tx

The tx method retrieves information on a single transaction, by its [identifying hash][] or its CTID.

Request Format

An example of the request format:

curl --location 'https://xrp.nownodes.io' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'api-key: API_KEY' \
--data '{
    "method": "tx",
    "params": [
        {
            "transaction": "C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9",
            "binary": false
        }
    ]
}'

curl --location 'https://xrp.nownodes.io' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'api-key: API_KEY' \
--data '{
    "method": "tx",
    "params": [
        {
            "ctid": "C005523E00000000",
            "binary": false
        }
    ]
}'

The request includes the following parameters:

Field
Type
Required?
Description

ctid

String

No

The compact transaction identifier of the transaction to look up. Must use uppercase hexadecimal only.

You must provide either ctid or transaction, but not both.

Caution: This command may successfully find the transaction even if it is included in a ledger outside the range of min_ledger to max_ledger.

Response Format

An example of a successful response:

{
   "result" : {
      "Account" : "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
      "Fee" : "12",
      "Flags" : 0,
      "LastLedgerSequence" : 56865248,
      "OfferSequence" : 5037708,
      "Sequence" : 5037710,
      "SigningPubKey" : "03B51A3EDF70E4098DA7FB053A01C5A6A0A163A30ED1445F14F87C7C3295FCB3BE",
      "TakerGets" : "15000000000",
      "TakerPays" : {
         "currency" : "CNY",
         "issuer" : "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
         "value" : "20160.75"
      },
      "TransactionType" : "OfferCreate",
      "TxnSignature" : "3045022100A5023A0E64923616FCDB6D664F569644C7C9D1895772F986CD6B981B515B02A00220530C973E9A8395BC6FE2484948D2751F6B030FC7FB8575D1BFB406368AD554D9",
      "date" : 648248020,
      "hash" : "C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9",
      "inLedger" : 56865245,
      "ledger_index" : 56865245,
      "meta" : {
         "AffectedNodes" : [
            {
               "ModifiedNode" : {
                  "FinalFields" : {
                     "ExchangeRate" : "4F04C66806CF7400",
                     "Flags" : 0,
                     "RootIndex" : "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
                     "TakerGetsCurrency" : "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
                     "TakerGetsIssuer" : "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
                     "TakerPaysCurrency" : "000000000000000000000000434E590000000000",
                     "TakerPaysIssuer" : "CED6E99370D5C00EF4EBF72567DA99F5661BFB3A"
                  },
                  "LedgerEntryType" : "DirectoryNode",
                  "LedgerIndex" : "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400"
               }
            },
            {
               "ModifiedNode" : {
                  "FinalFields" : {
                     "Account" : "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
                     "Balance" : "10404767991",
                     "Flags" : 0,
                     "OwnerCount" : 3,
                     "Sequence" : 5037711
                  },
                  "LedgerEntryType" : "AccountRoot",
                  "LedgerIndex" : "1DECD9844E95FFBA273F1B94BA0BF2564DDF69F2804497A6D7837B52050174A2",
                  "PreviousFields" : {
                     "Balance" : "10404768003",
                     "Sequence" : 5037710
                  },
                  "PreviousTxnID" : "4DC47B246B5EB9CCE92ABA8C482479E3BF1F946CABBEF74CA4DE36521D5F9008",
                  "PreviousTxnLgrSeq" : 56865244
               }
            },
            {
               "DeletedNode" : {
                  "FinalFields" : {
                     "Account" : "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
                     "BookDirectory" : "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
                     "BookNode" : "0000000000000000",
                     "Flags" : 0,
                     "OwnerNode" : "0000000000000000",
                     "PreviousTxnID" : "8F5FF57B404827F12BDA7561876A13C3E3B3095CBF75334DBFB5F227391A660C",
                     "PreviousTxnLgrSeq" : 56865244,
                     "Sequence" : 5037708,
                     "TakerGets" : "15000000000",
                     "TakerPays" : {
                        "currency" : "CNY",
                        "issuer" : "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                        "value" : "20160.75"
                     }
                  },
                  "LedgerEntryType" : "Offer",
                  "LedgerIndex" : "26AAE6CA8D29E28A47C92ADF22D5D96A0216F0551E16936856DDC8CB1AAEE93B"
               }
            },
            {
               "ModifiedNode" : {
                  "FinalFields" : {
                     "Flags" : 0,
                     "IndexNext" : "0000000000000000",
                     "IndexPrevious" : "0000000000000000",
                     "Owner" : "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
                     "RootIndex" : "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
                  },
                  "LedgerEntryType" : "DirectoryNode",
                  "LedgerIndex" : "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
               }
            },
            {
               "CreatedNode" : {
                  "LedgerEntryType" : "Offer",
                  "LedgerIndex" : "8BAEE3C7DE04A568E96007420FA11ABD0BC9AE44D35932BB5640E9C3FB46BC9B",
                  "NewFields" : {
                     "Account" : "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
                     "BookDirectory" : "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
                     "Sequence" : 5037710,
                     "TakerGets" : "15000000000",
                     "TakerPays" : {
                        "currency" : "CNY",
                        "issuer" : "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                        "value" : "20160.75"
                     }
                  }
               }
            }
         ],
         "TransactionIndex" : 0,
         "TransactionResult" : "tesSUCCESS"
      },
      "status" : "success",
      "validated" : true
   }
}

