Deprecate non-txindex getrawtransaction and better warning

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Pieter Wuille 2017-01-11 15:30:50 -08:00
parent 05950427d3
commit db904db7e6

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@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 2)
throw runtime_error(
"getrawtransaction \"txid\" ( verbose )\n"
"\nNOTE: By default this function only works sometimes. This is when the tx is in the mempool\n"
"or there is an unspent output in the utxo for this transaction. To make it always work,\n"
"you need to maintain a transaction index, using the -txindex command line option.\n"
"\nNOTE: By default this function only works for mempool transactions. If the -txindex option is\n"
"enabled, it also works for blockchain transactions.\n"
"DEPRECATED: for now, it also works for transactions with unspent outputs.\n"
"\nReturn the raw transaction data.\n"
"\nIf verbose is 'true', returns an Object with information about 'txid'.\n"
"If verbose is 'false' or omitted, returns a string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for 'txid'.\n"
@ -218,7 +220,9 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
CTransactionRef tx;
uint256 hashBlock;
if (!GetTransaction(hash, tx, Params().GetConsensus(), hashBlock, true))
throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "No information available about transaction");
throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, std::string(fTxIndex ? "No such mempool or blockchain transaction"
: "No such mempool transaction. Use -txindex to enable blockchain transaction queries") +
". Use gettransaction for wallet transactions.");
string strHex = EncodeHexTx(*tx, RPCSerializationFlags());