New RPC command - getrawtransaction #324

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forrestv commented at 5:21 AM on June 17, 2011: contributor

Given a transaction hash, getrawtransaction returns that transaction and some metadata.

Example: (this is on the testnet)

$ ./bitcoind getrawtransaction ba73f8c8701550e50f667c6c02d671afd3f95069ce02938453048e79b0812bba { "tx" : { "version" : 1, "txins" : [ { "previous_output" : { "hash" : "daea922234887459ba985977112454895466a36c167921651111596cc439add4", "index" : 0 }, "script" : "47304402206fdeaabac261ef0e0183892555a7cdc94d23e4a01c1c55509d352215ee1628c302204dae58fa97ecf77cede4d340573f62abe13f1b7d9bc487a8e9230d4e9557fdd50141043338498afdbe933339072d3fe6ed36196b2e868f888df55e1b32ad27e418f3621628941482a816acde7b53d651fc13b3208885c07e6f1c54b4c04a5c5d009d86", "sequence" : 4294967295 } ], "txouts" : [ { "value" : 29462000000, "script2" : "76a9142a5ce61dff67eb864979905d2ca05d000a0586fd88ac" }, { "value" : 500000000, "script2" : "76a9142400224224860152f4211a2b9daa6c45c79d04f388ac" } ], "lock_time" : 0 }, "parent_blocks" : [ "00000000004610ac94e40725653c5ff54588a41e24d284244fcd4efd36f12ee9" ], "txout_claims" : [ [ "9f8aa7191c75c96d1cdf8a9fe78a5b4fa1d772cbe7345c1cabdb3f7c91c71cf7" ], [ ] ] }
gavinandresen commented at 3:22 PM on June 24, 2011: contributor

What is this for? I'm about to start working on the 'headers only' branch that will break this (because not every node will store every transaction).
forrestv commented at 3:10 PM on June 29, 2011: contributor

This is for providing a way for RPC clients to check the status of transactions. It's mostly useful for mining pool servers - to check whether a tx has been put into a block, and so whether to include it and txs depending on it in the block being mined.
forrestv commented at 3:11 PM on June 29, 2011: contributor

Usage example: My p2pool software - http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18313.0 :P
TheBlueMatt commented at 4:03 PM on June 29, 2011: member

Im not a big fan of this, RPC is getting really huge and we keep adding more and more features to it. I wouldnt mind it being so big if all the UIs were using something more standard, ie a libbitcoin-style thing, and I prefer to get something like that up before we keep merging more and more rpc calls.
Added a new RPC command, getrawtransaction. Given a transaction hash, getrawtransaction returns that transaction and some metadata. dac314a886
gavinandresen commented at 3:42 PM on October 5, 2011: contributor

Closing this; please propose/discuss new RPC commands on the bitcoin mailing list or the forums.
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