ledger_entry

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The ledger_entry method returns a single ledger object from the XRP Ledger in its raw format. See ledger format for information on the different types of objects you can retrieve.

Request Format

This method can retrieve several different types of data. You can select which type of item to retrieve by passing the appropriate parameters, comprised of the general and type-specific fields listed below, and following the standard request formatting. (For example, a WebSocket request always has the command field and optionally an id field, and a JSON-RPC request uses the method and params fields.)

Note: There is no commandline syntax for this method. You can use the json method to access this method from the commandline instead.

General Fields

Field Type Description
binary Boolean (Optional) If true, return the requested ledger object's contents as a hex string in the XRP Ledger's binary format. Otherwise, return data in JSON format. The default is false. Updated in: rippled 1.2.0
ledger_hash String (Optional) A 20-byte hex string for 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 (e.g. "validated" or "closed" or "current") to choose a ledger automatically. (See Specifying Ledgers)

The generator and ledger parameters are deprecated and may be removed without further notice.

In addition to the general fields above, you must specify exactly 1 of the following fields to indicate what type of object to retrieve, along with its sub-fields as appropriate. The valid fields are:

Caution: If you specify more than 1 of these type-specific fields in a request, the server retrieves results for only 1 of them. It is not defined which one the server chooses, so you should avoid doing this.

Get Ledger Object by ID

Retrieve any type of ledger object by its unique ID.

Field Type Description
index String The object ID of a single object to retrieve from the ledger, as a 64-character (256-bit) hexadecimal string. 
{
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "index": "7DB0788C020F02780A673DC74757F23823FA3014C1866E72CC4CD8B226CD6EF4",
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
    "method": "ledger_entry",
    "params": [
        {
            "index": "7DB0788C020F02780A673DC74757F23823FA3014C1866E72CC4CD8B226CD6EF4",
            "ledger_index": "validated"
        }
    ]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "index": "7DB0788C020F02780A673DC74757F23823FA3014C1866E72CC4CD8B226CD6EF4", "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Tip: You can use this type of request to get any singleton object, if it exists in the ledger data, because its ID is always the same. For example:

  • Amendments - 7DB0788C020F02780A673DC74757F23823FA3014C1866E72CC4CD8B226CD6EF4
  • FeeSettings - 4BC50C9B0D8515D3EAAE1E74B29A95804346C491EE1A95BF25E4AAB854A6A651
  • Recent History LedgerHashes - B4979A36CDC7F3D3D5C31A4EAE2AC7D7209DDA877588B9AFC66799692AB0D66B
  • NegativeUNL - 2E8A59AA9D3B5B186B0B9E0F62E6C02587CA74A4D778938E957B6357D364B244

Get AccountRoot Object

Retrieve an AccountRoot object by its address. This is roughly equivalent to the account_info method.

Field Type Description
account_root String - Address The classic address of the AccountRoot object to retrieve. 
{
  "id": "example_get_accountroot",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "account_root": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
    "method": "ledger_entry",
    "params": [
        {
            "account_root": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
            "ledger_index": "validated"
        }
    ]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "account_root": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59", "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get DirectoryNode Object

Retrieve a DirectoryNode, which contains a list of other ledger objects. Can be provided as string (object ID of the Directory) or as an object.

Field Type Description
directory Object or String The DirectoryNode to retrieve. If a string, must be the object ID of the directory, as hexadecimal. If an object, requires either dir_root or owner as a sub-field, plus optionally a sub_index sub-field.
directory.sub_index Unsigned Integer (Optional) If provided, jumps to a later "page" of the DirectoryNode.
directory.dir_root String (Optional) Unique index identifying the directory to retrieve, as a hex string.
directory.owner String (Optional) Unique address of the account associated with this directory. 
{
  "id": 3,
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "directory": {
    "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "sub_index": 0
  },
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
    "method": "ledger_entry",
    "params": [
        {
            "directory": {
              "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
              "sub_index": 0
            },
            "ledger_index": "validated"
        }
    ]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "directory": { "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn", "sub_index": 0 }, "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get Offer Object

Retrieve an Offer object, which defines an offer to exchange currency. Can be provided as string (unique index of the Offer) or as an object.

