---
seo:
    description: Retrieve info about a transaction from a particular ledger version.
labels:
    - Transaction Sending
---
# transaction_entry
{% repo-link repo="xrpld" path="src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/TransactionEntry.cpp" format="source-link" %}[Source]{% /repo-link %}

The `transaction_entry` method retrieves information on a single transaction from a specific ledger version. (The [tx method][], by contrast, searches all ledgers for the specified transaction. We recommend using that method instead.)

## Request Format

An example of the request format:

{% tabs %}

{% tab label="WebSocket" %}
```json
{
  "id": "example_transaction_entry",
  "command": "transaction_entry",
  "tx_hash": "C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9",
  "ledger_index": 56865245,
  "api_version": 2
}
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="JSON-RPC" %}
```json
{
    "method": "transaction_entry",
    "params": [
        {
            "tx_hash": "C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9",
            "ledger_index": 56865245,
            "api_version": 2
        }
    ]
}
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Commandline" %}
```sh
#Syntax: transaction_entry transaction_hash ledger_index|ledger_hash
rippled transaction_entry C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9 56865245
```
{% /tab %}

{% /tabs %}

{% try-it method="transaction_entry" /%}

The request includes the following parameters:

| `Field`        | Type                       | Description                    |
|:---------------|:---------------------------|:-------------------------------|
| `ledger_hash`  | String                     | _(Optional)_ The unique hash of the ledger version to use. (See [Specifying Ledgers][]) |
| `ledger_index` | String or Unsigned Integer | _(Optional)_ The [ledger index][] of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically. (See [Specifying Ledgers][]) |
| `tx_hash`      | String                     | Unique hash of the transaction you are looking up |

{% admonition type="info" name="Note" %}This method does not support retrieving information from the current in-progress ledger. You must specify a ledger version in either `ledger_index` or `ledger_hash`.{% /admonition %}

## Response Format

An example of a successful response:

{% tabs %}

{% tab label="WebSocket" %}
```json
{
  "result": {
    "validated": true,
    "meta": {
      "AffectedNodes": [
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "ExchangeRate": "4f04c66806cf7400",
              "Flags": 0,
              "RootIndex": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "TakerGetsCurrency": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
              "TakerGetsIssuer": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
              "TakerPaysCurrency": "000000000000000000000000434E590000000000",
              "TakerPaysIssuer": "CED6E99370D5C00EF4EBF72567DA99F5661BFB3A"
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
            "LedgerIndex": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400"
          }
        },
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "Balance": "10404767991",
              "Flags": 0,
              "OwnerCount": 3,
              "Sequence": 5037711
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
            "LedgerIndex": "1DECD9844E95FFBA273F1B94BA0BF2564DDF69F2804497A6D7837B52050174A2",
            "PreviousFields": {
              "Balance": "10404768003",
              "Sequence": 5037710
            },
            "PreviousTxnID": "4DC47B246B5EB9CCE92ABA8C482479E3BF1F946CABBEF74CA4DE36521D5F9008",
            "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 56865244
          }
        },
        {
          "DeletedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "BookDirectory": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "BookNode": "0",
              "Flags": 0,
              "OwnerNode": "0",
              "PreviousTxnID": "8F5FF57B404827F12BDA7561876A13C3E3B3095CBF75334DBFB5F227391A660C",
              "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 56865244,
              "Sequence": 5037708,
              "TakerGets": "15000000000",
              "TakerPays": {
                "currency": "CNY",
                "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                "value": "20160.75"
              }
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
            "LedgerIndex": "26AAE6CA8D29E28A47C92ADF22D5D96A0216F0551E16936856DDC8CB1AAEE93B"
          }
        },
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Flags": 0,
              "IndexNext": "0",
              "IndexPrevious": "0",
              "Owner": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "RootIndex": "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
            "LedgerIndex": "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
          }
        },
        {
          "CreatedNode": {
            "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
            "LedgerIndex": "8BAEE3C7DE04A568E96007420FA11ABD0BC9AE44D35932BB5640E9C3FB46BC9B",
            "NewFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "BookDirectory": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "Sequence": 5037710,
              "TakerGets": "15000000000",
              "TakerPays": {
                "currency": "CNY",
                "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                "value": "20160.75"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "TransactionIndex": 0,
      "TransactionResult": "tesSUCCESS"
    },
    "tx_json": {
      "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
      "Fee": "12",
      "Flags": 0,
      "LastLedgerSequence": 56865248,
      "OfferSequence": 5037708,
      "Sequence": 5037710,
      "SigningPubKey": "03B51A3EDF70E4098DA7FB053A01C5A6A0A163A30ED1445F14F87C7C3295FCB3BE",
      "TakerGets": "15000000000",
      "TakerPays": {
        "currency": "CNY",
        "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
        "value": "20160.75"
      },
      "TransactionType": "OfferCreate",
      "TxnSignature": "3045022100A5023A0E64923616FCDB6D664F569644C7C9D1895772F986CD6B981B515B02A00220530C973E9A8395BC6FE2484948D2751F6B030FC7FB8575D1BFB406368AD554D9"
    },
    "ledger_index": 56865245,
    "ledger_hash": "793E56131D8D4ABFB27FA383BFC44F2978B046E023FF46C588D7E0C874C2472A",
    "close_time_iso": "2020-07-16T20:53:40Z",
    "hash": "C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9"
  },
  "id": "example_transaction_entry",
  "api_version": 2,
  "status": "success",
  "type": "response"
}
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="JSON-RPC" %}
```json
200 OK

