eth_getTransactionReceipt

Returns the receipt of a transaction by transaction hash on Base. Receipt is only available for mined transactions.

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Use Cases#

The eth_getTransactionReceipt method is essential for:

Transaction confirmation - Verify transaction was mined successfully
Gas analysis - Check actual gas used vs estimated
Event parsing - Read emitted events from logs
Status verification - Confirm success/failure for consumer dApps, SocialFi, NFT marketplaces, and merchant payment integrations

Parameters#

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`transactionHash`	`DATA`	Yes	32-byte transaction hash

Request#

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getTransactionReceipt",
  "params": ["0x5c884a466fb59ee69114a0c99cb15d4d8af670a37be53fd59ffda3b5566b4269"],
  "id": 1
}

Returns#

Field	Type	Description
`status`	`QUANTITY`	`1` (success) or `0` (failure)
`transactionHash`	`DATA`	Transaction hash
`blockHash`	`DATA`	Block hash
`blockNumber`	`QUANTITY`	Block number
`gasUsed`	`QUANTITY`	Gas used by this transaction
`cumulativeGasUsed`	`QUANTITY`	Total gas used in block up to this tx
`logs`	`Array`	Array of log objects
`contractAddress`	`DATA`	Created contract address (if deployment)

Code Examples#

cURL
JavaScript
Python
Go

curl -X POST https://api-base-mainnet-archive.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getTransactionReceipt",
    "params": ["0x5c884a466fb59ee69114a0c99cb15d4d8af670a37be53fd59ffda3b5566b4269"],
    "id": 1
  }'

import { JsonRpcProvider } from 'ethers';

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider('https://api-base-mainnet-archive.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY');

const txHash = '0x5c884a466fb59ee69114a0c99cb15d4d8af670a37be53fd59ffda3b5566b4269';
const receipt = await provider.getTransactionReceipt(txHash);

if (receipt) {
  console.log('Status:', receipt.status === 1 ? 'Success' : 'Failed');
  console.log('Gas Used:', receipt.gasUsed.toString());
  console.log('Block:', receipt.blockNumber);
  console.log('Logs:', receipt.logs.length);

  // Parse specific events
  for (const log of receipt.logs) {
    console.log('Event from:', log.address);
  }
}

from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider('https://api-base-mainnet-archive.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY'))

tx_hash = '0x5c884a466fb59ee69114a0c99cb15d4d8af670a37be53fd59ffda3b5566b4269'
receipt = w3.eth.get_transaction_receipt(tx_hash)

if receipt:
    status = 'Success' if receipt['status'] == 1 else 'Failed'
    print(f'Status: {status}')
    print(f'Gas Used: {receipt["gasUsed"]}')
    print(f'Block: {receipt["blockNumber"]}')
    print(f'Logs: {len(receipt["logs"])}')

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethclient"
)

func main() {
    client, err := ethclient.Dial("https://api-base-mainnet-archive.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    txHash := common.HexToHash("0x5c884a466fb59ee69114a0c99cb15d4d8af670a37be53fd59ffda3b5566b4269")
    receipt, err := client.TransactionReceipt(context.Background(), txHash)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    fmt.Printf("Status: %d\n", receipt.Status)
    fmt.Printf("Gas Used: %d\n", receipt.GasUsed)
    fmt.Printf("Logs: %d\n", len(receipt.Logs))
}

Error Handling#

Error Code	Message	Description
-32602	Invalid params	Invalid transaction hash

Note: Returns null if transaction is not yet mined.

eth_getTransactionByHash - Get transaction details
eth_getLogs - Query logs by filter