eth_getTransactionReceipt

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

Why Moonriver? Build on the Moonbeam canary network on Kusama for real-world testing of EVM dApps with Moonbeam code ships here first, full EVM compatibility on Kusama, 80% fee burn mechanism, and XCM cross-chain messaging.

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 production-grade dApp testing, early feature deployment, and Kusama-based EVM applications

Parameters#

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

Request#

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getTransactionReceipt",
  "params": [""],
  "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  \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getTransactionReceipt",
    "params": [""],
    "id": 1
  }'

import { JsonRpcProvider } from 'ethers';

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider('');

const txHash = '';
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(''))

tx_hash = ''
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("")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    txHash := common.HexToHash("")
    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