{
  "result": {
    "validated": true,
    "meta": {
      "AffectedNodes": [
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "ExchangeRate": "4f04c66806cf7400",
              "Flags": 0,
              "RootIndex": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "TakerGetsCurrency": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
              "TakerGetsIssuer": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
              "TakerPaysCurrency": "000000000000000000000000434E590000000000",
              "TakerPaysIssuer": "CED6E99370D5C00EF4EBF72567DA99F5661BFB3A"
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
            "LedgerIndex": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400"
          }
        },
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "Balance": "10404767991",
              "Flags": 0,
              "OwnerCount": 3,
              "Sequence": 5037711
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
            "LedgerIndex": "1DECD9844E95FFBA273F1B94BA0BF2564DDF69F2804497A6D7837B52050174A2",
            "PreviousFields": {
              "Balance": "10404768003",
              "Sequence": 5037710
            },
            "PreviousTxnID": "4DC47B246B5EB9CCE92ABA8C482479E3BF1F946CABBEF74CA4DE36521D5F9008",
            "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 56865244
          }
        },
        {
          "DeletedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "BookDirectory": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "BookNode": "0",
              "Flags": 0,
              "OwnerNode": "0",
              "PreviousTxnID": "8F5FF57B404827F12BDA7561876A13C3E3B3095CBF75334DBFB5F227391A660C",
              "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 56865244,
              "Sequence": 5037708,
              "TakerGets": "15000000000",
              "TakerPays": {
                "currency": "CNY",
                "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                "value": "20160.75"
              }
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
            "LedgerIndex": "26AAE6CA8D29E28A47C92ADF22D5D96A0216F0551E16936856DDC8CB1AAEE93B"
          }
        },
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Flags": 0,
              "IndexNext": "0",
              "IndexPrevious": "0",
              "Owner": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "RootIndex": "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
            "LedgerIndex": "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
          }
        },
        {
          "CreatedNode": {
            "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
            "LedgerIndex": "8BAEE3C7DE04A568E96007420FA11ABD0BC9AE44D35932BB5640E9C3FB46BC9B",
            "NewFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "BookDirectory": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "Sequence": 5037710,
              "TakerGets": "15000000000",
              "TakerPays": {
                "currency": "CNY",
                "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                "value": "20160.75"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "TransactionIndex": 0,
      "TransactionResult": "tesSUCCESS"
    },
    "tx_json": {
      "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
      "Fee": "12",
      "Flags": 0,
      "LastLedgerSequence": 56865248,
      "OfferSequence": 5037708,
      "Sequence": 5037710,
      "SigningPubKey": "03B51A3EDF70E4098DA7FB053A01C5A6A0A163A30ED1445F14F87C7C3295FCB3BE",
      "TakerGets": "15000000000",
      "TakerPays": {
        "currency": "CNY",
        "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
        "value": "20160.75"
      },
      "TransactionType": "OfferCreate",
      "TxnSignature": "3045022100A5023A0E64923616FCDB6D664F569644C7C9D1895772F986CD6B981B515B02A00220530C973E9A8395BC6FE2484948D2751F6B030FC7FB8575D1BFB406368AD554D9"
    },
    "ledger_index": 56865245,
