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eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex RPC Method

Returns information about a transaction given a block number and transaction index position.

Updated on
Nov 2, 2023

eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex RPC Method

Parameters

blockNumber
string
REQUIRED
The block number as a string in hexadecimal format or tags. The supported tag values include earliest for the earliest/genesis block, latest for the latest mined block, pending for the pending state/transactions, safe for the most recent secure block, and finalized for the most recent secure block accepted by more than 2/3 of validators. safe and finalized are only supported on Ethereum, Gnosis, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova, and Avalanche C-chain
index
string
REQUIRED
An integer of the transaction index position encoded as a hexadecimal

Returns

object
The transaction response object, or null if no transaction is found:
blockHash
The hash of the block where this log was in. null when it's a pending log
blockNumber
The block number where this log was in. null when it's a pending log
from
The address of the sender
gas
The gas provided by the sender, encoded as hexadecimal
gasPrice
The gas price provided by the sender in wei, encoded as hexadecimal
maxFeePerGas
The maximum fee per gas set in the transaction
maxPriorityFeePerGas
The maximum priority gas fee set in the transaction
hash
The hash of the transaction
input
The data sent along with the transaction
nonce
The number of transactions made by the sender prior to this one encoded as hexadecimal
to
The address of the receiver. null when it's a contract creation transaction
transactionIndex
The integer of the transaction's index position that the log was created from. null when it's a pending log
value
The value transferred in wei encoded as hexadecimal
type
The transaction type
chainId
The chain id of the transaction, if any
v
The standardized V field of the signature
r
The R field of the signature
s
The S field of the signature
Request
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curl https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{"method":"eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex","params":["0xc5043f", "0x0"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
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