bx fetch tx

Get transactions by hash.

$ bx fetch-tx --help

Usage: bx fetch-tx [-h] [--config VALUE] [--format VALUE] [HASH]...      

Info: Get transactions by hash. Requires an Obelisk server connection.   

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-f [--format]        The output format. Options are 'json', 'xml', 'info'
                     or 'native', defaults to native.                    
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Arguments (positional):

HASH                 The set of Base16 transaction hashes of transactions
                     to get. If not specified the transaction hashes are 
                     read from STDIN.

The native transaction format is base16. This allows the output of fetch-tx to be piped into other commands.

Example 1

first transaction on the blockchain

$ bx fetch-tx 4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b

01000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff4d04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73ffffffff0100f2052a01000000434104678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5fac00000000

Example 2

piped commands, decoding Satoshi's words

$ bx fetch-tx 4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b | bx base16-decode

01000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff4d04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73ffffffff0100f2052a01000000434104678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5fac00000000
ÿÿÿÿMÿÿEThe Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banksÿÿÿÿò*CAgŠý°þUH'gñ¦q0·\Ö¨(à9	¦ybàêaÞ¶Iö¼?Lï8ÄóUåÁÞ\8M÷º�WŠLp+kñ_¬

Example 3

--format json, decoding Satoshi's words

$ bx fetch-tx -f json 4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b

{
    "transaction": {
        "hash": "4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b",
        "inputs": {
            "input": {
                "previous_output": {
                    "hash": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
                    "index": "4294967295"
                },
                "script": "[ 04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73 ]",
                "sequence": "4294967295"
            }
        },
        "lock_time": "0",
        "outputs": {
            "output": {
                "address": "1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa",
                "script": "[ 04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f ] checksig",
                "value": "5000000000"
            }
        },
        "version": "1"
    }
}

From transaction.inputs.input.script above:

$ bx base16-decode 04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73 

ÿÿEThe Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks

Example 3

--format info, first WikiLeaks transaction

$ bx fetch-tx -f info 4eed9092aaf8cc8a527570546816a752d5fe825244c25c8e26084fc80b06b588

transaction
{
    hash 4eed9092aaf8cc8a527570546816a752d5fe825244c25c8e26084fc80b06b588
    inputs
    {
        input
        {
            address 136Zngm3jPWjXr62D6aAqiHViwC8GX7KrT
            previous_output
            {
                hash e58f3fb6e2ebe8e74e5af032dfd8c8e5e51f53d59489591a71599a80bdca910d
                index 0
            }
            script "[ 304502210092947e1d588378cd215c2d3990b862cf368657741b5941c3cadf87a46b5a211d02205ef4ba2c1f35886e4272250a2abec2d1f2f21d5c581bf3eb5fc27b5be332660701 ] [ 04aefca2b53d176aa22f730a5497eb32011e15387c63a75780efeb21e981e9728033808732a321b48a8e0e2a5f9c1efb745dd41e9c92c6260daad567544b122446 ]"
            sequence 4294967295
        }
        input
        {
            address 16twDP2ZL2nZTRsWmfpNrgs9PNDECyBJEV
            previous_output
            {
                hash 203609ba699c1f56e4a8d793a8cd746aa5aa5fc2e71205cf67a94487b45bafa9
                index 1
            }
            script "[ 3045022100b7e63179ce698082c0f97c4ba6e24f5c7b7d37e5098c1b46674d03ef17a68b8d022008ebc699df19f11a11e76320719d7c139bb10ce9aa255f674a44b95f54053d9d01 ] [ 04c8f5fbadfe4534eaa3e2ec49dd797aaa43cb13d669dbd6ab769ea45a5ebcdacc6aee8e0e75fec2cb7fa088e16ead1a979f394b5af9e0d2998b6dc5bb6c41b005 ]"
            sequence 4294967295
        }
    }
    lock_time 0
    outputs
    {
        output
        {
            address 1HB5XMLmzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v
            script "dup hash160 [ b169f2b0b866db05900b93a5d76345f18d3afb24 ] equalverify checksig"
            value 7500000
        }
        output
        {
            address 16kZCdRoVmv9aWXagqxqm5NbLm19mQTr1V
            script "dup hash160 [ 3f156517411bd0ea2f22e2f42d6846b405facb27 ] equalverify checksig"
            value 97317
        }
    }
    version 1
}