this:
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```
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{"id":2,"result":{"Locations":[{"pc":4199019,"file":"/home/a/temp/callme/callme.go","line":31,"function":{"name":"main.main","value":4198992,"type":84,"goType":0}}]},"error":null}
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```
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Now your client should call the method `CreateBreakpoint` and specify `4199019` (the `pc` field in the response object) as the target address:
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```
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{"method":"RPCServer.CreateBreakpoint","params":[{"Breakpoint":{"addr":4199019}}],"id":3}
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```
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if this request is successful your client will receive the following response:
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```
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{"id":3,"result":{"Breakpoint":{"id":1,"name":"","addr":4199019,"file":"/home/a/temp/callme/callme.go","line":31,"functionName":"main.main","Cond":"","continue":false,"goroutine":false,"stacktrace":0,"LoadArgs":null,"LoadLocals":null,"hitCount":{},"totalHitCount":0}},"error":null}
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```
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