    "ledger_hash": "793E56131D8D4ABFB27FA383BFC44F2978B046E023FF46C588D7E0C874C2472A",
    "close_time_iso": "2020-07-16T20:53:40Z",
    "hash": "C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9",
    "status": "success"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Commandline" %}
```json
Loading: "/etc/opt/ripple/rippled.cfg"
2025-Dec-19 03:16:00.638871262 UTC HTTPClient:NFO Connecting to 127.0.0.1:5005

{
  "result": {
    "validated": true,
    "meta": {
      "AffectedNodes": [
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "ExchangeRate": "4f04c66806cf7400",
              "Flags": 0,
              "RootIndex": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "TakerGetsCurrency": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
              "TakerGetsIssuer": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
              "TakerPaysCurrency": "000000000000000000000000434E590000000000",
              "TakerPaysIssuer": "CED6E99370D5C00EF4EBF72567DA99F5661BFB3A"
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
            "LedgerIndex": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400"
          }
        },
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "Balance": "10404767991",
              "Flags": 0,
              "OwnerCount": 3,
              "Sequence": 5037711
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
            "LedgerIndex": "1DECD9844E95FFBA273F1B94BA0BF2564DDF69F2804497A6D7837B52050174A2",
            "PreviousFields": {
              "Balance": "10404768003",
              "Sequence": 5037710
            },
            "PreviousTxnID": "4DC47B246B5EB9CCE92ABA8C482479E3BF1F946CABBEF74CA4DE36521D5F9008",
            "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 56865244
          }
        },
        {
          "DeletedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "BookDirectory": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "BookNode": "0",
              "Flags": 0,
              "OwnerNode": "0",
              "PreviousTxnID": "8F5FF57B404827F12BDA7561876A13C3E3B3095CBF75334DBFB5F227391A660C",
              "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 56865244,
              "Sequence": 5037708,
              "TakerGets": "15000000000",
              "TakerPays": {
                "currency": "CNY",
                "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                "value": "20160.75"
              }
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
            "LedgerIndex": "26AAE6CA8D29E28A47C92ADF22D5D96A0216F0551E16936856DDC8CB1AAEE93B"
          }
        },
        {
          "ModifiedNode": {
            "FinalFields": {
              "Flags": 0,
              "IndexNext": "0",
              "IndexPrevious": "0",
              "Owner": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "RootIndex": "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
            },
            "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
            "LedgerIndex": "47FAF5D102D8CE655574F440CDB97AC67C5A11068BB3759E87C2B9745EE94548"
          }
        },
        {
          "CreatedNode": {
            "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
            "LedgerIndex": "8BAEE3C7DE04A568E96007420FA11ABD0BC9AE44D35932BB5640E9C3FB46BC9B",
            "NewFields": {
              "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
              "BookDirectory": "02BAAC1E67C1CE0E96F0FA2E8061020536CEDD043FEB0FF54F04C66806CF7400",
              "Sequence": 5037710,
              "TakerGets": "15000000000",
              "TakerPays": {
                "currency": "CNY",
                "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
                "value": "20160.75"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "TransactionIndex": 0,
      "TransactionResult": "tesSUCCESS"
    },
    "tx_json": {
      "Account": "rhhh49pFH96roGyuC4E5P4CHaNjS1k8gzM",
      "Fee": "12",
      "Flags": 0,