Field Type Description
offer Object or String The Offer object to retrieve. If a string, interpret as the unique object ID to the Offer. If an object, requires the sub-fields account and seq to uniquely identify the offer.
offer.account String - Address (Required if offer is specified as an object) The account that placed the offer.
offer.seq Unsigned Integer (Required if offer is specified as an object) The Sequence Number of the transaction that created the Offer object. 
{
  "id": "example_get_offer",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "offer": {
    "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "seq": 359
  },
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
  "method": "ledger_entry",
  "params": [
    {
      "offer": {
        "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
        "seq": 359
      },
      "ledger_index": "validated"
    }
  ]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "offer": { "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn", "seq": 359}, "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get RippleState Object

Retrieve a RippleState object, which tracks a (non-XRP) currency balance between two accounts.

Field Type Description
ripple_state Object Object specifying the RippleState (trust line) object to retrieve. The accounts and currency sub-fields are required to uniquely specify the RippleState entry to retrieve.
ripple_state.accounts Array (Required if ripple_state is specified) 2-length array of account Addresses, defining the two accounts linked by this RippleState object.
ripple_state.currency String (Required if ripple_state is specified) Currency Code of the RippleState object to retrieve. 
{
  "id": "example_get_ripplestate",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "ripple_state": {
    "accounts": [
      "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
      "rsA2LpzuawewSBQXkiju3YQTMzW13pAAdW"
    ],
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
  "method": "ledger_entry",
  "params": [{
    "ripple_state": {
      "accounts": [
        "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
        "rsA2LpzuawewSBQXkiju3YQTMzW13pAAdW"
      ],
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "ledger_index": "validated"
  }]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "ripple_state": { "accounts": ["rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn", "rsA2LpzuawewSBQXkiju3YQTMzW13pAAdW"], "currency": "USD"}, "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get Check Object

Retrieve a Check object, which is a potential payment that can be cashed by its recipient. New in: rippled 1.0.0

Field Type Description
check String The object ID of a Check object to retrieve. 
{
  "id": "example_get_check",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "check": "C4A46CCD8F096E994C4B0DEAB6CE98E722FC17D7944C28B95127C2659C47CBEB",
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
  "method": "ledger_entry",
  "params": [{
    "check": "C4A46CCD8F096E994C4B0DEAB6CE98E722FC17D7944C28B95127C2659C47CBEB",
    "ledger_index": "validated"
  }]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "check": "C4A46CCD8F096E994C4B0DEAB6CE98E722FC17D7944C28B95127C2659C47CBEB", "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get Escrow Object

Retrieve an Escrow object, which holds XRP until a specific time or condition is met. Can be provided as string (object ID of the Escrow) or as an object. New in: rippled 1.0.0

Field Type Description
escrow Object or String The Escrow object to retrieve. If a string, must be the object ID of the Escrow, as hexadecimal. If an object, requires owner and seq sub-fields.
escrow.owner String - Address (Required if escrow is specified as an object) The owner (sender) of the Escrow object.
escrow.seq Unsigned Integer (Required if escrow is specified as an object) The Sequence Number of the transaction that created the Escrow object. 
{
  "id": "example_get_escrow",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "escrow": {
    "owner": "rL4fPHi2FWGwRGRQSH7gBcxkuo2b9NTjKK",
    "seq": 126
  },
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
  "method": "ledger_entry",
  "params": [{
    "escrow": {
      "account": "rL4fPHi2FWGwRGRQSH7gBcxkuo2b9NTjKK",
      "seq": 126
    },
    "ledger_index": "validated"
  }]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "escrow": { "account": "rL4fPHi2FWGwRGRQSH7gBcxkuo2b9NTjKK", "seq": 126 }, "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get PayChannel Object

Retrieve a PayChannel object, which holds XRP for asynchronous payments. New in: rippled 1.0.0