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

ctid

String

The transaction's compact transaction identifier.

New in: rippled 1.12.0

(Not supported in Clio v2.0 and earlier.) | | date | Number | The close time of the ledger in which the transaction was applied, in [seconds since the Ripple Epoch][]. | | hash | String | The unique [identifying hash][] of the transaction | | inLedger | Number | (Deprecated) Alias for ledger_index. | | ledger_index | Number | The [ledger index][] of the ledger that includes this transaction. | | meta | Object (JSON) or String (binary) | Transaction metadata, which describes the results of the transaction. | | validated | Boolean | If true, this data comes from a validated ledger version; if omitted or set to false, this data is not final. | | (Various) | (Various) | Other fields from the Transaction object |

Not Found Response

If the server does not find the transaction, it returns a txnNotFound error, which could mean two things:

  • The transaction has not been included in any ledger version, and has not been executed.

  • The transaction was included in a ledger version that the server does not have available.

This means that a txnNotFound on its own is not enough to know the final outcome of a transaction.

To further narrow down the possibilities, you can provide a range of ledgers to search using the min_ledger and max_ledger fields in the request. If you provide both of those fields, the txnNotFound response includes the following field:

Field
Type
Description

searched_all

Boolean

(Omitted unless the request provided min_ledger and max_ledger) If true, the server was able to search all of the specified ledger versions, and the transaction was in none of them. If false, the server did not have all of the specified ledger versions available, so it is not sure if one of them might contain the transaction.

An example of a txnNotFound response that fully searched a requested range of ledgers:

{
  "error": "txnNotFound",
  "error_code": 29,
  "error_message": "Transaction not found.",
  "id": 1,
  "request": {
    "binary": false,
    "command": "tx",
    "id": 1,
    "max_ledger": 54368673,
    "min_ledger": 54368573,
    "transaction": "E08D6E9754025BA2534A78707605E0601F03ACE063687A0CA1BDDACFCD1698C7"
  },
  "searched_all": true,
  "status": "error",
  "type": "response"
}

200 OK

{
  "result": {
    "error": "txnNotFound",
    "error_code": 29,
    "error_message": "Transaction not found.",
    "request": {
      "binary": false,
      "command": "tx",
      "max_ledger": 54368673,
      "min_ledger": 54368573,
      "transaction": "E08D6E9754025BA2534A78707605E0601F03ACE063687A0CA1BDDACFCD1698C7"
    },
    "searched_all": true,
    "status": "error"
  }
}

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 ledger version that rippled does not have available.

  • excessiveLgrRange - The min_ledger and max_ledger fields of the request are more than 1000 apart.

  • invalidLgrRange - The specified min_ledger is larger than the max_ledger, or one of those parameters is not a valid ledger index.

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