eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex

Get a transaction by block number and transaction index position

Defined in the Ethereum JSON-RPC Specification

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

Parameters

blockParameter · string · required

Integer block number, or the string “latest”, “earliest” or “pending”.

transactionIndex · string · required

Integer of the transaction index position as a hexadecimal string.

Returns

result · object

A transaction object, or null when no transaction was found.

Show Transaction object properties

blockHash · string

Hash of the block where this transaction was in.

blockNumber · string

Block number where this transaction was in.

from · string

Address of the sender.

gas · string

Gas provided by the sender.

gasPrice · string

Gas price provided by the sender in Wei.

hash · string

Hash of the transaction.

input · string

The data sent along with the transaction.

nonce · string

The number of transactions made by the sender prior to this one.

to · string

Address of the receiver. null when it’s a contract creation transaction.

transactionIndex · string

Integer of the transaction index position in the block.

value · string

Value transferred in Wei.

v · string

ECDSA recovery id.

r · string

ECDSA signature r.

s · string

ECDSA signature s.

Latest Block

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex",
  "params": [
    "latest",
    "0x0"
  ]
}

Success Response

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "blockHash": "0xc6ef2fc5426d6ad6fd9e2a26abeab0aa2411b7ab17f30a99d3cb96aed1d1055b",
    "blockNumber": "0x1b4",
    "from": "0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1",
    "gas": "0x76c0",
    "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000",
    "hash": "0xb903239f8543d04b5dc1ba6579132b143087c68db1b2168786408fcbce568238",
    "input": "0x",
    "nonce": "0x1",
    "to": "0x85h43d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1",
    "transactionIndex": "0x0",
    "value": "0x2710",
    "v": "0x25",
    "r": "0xc9cf86333bcb065d140032ecaab5d9281bde80f21b9687b3e94161de42d51895",
    "s": "0x727a108a0b8d101465414033c3f705a9c7b826e596766046ee1183dbc8aeaa68"
  }
}

Error Handling

Code	Message	Description
-32602	Invalid parameters	Invalid block parameter or transaction index
4100	Requested method not supported	The method is not supported by the wallet

Transaction indices start at 0x0 for the first transaction in a block. If the index exceeds the number of transactions, null is returned.