getTransaction

Returns the complete transaction details for a confirmed transaction given its signature. This is the primary method for retrieving transaction information, supporting both legacy and versioned transactions. It returns the full transaction message, metadata (including pre/post balances, log messages, and inner instructions), slot, and block time. This method is essential for block explorers, transaction debugging, and building detailed transaction history views.

Parameters

#	Type	Required	Description
1	`string`	Yes	Transaction signature (base-58 encoded)
2	`object`	No	Configuration object

Configuration object fields:

Field	Type	Description
`commitment`	`string`	Commitment level: `confirmed` or `finalized` (default `finalized`)
`encoding`	`string`	Transaction encoding: `json`, `jsonParsed`, `base58`, or `base64` (default `json`)
`maxSupportedTransactionVersion`	`number`	Max transaction version to return. Set to `0` to support versioned transactions

Response

Returns null if the transaction is not found. Otherwise returns an object:

Field	Type	Description
`slot`	`u64`	The slot the transaction was processed in
`transaction`	`object`	Transaction object (format depends on encoding)
`blockTime`	`i64	null`
`meta`	`object	null`
`meta.fee`	`u64`	Transaction fee in lamports
`meta.err`	`object	null`
`meta.logMessages`	`array[string]	null`
`version`	`"legacy"	number`

Code Examples

cURL

1curl http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT] -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "id": 1,
4  "method": "getTransaction",
5  "params": [
6    "5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW",
7    {
8      "encoding": "jsonParsed",
9      "commitment": "confirmed",
10      "maxSupportedTransactionVersion": 0
11    }
12  ]
13}'

TypeScript

1const response = await fetch("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]", {
2  method: "POST",
3  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
4  body: JSON.stringify({
5    jsonrpc: "2.0",
6    id: 1,
7    method: "getTransaction",
8    params: [
9      "5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW",
10      {
11        encoding: "jsonParsed",
12        commitment: "confirmed",
13        maxSupportedTransactionVersion: 0
14      }
15    ]
16  }),
17});
18const { result } = await response.json();
19console.log("Fee:", result.meta.fee, "lamports, Status:", result.meta.err ? "Failed" : "Success");

Python

1import requests
2
3response = requests.post("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]", json={
4    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
5    "id": 1,
6    "method": "getTransaction",
7    "params": [
8        "5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW",
9        {
10            "encoding": "jsonParsed",
11            "commitment": "confirmed",
12            "maxSupportedTransactionVersion": 0
13        }
14    ]
15})
16result = response.json()["result"]
17print(f"Fee: {result['meta']['fee']} lamports, Status: {'Failed' if result['meta']['err'] else 'Success'}")

Rust

1use reqwest::Client;
2use serde_json::json;
3
4#[tokio::main]
5async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
6    let client = Client::new();
7    let res = client.post("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]")
8        .json(&json!({
9            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
10            "id": 1,
11            "method": "getTransaction",
12            "params": [
13                "5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW",
14                {
15                    "encoding": "jsonParsed",
16                    "commitment": "confirmed",
17                    "maxSupportedTransactionVersion": 0
18                }
19            ]
20        }))
21        .send().await?
22        .text().await?;
23    println!("{}", res);
24    Ok(())
25}

Example Response

1{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "result": {
4    "slot": 166974442,
5    "transaction": {
6      "message": {
7        "accountKeys": [],
8        "instructions": [],
9        "recentBlockhash": "GJxqhuxcgfn5Tcj6y3f8X4FeCDd2RQ6SnEMo1AAxrPRZ"
10      },
11      "signatures": ["5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW"]
12    },
13    "meta": {
14      "fee": 5000,
15      "err": null,
16      "logMessages": ["Program 11111111111111111111111111111111 invoke [1]", "Program 11111111111111111111111111111111 success"]
17    },
18    "blockTime": 1681391935,
19    "version": "legacy"
20  },
21  "id": 1
22}