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gettransaction

gettransaction “txid” ( include_watchonly verbose )

Get detailed information about in-wallet transaction

Arguments:

  1. txid (string, required) The transaction id
  2. include_watchonly (boolean, optional, default=true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false) Whether to include watch-only addresses in balance calculation and details[]
  3. verbose (boolean, optional, default=false) Whether to include a decoded field containing the decoded transaction (equivalent to RPC decoderawtransaction)

Result: { (json object) “amount” : n, (numeric) The amount in BTC “fee” : n, (numeric, optional) The amount of the fee in BTC. This is negative and only available for the ‘send’ category of transactions. “confirmations” : n, (numeric) The number of confirmations for the transaction. Negative confirmations means the transaction conflicted that many blocks ago. “generated” : true|false, (boolean, optional) Only present if the transaction’s only input is a coinbase one. “trusted” : true|false, (boolean, optional) Whether we consider the transaction to be trusted and safe to spend from. Only present when the transaction has 0 confirmations (or negative confirmations, if conflicted). “blockhash” : “hex”, (string, optional) The block hash containing the transaction. “blockheight” : n, (numeric, optional) The block height containing the transaction. “blockindex” : n, (numeric, optional) The index of the transaction in the block that includes it. “blocktime” : xxx, (numeric, optional) The block time expressed in UNIX epoch time. “txid” : “hex”, (string) The transaction id. “walletconflicts” : [ (json array) Conflicting transaction ids. “hex”, (string) The transaction id. … ], “replaced_by_txid” : “hex”, (string, optional) The txid if this tx was replaced. “replaces_txid” : “hex”, (string, optional) The txid if the tx replaces one. “comment” : “str”, (string, optional) “to” : “str”, (string, optional) If a comment to is associated with the transaction. “time” : xxx, (numeric) The transaction time expressed in UNIX epoch time. “timereceived” : xxx, (numeric) The time received expressed in UNIX epoch time. “comment” : “str”, (string, optional) If a comment is associated with the transaction, only present if not empty. “bip125-replaceable” : “str”, (string) (“yes|no|unknown”) Whether this transaction could be replaced due to BIP125 (replace-by-fee); may be unknown for unconfirmed transactions not in the mempool. “details” : [ (json array) { (json object) “involvesWatchonly” : true|false, (boolean, optional) Only returns true if imported addresses were involved in transaction. “address” : “str”, (string, optional) The bitcoin address involved in the transaction. “category” : “str”, (string) The transaction category. “send” Transactions sent. “receive” Non-coinbase transactions received. “generate” Coinbase transactions received with more than 100 confirmations. “immature” Coinbase transactions received with 100 or fewer confirmations. “orphan” Orphaned coinbase transactions received. “amount” : n, (numeric) The amount in BTC “label” : “str”, (string, optional) A comment for the address/transaction, if any “vout” : n, (numeric) the vout value “fee” : n, (numeric, optional) The amount of the fee in BTC. This is negative and only available for the ‘send’ category of transactions. “abandoned” : true|false (boolean, optional) ‘true’ if the transaction has been abandoned (inputs are respendable). Only available for the ‘send’ category of transactions. }, … ], “hex” : “hex”, (string) Raw data for transaction “decoded” : { (json object, optional) The decoded transaction (only present when verbose is passed) … Equivalent to the RPC decoderawtransaction method, or the RPC getrawtransaction method when verbose is passed. } }

Examples:

bitcoin-cli gettransaction “1075db55d416d3ca199f55b6084e2115b9345e16c5cf302fc80e9d5fbf5d48d” bitcoin-cli gettransaction “1075db55d416d3ca199f55b6084e2115b9345e16c5cf302fc80e9d5fbf5d48d” true bitcoin-cli gettransaction “1075db55d416d3ca199f55b6084e2115b9345e16c5cf302fc80e9d5fbf5d48d” false true curl —user myusername —data-binary ’{“jsonrpc”: “1.0”, “id”: “curltest”, “method”: “gettransaction”, “params”: [“1075db55d416d3ca199f55b6084e2115b9345e16c5cf302fc80e9d5fbf5d48d”]}’ -H ‘content-type: text/plain;’ http://127.0.0.1:8332/