gettxout

Overview

The 'gettxout' RPC method allows you to retrieve details about an unspent transaction output in the Bitcoin network

Request

shell

wget --no-check-certificate --quiet \
  --method POST \
  --timeout=0 \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'X-CoinAPI-Key: 73034021-THIS-IS-SAMPLE-KEY' \
  --body-data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"gettxout","params": [ ]}' \
   'https://bitcoin-mainnet.node.coinapi.io'

csharp

--

php

<?php
$client = new Client();
$headers = [
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'accept' => 'application/json',
  'X-CoinAPI-Key' => '73034021-THIS-IS-SAMPLE-KEY'
];
$body = '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "gettxout",
  "params": []
}';
$request = new Request('POST', 'https://bitcoin-mainnet.node.coinapi.io', $headers, $body);
$res = $client->sendAsync($request)->wait();
echo $res->getBody();
?>

python

import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("mainnet-bitcoin.node.coinapi.io")
payload = json.dumps({
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "gettxout",
"params": []
})
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'accept': 'application/json',
'X-CoinAPI-Key': '73034021-THIS-IS-SAMPLE-KEY'
}
conn.request("POST", "/", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))

javascript

var settings = {
"url": "https://bitcoin-mainnet.node.coinapi.io",
"method": "POST",
"timeout": 0,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"accept": "application/json",
"X-CoinAPI-Key": "73034021-THIS-IS-SAMPLE-KEY"
},
"data": JSON.stringify({
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "gettxout",
"params": []
}),
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});

go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

url := "https://bitcoin-mainnet.node.coinapi.io"
method := "POST"

payload := strings.NewReader(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"gettxout","params": [],"id":1}`)

client := &http.Client {
}
req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
req.Header.Add("x-coinapi-key", "73034021-THIS-IS-SAMPLE-KEY")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")

res, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
defer res.Body.Close()

body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}

ruby

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://bitcoin-mainnet.node.coinapi.io")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-coinapi-key"] = "73034021-THIS-IS-SAMPLE-KEY"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["accept"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "gettxout",
"params": [],
"id": 1
})

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

java

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\r\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\",\r\n  \"id\": \"1\",\r\n  \"method\": \"gettxout\",\r\n  \"params\": []\r\n}\r\n");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://bitcoin-mainnet.node.coinapi.io")
  .method("POST", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("X-CoinAPI-Key", "73034021-THIS-IS-SAMPLE-KEY")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Request Parameters

txid

• Type: string
• Required: Yes
• Description: The identifier for the transaction you are querying.

n

• Type: numeric
• Required: Yes
• Description: The output number (vout) of the transaction.

include_mempool

• Type: boolean
• Default: true
• Description: Specifies whether to include the mempool in the query.

Response

bestblock

• Description: The hash of the block at the tip of the blockchain.

confirmations

• Description: The number of confirmations received for the transaction.

value

• Description: The value of the transaction, denominated in BTC.

scriptPubKey

• Description: A JSON object containing details about the public key script associated with the transaction.

asm

• Description: The script public key, represented as a string.

hex

• Description: The hexadecimal representation of the transaction.

reqSigs

• Description: The number of signatures required to validate the transaction.

type

• Description: The type of script used in the transaction, such as pubkeyhash or multisig.

addresses

• Description: A JSON array containing the Bitcoin addresses involved in the transaction.

str

• Description: A string representation of a Bitcoin address associated with the transaction.

coinbase

• Description: A boolean value indicating whether the transaction output is part of a coinbase transaction. Returns true for coinbase transactions and false for all others.

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