Private network API objects

The following objects are parameters for or returned by Besu private network API methods.

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This reference contains API objects that apply to only private networks. For API objects that apply to both private and public networks, see the public network API objects reference.

Private transaction object

Returned by priv_getPrivateTransaction.

Key	Type	Value
from	Data, 20 bytes	Address of the sender.
gas	Quantity	Gas provided by the sender.
gasPrice	Quantity	Gas price, in Wei, provided by the sender.
input	Data	The data to create or invoke a contract.
nonce	Quantity	Number of transactions made by the sender to the privacy group before this one.
to	Data, 20 bytes	null if a contract creation transaction, otherwise, the contract address.
value	Quantity	null because private transactions cannot transfer Ether.
v	Quantity	ECDSA Recovery ID.
r	Data, 32 bytes	ECDSA signature r.
s	Data, 32 bytes	ECDSA signature s.
privateFrom	Data, 32 bytes	Tessera public key of the sender.
privateFor	Array of Data, 32 bytes each	Tessera public keys of recipients. Not returned if using privacyGroupId to send the transaction.
privacyGroupId	Data, 32 bytes	Tessera privacy group ID of recipients. Not returned if using privateFor to send the transaction.
restriction	String	Must be restricted.

Private transaction receipt object

Returned by priv_getTransactionReceipt.

Key	Type	Value
blockHash	Data, 32 bytes	Hash of block containing this transaction.
blockNumber	Quantity	Block number of block containing this transaction.
contractAddress	Data, 20 bytes	Contract address created if a contract creation transaction, otherwise, null. A failed contract creation transaction still produces a contract address value.
from	Data, 20 bytes	Address of the sender.
logs	Array	Array of log objects generated by this private transaction.
to	Data, 20 bytes	Address of the receiver, if sending ether, otherwise, null.
transactionIndex	Quantity, Integer	Index position of transaction in the block.
revertReason	String	ABI-encoded string that displays the reason for reverting the transaction. Only available if revert reason is enabled.
output	Data	RLP-encoded return value of a contract call if a value returns, otherwise, null.
commitmentHash	Data, 32 bytes	Hash of the privacy marker transaction.
status	Quantity	Either 0x1 (success) or 0x0 (failure).
privateFrom	Data, 32 bytes	Tessera public key of the sender.
privateFor or privacyGroupId	Array or Data, 32 bytes	Tessera public keys or privacy group ID of the recipients.
logsBloom	Data, 256 bytes	Bloom filter for light clients to quickly retrieve related logs.