how to get transaction information

Overview

This how-to guide provides instructions on how to retrieve infomation of an Antelope transaction using a transaction ID.

The example in this how-to retrieves transaction information associated with the creation of the account bob.

Before you begin

Make sure you meet the following requirements:

• Install the currently supported version of cleos. [[info | Note]] | cleos is bundled with the Antelope software. Installing Antelope will also install cleos.
• Understand how transactions work in an Antelope blockchain. For more information on transactions, see the Transactions Protocol section.

Command Reference

See the following reference guide for cleos command line usage and related options:

• cleos get transaction command and its parameters

Procedure

The following step shows how to retrieve transaction information associated with the creation of the account bob.

1. Retrieve transaction information by transaction ID:

cleos get transaction 870a6b6e3882061ff0f64016e1eedfdd9439e2499bf978c3fb29fcedadada9b1

• Where 870a6b6e38...dada9b1= The transaction ID associated with the creation of account bob.

Example Output

The cleos command returns detailed information of the transaction:

{
  "id": "870a6b6e3882061ff0f64016e1eedfdd9439e2499bf978c3fb29fcedadada9b1",
  "trx": {
    "receipt": {
      "status": "executed",
      "cpu_usage_us": 3493,
      "net_usage_words": 25,
      "trx": [
        1,{
          "signatures": [
            "SIG_K1_KYEvKx3nC81H6brKXHNjhrw32rNtTC2dP6nYFjZvj1N3k7KSU4CXBTJyiXd38ANu2ZPTUf66qUghUp5Jarkhiqdx3D8pwf"
          ],
          "compression": "none",
          "packed_context_free_data": "",
          "packed_trx": "0c252e60fe001fe2acca00000000010000000000ea305500409e9a2264b89a010000000000ea305500000000a8ed3232660000000000ea30550000000000000e3d01000000010002dfcee032f2e84bfc8ecc5c10fffb870ec1c690c1f3fdae3d8b7d65690b6455560100000001000000010002dfcee032f2e84bfc8ecc5c10fffb870ec1c690c1f3fdae3d8b7d65690b6455560100000000"
        }
      ]
    },
    "trx": {
      "expiration": "2021-02-18T08:27:56",
      "ref_block_num": 254,
      "ref_block_prefix": 3400327711,
      "max_net_usage_words": 0,
      "max_cpu_usage_ms": 0,
      "delay_sec": 0,
      "context_free_actions": [],
      "actions": [{
          "account": "eosio",
          "name": "newaccount",
          "authorization": [{
              "actor": "eosio",
              "permission": "active"
            }
          ],
          "data": {
            "creator": "eosio",
            "name": "bob",
            "owner": {
              "threshold": 1,
              "keys": [{
                  "key": "EOS6b4ENeXffuKGmsk3xCk3kbFM5M8dcANrUa9Mj9RzKLNhPKhzyj",
                  "weight": 1
                }
              ],
              "accounts": [],
              "waits": []
            },
            "active": {
              "threshold": 1,
              "keys": [{
                  "key": "EOS6b4ENeXffuKGmsk3xCk3kbFM5M8dcANrUa9Mj9RzKLNhPKhzyj",
                  "weight": 1
                }
              ],
              "accounts": [],
              "waits": []
            }
          },
          "hex_data": "0000000000ea30550000000000000e3d01000000010002dfcee032f2e84bfc8ecc5c10fffb870ec1c690c1f3fdae3d8b7d65690b6455560100000001000000010002dfcee032f2e84bfc8ecc5c10fffb870ec1c690c1f3fdae3d8b7d65690b64555601000000"
        }
      ],
      "transaction_extensions": [],
      "signatures": [
        "SIG_K1_KYEvKx3nC81H6brKXHNjhrw32rNtTC2dP6nYFjZvj1N3k7KSU4CXBTJyiXd38ANu2ZPTUf66qUghUp5Jarkhiqdx3D8pwf"
      ],
      "context_free_data": []
    }
  },
  "block_time": "2021-02-18T08:27:27.000",
  "block_num": 256,
  "last_irreversible_block": 305,
  "traces": [{
      "action_ordinal": 1,
      "creator_action_ordinal": 0,
      "closest_unnotified_ancestor_action_ordinal": 0,
      "receipt": {
        "receiver": "eosio",
        "act_digest": "2640ce4d4a789393dec3b7938cea2f78c5669498d0d22adeab9204c489c2cfd6",
        "global_sequence": 256,
        "recv_sequence": 256,
        "auth_sequence": [[
            "eosio",
            256
          ]
        ],
        "code_sequence": 0,
        "abi_sequence": 0
      },
      "receiver": "eosio",
      "act": {
        "account": "eosio",
        "name": "newaccount",
        "authorization": [{
            "actor": "eosio",
            "permission": "active"
          }
        ],
        "data": {
          "creator": "eosio",
          "name": "bob",
          "owner": {
            "threshold": 1,
            "keys": [{
                "key": "EOS6b4ENeXffuKGmsk3xCk3kbFM5M8dcANrUa9Mj9RzKLNhPKhzyj",
                "weight": 1
              }
            ],
            "accounts": [],
            "waits": []
          },
          "active": {
            "threshold": 1,
            "keys": [{
                "key": "EOS6b4ENeXffuKGmsk3xCk3kbFM5M8dcANrUa9Mj9RzKLNhPKhzyj",
                "weight": 1
              }
            ],
            "accounts": [],
            "waits": []
          }
        },
        "hex_data": "0000000000ea30550000000000000e3d01000000010002dfcee032f2e84bfc8ecc5c10fffb870ec1c690c1f3fdae3d8b7d65690b6455560100000001000000010002dfcee032f2e84bfc8ecc5c10fffb870ec1c690c1f3fdae3d8b7d65690b64555601000000"
      },
      "context_free": false,
      "elapsed": 1565,
      "console": "",
      "trx_id": "870a6b6e3882061ff0f64016e1eedfdd9439e2499bf978c3fb29fcedadada9b1",
      "block_num": 256,
      "block_time": "2021-02-18T08:27:27.000",
      "producer_block_id": null,
      "account_ram_deltas": [{
          "account": "bob",
          "delta": 2724
        }
      ],
      "except": null,
      "error_code": null
    }
  ]
}

[[info]] | Be aware that you need to connect to a nodeos instance that enables both the history plugin and history API plugin to query transaction information.

Summary

By following these instructions, you are able to retrieve transaction information using a transaction ID.

Trobleshooting

If the history plugin and history API plugin are not enabled in the nodeos config.ini file, the cleos get transaction id command will result in an error as shown below:

cleos get transaction 509eee3aa8988d533a336fec7a4c8b067ae3205cd97e2d27b3e9a2da61ef460c

Error 3110003: Missing History API Plugin
Ensure that you have eosio::history_api_plugin added to your node's configuration!
Error Details:
History API plugin is not enabled

To troubleshoot this error, enable the history plugin and history API plugin, then run the command again.