changed send methods for backwards compatability in geth console

cmd/geth/main.go

@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ func console(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	repl := newJSRE(
 		ethereum,
 		ctx.String(utils.JSpathFlag.Name),
-		ctx.GlobalString(utils.IPCPathFlag.Name),
 		ctx.GlobalString(utils.RPCCORSDomainFlag.Name),
 		ctx.GlobalString(utils.IPCPathFlag.Name),
 		true,
@@ -330,7 +329,6 @@ func execJSFiles(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	repl := newJSRE(
 		ethereum,
 		ctx.String(utils.JSpathFlag.Name),
-		ctx.GlobalString(utils.IPCPathFlag.Name),
 		ctx.GlobalString(utils.RPCCORSDomainFlag.Name),
 		ctx.GlobalString(utils.IPCPathFlag.Name),
 		false,

rpc/jeth.go

@@ -44,6 +44,60 @@ func (self *Jeth) Send(call otto.FunctionCall) (response otto.Value) {
 		return self.err(call, -32700, err.Error(), nil)
 	}
 
+	jsonreq, err := json.Marshal(reqif)
+	var reqs []RpcRequest
+	batch := true
+	err = json.Unmarshal(jsonreq, &reqs)
+	if err != nil {
+		reqs = make([]RpcRequest, 1)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(jsonreq, &reqs[0])
+		batch = false
+	}
+
+	call.Otto.Set("response_len", len(reqs))
+	call.Otto.Run("var ret_response = new Array(response_len);")
+
+	for i, req := range reqs {
+		var respif interface{}
+		err = self.ethApi.GetRequestReply(&req, &respif)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error response:", err)
+			return self.err(call, -32603, err.Error(), req.Id)
+		}
+		call.Otto.Set("ret_jsonrpc", jsonrpcver)
+		call.Otto.Set("ret_id", req.Id)
+
+		res, _ := json.Marshal(respif)
+
+		call.Otto.Set("ret_result", string(res))
+		call.Otto.Set("response_idx", i)
+		response, err = call.Otto.Run(`
+		ret_response[response_idx] = { jsonrpc: ret_jsonrpc, id: ret_id, result: JSON.parse(ret_result) };
+		`)
+	}
+
+	if !batch {
+		call.Otto.Run("ret_response = ret_response[0];")
+	}
+
+	if call.Argument(1).IsObject() {
+		call.Otto.Set("callback", call.Argument(1))
+		call.Otto.Run(`
+	    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(callback) == '[object Function]') {
+			callback(null, ret_response);
+		}
+		`)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func (self *Jeth) SendIpc(call otto.FunctionCall) (response otto.Value) {
+	reqif, err := call.Argument(0).Export()
+	if err != nil {
+		return self.err(call, -32700, err.Error(), nil)
+	}
+
 	client, err := comms.NewIpcClient(comms.IpcConfig{self.ipcpath}, codec.JSON)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Unable to connect to geth.")