eth_getTransactionByHash

The eth_getTransactionByHash method returns information about a transaction by its hash. This is one of the most frequently used methods for tracking transactions, allowing you to retrieve complete transaction details including sender, receiver, value, gas parameters, and input data.

It's essential for transaction tracking, confirmation checking, and building transaction history features in wallets and explorers. Developers use this to display transaction details to users, verify transaction parameters before processing, track transaction status, and analyze transaction data. The method returns the transaction data as it was submitted to the network, including signature components, making it useful for transaction verification and analysis. Note that this returns the transaction data itself, not the execution result - use eth_getTransactionReceipt for execution outcomes.

Parameters

parameter	type	description
transactionHash	string (required)	Hash of the transaction (32-byte hex string with 0x prefix)

Return Object

The method returns a transaction object, or null if the transaction is not found:

field	type	description
blockHash	string	Hash of the block where this transaction was included (32 bytes), null for pending transactions
blockNumber	string	Number of the block where this transaction was included (hex), null for pending transactions
from	string	Address of the sender (20 bytes)
to	string	Address of the receiver (20 bytes), null for contract creation transactions
gas	string	Gas provided by the sender (hex)
gasPrice	string	Gas price provided by the sender in wei (hex), for legacy transactions
maxFeePerGas	string	Maximum total fee per gas the sender is willing to pay (hex), for EIP-1559 transactions
maxPriorityFeePerGas	string	Maximum priority fee per gas the sender is willing to pay (hex), for EIP-1559 transactions
hash	string	Hash of the transaction (32 bytes)
input	string	The data sent along with the transaction (encoded contract method call or contract creation code)
nonce	string	The number of transactions made by the sender prior to this one (hex)
transactionIndex	string	Integer of the transaction's index position in the block (hex), null for pending transactions
value	string	Value transferred in wei (hex)
type	string	The transaction type: 0 for legacy, 1 for access list, 2 for dynamic fee (EIP-1559)
chainId	string	The chain ID of the transaction (hex), if available
v	string	ECDSA recovery id
r	string	ECDSA signature r
s	string	ECDSA signature s

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