Field Type Description
payment_channel String The object ID of a PayChannel object to retrieve. 
{
  "id": "example_get_paychannel",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "payment_channel": "C7F634794B79DB40E87179A9D1BF05D05797AE7E92DF8E93FD6656E8C4BE3AE7",
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
  "method": "ledger_entry",
  "params": [{
    "payment_channel": "C7F634794B79DB40E87179A9D1BF05D05797AE7E92DF8E93FD6656E8C4BE3AE7",
    "ledger_index": "validated"
  }]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "payment_channel": "C7F634794B79DB40E87179A9D1BF05D05797AE7E92DF8E93FD6656E8C4BE3AE7", "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get DepositPreauth Object

Retrieve a DepositPreauth object, which tracks preauthorization for payments to accounts requiring Deposit Authorization. Can be provided as string (object ID of the DepositPreauth) or as an object. New in: rippled 1.1.0

Field Type Description
deposit_preauth Object or String Specify a DepositPreauth object to retrieve. If a string, must be the object ID of the DepositPreauth object, as hexadecimal. If an object, requires owner and authorized sub-fields.
deposit_preauth.owner String - Address (Required if deposit_preauth is specified as an object) The account that provided the preauthorization.
deposit_preauth.authorized String - Address (Required if deposit_preauth is specified as an object) The account that received the preauthorization. 
{
  "id": "example_get_deposit_preauth",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "deposit_preauth": {
    "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "authorized": "ra5nK24KXen9AHvsdFTKHSANinZseWnPcX"
  },
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
  "method": "ledger_entry",
  "params": [{
    "deposit_preauth": {
      "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
      "authorized": "ra5nK24KXen9AHvsdFTKHSANinZseWnPcX"
    },
    "ledger_index": "validated"
  }]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "deposit_preauth": { "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn", "authorized": "ra5nK24KXen9AHvsdFTKHSANinZseWnPcX" }, "ledger_index": "validated" }'

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Get Ticket Object

Retrieve a Ticket object, which represents a sequence number set aside for future use. Can be provided as string (object ID of the Ticket) or as an object. (Requires the TicketBatch amendment)

Field Type Description
ticket Object or String The Ticket object to retrieve. If a string, must be the object ID of the Ticket, as hexadecimal. If an object, the owner and ticket_sequence sub-fields are required to uniquely specify the Ticket entry.
ticket.owner String - Address (Required if ticket is specified as an object) The owner of the Ticket object.
ticket.ticket_sequence Unsigned Integer (Required if ticket is specified as an object) The Ticket Sequence number of the Ticket entry to retrieve. 
{
  "id": "example_get_ticket",
  "command": "ledger_entry",
  "ticket": {
    "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "ticket_sequence": 23
  },
  "ledger_index": "validated"
}

{
  "method": "ledger_entry",
  "params": [{
    "ticket": {
      "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
      "ticket_sequence": 23
    },
    "ledger_index": "validated"
  }]
}

rippled json ledger_entry '{ "ticket": { "owner": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn", "ticket_sequence: 23 }, "ledger_index": "validated" }'

Response Format

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

Field Type Description
index String The unique ID of this ledger object.
ledger_index Unsigned Integer The ledger index of the ledger that was used when retrieving this data.
node Object (Omitted if "binary": true specified.) Object containing the data of this ledger object, according to the ledger format.
node_binary String (Omitted unless "binary":true specified) The binary representation of the ledger object, as hexadecimal.

An example of a successful response:

