Transaction

Command

cleos get transaction [OPTIONS] id

Where:

[OPTIONS] = See Options in Command Usage section below
id = ID of the transaction to retrieve

Note: The arguments and options enclosed in square brackets are optional.

Description

Use this command to retrieve a transaction from the blockchain.

Command Usage

The following information shows the different positionals and options you can use with the cleos get transaction command:

Positionals

id TEXT REQUIRED - ID of the transaction to retrieve

Options

-h,--help - Print this help message and exit
-b,--block-hint UINT - The block number this transaction may be in

Requirements

For prerequisites to run this command, see the Before you Begin section of the How to Get Transaction Information topic.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate the cleos get transaction command:

Example 1. Retrieve transaction information for transaction ID eb4b94b7...b703:

cleos get transaction eb4b94b72718a369af09eb2e7885b3f494dd1d8a20278a6634611d5edd76b703

{
  "transaction_id": "eb4b94b72718a369af09eb2e7885b3f494dd1d8a20278a6634611d5edd76b703",
  "processed": {
    "refBlockNum": 2206,
    "refBlockPrefix": 221394282,
    "expiration": "2017-09-05T08:03:58",
    "scope": [
      "inita",
      "tester"
    ],
    "signatures": [
      "1f22e64240e1e479eee6ccbbd79a29f1a6eb6020384b4cca1a958e7c708d3e562009ae6e60afac96f9a3b89d729a50cd5a7b5a7a647540ba1678831bf970e83312"
    ],
    "messages": [{
        "code": "eos",
        "type": "transfer",
        "authorization": [{
            "account": "inita",
            "permission": "active"
          }
        ],
        "data": {
          "from": "inita",
          "to": "tester",
          "amount": 1000,
          "memo": ""
        },
        "hex_data": "000000008040934b00000000c84267a1e80300000000000000"
      }
    ],
    "output": [{
        "notify": [{
            "name": "tester",
            "output": {
              "notify": [],
              "sync_transactions": [],
              "async_transactions": []
            }
          },{
            "name": "inita",
            "output": {
              "notify": [],
              "sync_transactions": [],
              "async_transactions": []
            }
          }
        ],
        "sync_transactions": [],
        "async_transactions": []
      }
    ]
  }
}

Note

The above transaction ID will not exist on your actual EOSIO blockchain.