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content/_code-samples/get-tx/py/get_transaction.py

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+"""Example of how we can see a transaction that was validated on the ledger"""
+from xrpl.clients import JsonRpcClient
+from xrpl.models.requests import Ledger, Tx
+
+# References
+# - https://xrpl.org/look-up-transaction-results.html
+# - https://xrpl.org/parallel-networks.html#parallel-networks
+# - https://xrpl.org/tx.html
+
+# Create a client to connect to the main network
+client = JsonRpcClient("https://xrplcluster.com/")
+
+# Create a Ledger request and have the client call it
+ledger_request = Ledger(ledger_index="validated", transactions=True)
+ledger_response = client.request(ledger_request)
+print(ledger_response)
+
+# Extract out transactions from the ledger response
+transactions = ledger_response.result["ledger"]["transactions"]
+
+# If there are transactions, we can display the first one
+# If there are none (visualized at https://testnet.xrpl.org/), try re running the script
+if transactions:
+    # Create a Transaction request and have the client call it
+    tx_request = Tx(transaction=transactions[0])
+    tx_response = client.request(tx_request)
+    print(tx_response)
+else:
+    print("No transactions were found on the ledger!")