Archived: Get Bitcoin Transaction Data

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∟Archived: Get Bitcoin Transaction Data

This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the Get Bitcoin Transaction Data operation provided by blockexplorer.com.

The operation of getting the Bitcoin Transaction Data can be described as:

Operation: Get Bitcoin Transaction Data
Method: GET
End Point: https://blockexplorer.com
Resource Path: /api/tx/{txid}
Resource Path: /api/rawtx/{txid}
Template Parameter: txid - The transaction ID of the transaction you want to see
Content-Type: application/json

The simplest way to use this Web service is run a Web browser and enter the URL combining the end point and the resource path with given parameter values.

For example, if you want see the content of the first transaction of second block on Bitcoin blockchain, run three calls:

Call #1: 
https://blockexplorer.com/api/block-index/1

{"blockHash":"00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048"}

Call #2:
https://blockexplorer.com/api/block
   /00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048

{"hash":"00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048",
 "size":215,
 "height":1,
 "version":1,
 "merkleroot":"0e3e2357e806b6cdb1f70b54c3a3a17b6714ee1f0e68bebb44a74b1efd512098",
 "tx":["0e3e2357e806b6cdb1f70b54c3a3a17b6714ee1f0e68bebb44a74b1efd512098"],
 ...
}

Call #3:
https://blockexplorer.com/api/tx
   /0e3e2357e806b6cdb1f70b54c3a3a17b6714ee1f0e68bebb44a74b1efd512098

{"txid":"0e3e2357e806b6cdb1f70b54c3a3a17b6714ee1f0e68bebb44a74b1efd512098",
 "version":1,
 "locktime":0,
 "vin":[{"coinbase":"04ffff001d0104", "sequence":4294967295, "n":0}],
 "vout":[{"value":"50.00000000", "n":0, "scriptPubKey":{
  "hex":"410496b538e853519c726a2c91e61ec11600ae1390813a627c66fb8be7947be63c52da7...
  "asm":"0496b538e853519c726a2c91e61ec11600ae1390813a627c66fb8be7947be63c52da758...
  "addresses":["12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX"],
  "type":"pubkeyhash"
  },
 "spentTxId":null,
 "spentIndex":null,
 "spentHeight":null}],
 "blockhash":"00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048",
 "blockheight":1,
 "confirmations":544662,
 "time":1231469665,
 "blocktime":1231469665,
 "isCoinBase":true,
 "valueOut":50,
 "size":134
}

The above transaction tells us that 50 Bitcoins were transferred from the coinbase to wallet 12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX. Most likely, this was a reward transfer for mining the first block of the very first Bitcoin block.