tx

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The tx method retrieves information on a single transaction.

Request Format

An example of the request format:

{
  "id": 1,
  "command": "tx",
  "transaction": "E08D6E9754025BA2534A78707605E0601F03ACE063687A0CA1BDDACFCD1698C7",
  "binary": false
}

{
    "method": "tx",
    "params": [
        {
            "transaction": "E08D6E9754025BA2534A78707605E0601F03ACE063687A0CA1BDDACFCD1698C7",
            "binary": false
        }
    ]
}

#Syntax: tx transaction [binary]
rippled tx E08D6E9754025BA2534A78707605E0601F03ACE063687A0CA1BDDACFCD1698C7 false

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The request includes the following parameters:

Field Type Description
transaction String The 256-bit hash of the transaction, as hex.
binary Boolean (Optional, defaults to false) If true, return transaction data and metadata as hex strings instead of JSON

Response Format

An example of a successful response:

{
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "Account": "r3PDtZSa5LiYp1Ysn1vMuMzB59RzV3W9QH",
        "Amount": {
            "currency": "USD",
            "issuer": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59",
            "value": "1"
        },
        "Destination": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59",
        "Fee": "10",
        "Flags": 0,
        "Paths": [
            [
                {
                    "account": "r3kmLJN5D28dHuH8vZNUZpMC43pEHpaocV",
                    "currency": "USD",
                    "issuer": "r3kmLJN5D28dHuH8vZNUZpMC43pEHpaocV",
                    "type": 49,
                    "type_hex": "0000000000000031"
                }
            ],
            [
                {
                    "account": "rD1jovjQeEpvaDwn9wKaYokkXXrqo4D23x",
                    "currency": "USD",
                    "issuer": "rD1jovjQeEpvaDwn9wKaYokkXXrqo4D23x",
                    "type": 49,
                    "type_hex": "0000000000000031"
                },
                {
                    "account": "rB5TihdPbKgMrkFqrqUC3yLdE8hhv4BdeY",
                    "currency": "USD",
                    "issuer": "rB5TihdPbKgMrkFqrqUC3yLdE8hhv4BdeY",
                    "type": 49,
                    "type_hex": "0000000000000031"
                },
                {
                    "account": "r3kmLJN5D28dHuH8vZNUZpMC43pEHpaocV",
                    "currency": "USD",
                    "issuer": "r3kmLJN5D28dHuH8vZNUZpMC43pEHpaocV",
                    "type": 49,
                    "type_hex": "0000000000000031"
                }
            ]
        ],
        "SendMax": {
            "currency": "USD",
            "issuer": "r3PDtZSa5LiYp1Ysn1vMuMzB59RzV3W9QH",
            "value": "1.01"
        },
        "Sequence": 88,
        "SigningPubKey": "02EAE5DAB54DD8E1C49641D848D5B97D1B29149106174322EDF98A1B2CCE5D7F8E",
        "TransactionType": "Payment",
        "TxnSignature": "30440220791B6A3E036ECEFFE99E8D4957564E8C84D1548C8C3E80A87ED1AA646ECCFB16022037C5CAC97E34E3021EBB426479F2ACF3ACA75DB91DCC48D1BCFB4CF547CFEAA0",
        "hash": "E08D6E9754025BA2534A78707605E0601F03ACE063687A0CA1BDDACFCD1698C7",
        "inLedger": 348734,
        "ledger_index": 348734,
        "meta": {
            "AffectedNodes": [
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Account": "r3PDtZSa5LiYp1Ysn1vMuMzB59RzV3W9QH",
                            "Balance": "59328999119",
                            "Flags": 0,
                            "OwnerCount": 11,
                            "Sequence": 89
                        },
                        "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
                        "LedgerIndex": "E0D7BDE68B468FF0B8D948FD865576517DA987569833A05374ADB9A72E870A06",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "Balance": "59328999129",
                            "Sequence": 88
                        },
                        "PreviousTxnID": "C26AA6B4F7C3B9F55E17CD0D11F12032A1C7AD2757229FFD277C9447A8815E6E",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 348700
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Balance": {
                                "currency": "USD",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji",
                                "value": "-1"
                            },
                            "Flags": 131072,
                            "HighLimit": {
                                "currency": "USD",
                                "issuer": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59",
                                "value": "100"
                            },
                            "HighNode": "0000000000000000",
                            "LowLimit": {
                                "currency": "USD",
                                "issuer": "r3PDtZSa5LiYp1Ysn1vMuMzB59RzV3W9QH",
                                "value": "0"
                            },
                            "LowNode": "0000000000000000"
                        },
                        "LedgerEntryType": "RippleState",
                        "LedgerIndex": "EA4BF03B4700123CDFFB6EB09DC1D6E28D5CEB7F680FB00FC24BC1C3BB2DB959",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "Balance": {
                                "currency": "USD",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji",
                                "value": "0"
                            }
                        },
                        "PreviousTxnID": "53354D84BAE8FDFC3F4DA879D984D24B929E7FEB9100D2AD9EFCD2E126BCCDC8",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 343570
                    }
                }
            ],
            "TransactionIndex": 0,
            "TransactionResult": "tesSUCCESS"
        },
        "validated": true
    },
    "status": "success",
    "type": "response"
}

The response follows the standard format, with a successful result containing the fields of the Transaction object as well as the following additional fields:

Field Type Description
hash String The SHA-512 hash of the transaction
inLedger Unsigned Integer (Deprecated) Alias for ledger_index.
ledger_index Unsigned Integer The sequence number of the ledger that includes this transaction.
meta Object Various metadata about the transaction.
validated Boolean True if this data is from a validated ledger version; if omitted or set to false, this data is not final.
(Various) (Various) Other fields from the Transaction object

Possible Errors

  • Any of the universal error types.
  • invalidParams - One or more fields are specified incorrectly, or one or more required fields are missing.
  • txnNotFound - Either the transaction does not exist, or it was part of an older ledger version that rippled does not have available.