eth_getTransactionByHash

The eth_getTransactionByHash method returns comprehensive information about a transaction identified by its unique hash. This is one of the most commonly used methods for retrieving transaction details directly.

Use Cases

Transaction status confirmation
Transaction validation
Payment verification
Smart contract interaction analysis
Transaction monitoring
Gas usage analysis
Historical transaction data retrieval
Transaction debugging

Method Details

This method retrieves detailed transaction data using the transaction's unique hash.

Response Example

1{
2	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
3	"id": 1,
4	"result": {
5		"blockHash": "0xb3b20624f8f0f86eb50dd04688409e5cea4bd02d700bf6e79e9384d47d6a5a35",
6		"blockNumber": "0x11a48cb",
7		"from": "0x28c6c06298d514db089934071355e5743bf21d60",
8		"gas": "0x21924",
9		"gasPrice": "0x1057b28df",
10		"maxFeePerGas": "0x11986c07a",
11		"maxPriorityFeePerGas": "0x77359400",
12		"hash": "0x5d15326cb350e13d19d1618b7534dcad9feac5cce8a877b8e6fdfd963a4889f7",
13		"input": "0xa9059cbb000000000000000000000000ae2fc483527b8ef99eb5d9b44875f005ba1fae9600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001158e460913d00000",
14		"nonce": "0x3b50",
15		"to": "0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7",
16		"transactionIndex": "0x4d",
17		"value": "0x0",
18		"type": "0x2",
19		"accessList": [],
20		"chainId": "0x1",
21		"v": "0x0",
22		"r": "0x35707b530856150cec9ef609a724e2eb651f71ed9f0b0f94d9969919dae58387",
23		"s": "0x7b305ef8f21e889f63d5178e7d2cbb85880ceaae045b0f46aef808c70b3a7a42"
24	}
25}

Identifying Transaction Types

By examining the transaction data, you can identify common transaction patterns:

Simple ETH Transfer:

to is a regular address (not a contract)
input is "0x" (empty data)
value is greater than 0

ERC-20 Token Transfer:

to is a token contract address
input starts with "0xa9059cbb" (transfer method signature)
value is typically 0

Contract Deployment:

to is null
input contains contract bytecode

Contract Method Call:

to is a contract address
input starts with function signature (first 4 bytes of keccak256 hash of function name and parameters)
May include value if the function is payable

 
### See also
 
- <DocLink to="/docs/ref/eth_getTransactionReceipt">eth_getTransactionReceipt</DocLink> - Get transaction receipt with execution results and events
- <DocLink to="/docs/ref/eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex">eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex</DocLink> - Look up transactions using a block hash and index position

Parameters

hashstringrequired

The hash of the transaction

1curl https://moonbeam.therpc.io \
2  -X POST \
3  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
4  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_getTransactionByHash","params":["0xbb3a336e3f823ec18197f1e13ee875700f08f03e2cab75f0d0b118dabb44cba0"]}'

eth_getTransactionByHash

Use Cases

Method Details

Response Example

Identifying Transaction Types

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