bb_getTxSpecific - Bitcoin Cash

Example code for the bb_getTxSpecific JSON-RPC method. Complete guide on how to use the bb_getTxSpecific JSON-RPC method in the GetBlock Web3 documentation.

This method returns the transaction exactly as the Bitcoin Cash node reports it, in the node's own JSON shape rather than Blockbook's normalized schema.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
txid	string	Yes	The transaction id

Request

cURL (REST)

curl --location --request GET 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/api/v2/tx-specific/10b54fd708ab2e5703979b4ba27ca0339882abc2062e77fbe51e625203a49642'

cURL (JSON-RPC)

curl --location --request POST 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "bb_getTxSpecific",
    "params": [
        "10b54fd708ab2e5703979b4ba27ca0339882abc2062e77fbe51e625203a49642"
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'

JavaScript

example.js

const response = await fetch(
    'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/api/v2/tx-specific/10b54fd708ab2e5703979b4ba27ca0339882abc2062e77fbe51e625203a49642'
);
console.log(await response.json());

Python

example.py

import requests

response = requests.get('https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/api/v2/tx-specific/10b54fd708ab2e5703979b4ba27ca0339882abc2062e77fbe51e625203a49642')

print(response.json())

Response

{
    "txid": "10b54fd708ab2e5703979b4ba27ca0339882abc2062e77fbe51e625203a49642",
    "hash": "10b54fd708ab2e5703979b4ba27ca0339882abc2062e77fbe51e625203a49642",
    "version": 1,
    "size": 226,
    "locktime": 0,
    "vin": [
        {
            "txid": "780791bb2d5a8ccda4b5a707967a8e15b412814852c58c77299e85579bb65587",
            "vout": 1,
            "sequence": 4294967295
        }
    ],
    "vout": [
        {
            "value": 0.09407625,
            "n": 0,
            "scriptPubKey": {
                "type": "pubkeyhash",
                "addresses": [
                    "bitcoincash:qpm2qsznhks23z7629mms6s4cwef74vcwvy22gdx6a"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "blockhash": "0000000000000000023a561e1ea370153aac5d1504726d1a039032831c05fcfc",
    "confirmations": 1197,
    "time": 1617180599,
    "blocktime": 1617180599
}

Response Parameters

Field	Type	Description
txid	string	The transaction id
version	integer	Transaction version
vin	array	Raw inputs as reported by the node
vout	array	Raw outputs with node-native scriptPubKey and BCH-denominated values
confirmations	integer	Number of confirmations
blocktime	integer	Block time as a Unix timestamp

Use Cases

• Node Parity: Read the node's exact transaction JSON for compatibility

• Script Inspection: Access native scriptPubKey fields not in the normalized schema

• Migration: Match output from a direct node integration during a switch

• Debugging: Compare normalized and node-native views of a transaction

Error Handling

Error Code	Message	Description
400 / -32602	Bad request	The transaction id is not a valid 64-character hex string
404 / -32603	Not found	No transaction with the requested id is indexed
500 / -32603	Internal error	The indexer failed to read the transaction