{
  "id": "example_get_accountroot",
  "result": {
    "index": "13F1A95D7AAB7108D5CE7EEAF504B2894B8C674E6D68499076441C4837282BF8",
    "ledger_hash": "31850E8E48E76D1064651DF39DF4E9542E8C90A9A9B629F4DE339EB3FA74F726",
    "ledger_index": 61966146,
    "node": {
      "Account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
      "AccountTxnID": "4E0AA11CBDD1760DE95B68DF2ABBE75C9698CEB548BEA9789053FCB3EBD444FB",
      "Balance": "424021949",
      "Domain": "6D64756F31332E636F6D",
      "EmailHash": "98B4375E1D753E5B91627516F6D70977",
      "Flags": 9568256,
      "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
      "MessageKey": "0000000000000000000000070000000300",
      "OwnerCount": 12,
      "PreviousTxnID": "4E0AA11CBDD1760DE95B68DF2ABBE75C9698CEB548BEA9789053FCB3EBD444FB",
      "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 61965653,
      "RegularKey": "rD9iJmieYHn8jTtPjwwkW2Wm9sVDvPXLoJ",
      "Sequence": 385,
      "TransferRate": 4294967295,
      "index": "13F1A95D7AAB7108D5CE7EEAF504B2894B8C674E6D68499076441C4837282BF8"
    },
    "validated": true
  },
  "status": "success",
  "type": "response"
}

200 OK

{
  "result": {
    "index": "13F1A95D7AAB7108D5CE7EEAF504B2894B8C674E6D68499076441C4837282BF8",
    "ledger_hash": "395946243EA36C5092AE58AF729D2875F659812409810A63096AC006C73E656E",
    "ledger_index": 61966165,
    "node": {
      "Account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
      "AccountTxnID": "4E0AA11CBDD1760DE95B68DF2ABBE75C9698CEB548BEA9789053FCB3EBD444FB",
      "Balance": "424021949",
      "Domain": "6D64756F31332E636F6D",
      "EmailHash": "98B4375E1D753E5B91627516F6D70977",
      "Flags": 9568256,
      "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
      "MessageKey": "0000000000000000000000070000000300",
      "OwnerCount": 12,
      "PreviousTxnID": "4E0AA11CBDD1760DE95B68DF2ABBE75C9698CEB548BEA9789053FCB3EBD444FB",
      "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 61965653,
      "RegularKey": "rD9iJmieYHn8jTtPjwwkW2Wm9sVDvPXLoJ",
      "Sequence": 385,
      "TransferRate": 4294967295,
      "index": "13F1A95D7AAB7108D5CE7EEAF504B2894B8C674E6D68499076441C4837282BF8"
    },
    "status": "success",
    "validated": true
  }
}

{
  "result": {
    "index": "13F1A95D7AAB7108D5CE7EEAF504B2894B8C674E6D68499076441C4837282BF8",
    "ledger_hash": "395946243EA36C5092AE58AF729D2875F659812409810A63096AC006C73E656E",
    "ledger_index": 61966165,
    "node": {
      "Account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
      "AccountTxnID": "4E0AA11CBDD1760DE95B68DF2ABBE75C9698CEB548BEA9789053FCB3EBD444FB",
      "Balance": "424021949",
      "Domain": "6D64756F31332E636F6D",
      "EmailHash": "98B4375E1D753E5B91627516F6D70977",
      "Flags": 9568256,
      "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
      "MessageKey": "0000000000000000000000070000000300",
      "OwnerCount": 12,
      "PreviousTxnID": "4E0AA11CBDD1760DE95B68DF2ABBE75C9698CEB548BEA9789053FCB3EBD444FB",
      "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 61965653,
      "RegularKey": "rD9iJmieYHn8jTtPjwwkW2Wm9sVDvPXLoJ",
      "Sequence": 385,
      "TransferRate": 4294967295,
      "index": "13F1A95D7AAB7108D5CE7EEAF504B2894B8C674E6D68499076441C4837282BF8"
    },
    "status": "success",
    "validated": true
  }
}

Possible Errors

  • Any of the universal error types.
  • deprecatedFeature - The request specified a removed field, such as generator.
  • entryNotFound - The requested ledger object does not exist in the ledger.
  • invalidParams - One or more fields are specified incorrectly, or one or more required fields are missing.
  • 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.
  • malformedAddress - The request improperly specified an Address field.
  • malformedCurrency - The request improperly specified a Currency Code field.
  • malformedOwner - The request improperly specified the escrow.owner sub-field.
  • malformedRequest - The request provided an invalid combination of fields, or provided the wrong type for one or more fields.
  • unknownOption - The fields provided in the request did not match any of the expected request formats.