getrawtransaction - Litecoin

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

Returns the raw transaction data.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
txid	string	The transaction id.
verbose	boolean	Optional. True for JSON object. Default=false.

Request examples

cURL

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getrawtransaction",
    "params": ["txid123...", true],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'

Axios (JavaScript)

axios.js

import axios from 'axios';

const data = JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getrawtransaction",
    "params": ["txid123...", true],
    "id": "getblock.io"
});

const config = {
    method: 'post',
    url: 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    data: data
};

axios(config)
    .then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

Python (requests)

request.py

import requests
import json

url = "https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/"

payload = json.dumps({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getrawtransaction",
    "params": ["txid123...", true],
    "id": "getblock.io"
})

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)

Rust (reqwest)

main.rs

use reqwest::header;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    
    let response = client
        .post("https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/")
        .header(header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")
        .body(r#"{
            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
            "method": "getrawtransaction",
            "params": ["txid123...", true],
            "id": "getblock.io"
        }"#)
        .send()
        .await?;
    
    println!("{}", response.text().await?);
    Ok(())
}

Response

response.json

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "getblock.io",
    "result": {
        "txid": "txid123...",
        "hash": "txid123...",
        "version": 2,
        "size": 225,
        "vsize": 144,
        "weight": 573,
        "locktime": 0,
        "vin": [],
        "vout": [],
        "hex": "0200000001..."
    }
}

Response Parameters

Field	Type	Description
txid	string	The transaction id.
size	number	The transaction size in bytes.
vin	array	Array of input objects.
vout	array	Array of output objects.

Use Case

The getrawtransaction method is essential for:

• Transaction inspection

• Block explorer functionality

• Transaction verification

• Debugging transactions

Error Handling

Status Code	Error Message	Cause
403	Forbidden	Missing or invalid ACCESS-TOKEN.

Integration Notes

The getrawtransaction method helps developers build robust applications that interact with the Litecoin blockchain.