      "LastLedgerSequence": 56865248,
      "OfferSequence": 5037708,
      "Sequence": 5037710,
      "SigningPubKey": "03B51A3EDF70E4098DA7FB053A01C5A6A0A163A30ED1445F14F87C7C3295FCB3BE",
      "TakerGets": "15000000000",
      "TakerPays": {
        "currency": "CNY",
        "issuer": "rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y",
        "value": "20160.75"
      },
      "TransactionType": "OfferCreate",
      "TxnSignature": "3045022100A5023A0E64923616FCDB6D664F569644C7C9D1895772F986CD6B981B515B02A00220530C973E9A8395BC6FE2484948D2751F6B030FC7FB8575D1BFB406368AD554D9"
    },
    "ledger_index": 56865245,
    "ledger_hash": "793E56131D8D4ABFB27FA383BFC44F2978B046E023FF46C588D7E0C874C2472A",
    "close_time_iso": "2020-07-16T20:53:40Z",
    "hash": "C53ECF838647FA5A4C780377025FEC7999AB4182590510CA461444B207AB74A9",
    "status": "success"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}

{% /tabs %}

The response follows the [standard format][], with a successful result containing the following fields:

{% tabs %}

{% tab label="API v2" %}

| `Field`          | Type                      | Description                     |
|:-----------------|:--------------------------|:--------------------------------|
| `close_time_iso` | String                    | The time the ledger containing this transaction was closed, in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format. |
| `hash`           | String                    | The unique hash identifier of the transaction. |
| `ledger_index`   | Number - [Ledger Index][] | The ledger index of the ledger version the transaction was found in; this is the same as the one from the request. |
| `ledger_hash`    | String - [Hash][]         | _(May be omitted)_ The identifying hash of the ledger version the transaction was found in; this is the same as the one from the request. |
| `meta`           | Object                    | The [transaction metadata](../../../protocol/transactions/metadata.md), which shows the exact results of the transaction in detail. |
| `tx_json`        | Object                    | JSON representation of the [Transaction object](../../../protocol/transactions/index.md) |

{% /tab %}

{% tab label="API v1" %}

| `Field`        | Type                      | Description                     |
|:---------------|:--------------------------|:--------------------------------|
| `ledger_index` | Number - [Ledger Index][] | The ledger index of the ledger version the transaction was found in; this is the same as the one from the request. |
| `ledger_hash`  | String - [Hash][]         | _(May be omitted)_ The identifying hash of the ledger version the transaction was found in; this is the same as the one from the request. |
| `metadata`     | Object                    | The [transaction metadata](../../../protocol/transactions/metadata.md), which shows the exact results of the transaction in detail. |
| `tx_json`      | Object                    | JSON representation of the [Transaction object](../../../protocol/transactions/index.md) |

{% /tab %}

{% /tabs %}

There are a couple possible reasons the server may fail to find the transaction:

* The transaction does not exist
* The transaction exists, but not in the specified ledger version
* The server does not have the specified ledger version available. Another server that has the correct version on hand may have a different response.

## Possible Errors

* Any of the [universal error types][].
* `fieldNotFoundTransaction` - The `tx_hash` field was omitted from the request
* `notYetImplemented` - A ledger version was not specified in the request.
* `lgrNotFound` - The ledger specified by the `ledger_hash` or `ledger_index` does not exist, or it does exist but the server does not have it.
* `transactionNotFound` - The transaction specified in the request could not be found in the specified ledger. (It might be in a different ledger version, or it might not be available at all.)

{% raw-partial file="/docs/_snippets/common-links.md" /%}