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[Trivial][RPC] Update getrawtransaction warning message #2375

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[Trivial][RPC] Update getrawtransaction warning message #2375

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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -133,9 +133,12 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
throw std::runtime_error(
"getrawtransaction \"txid\" ( verbose \"blockhash\" )\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. If the block which contains the transaction\n"
"is known, its hash can be provided even for nodes without -txindex. Note that if a blockhash is\n"
"provided, only that block will be searched and if the transaction is in the mempool or other\n"
"blocks, or if this node does not have the given block available, the transaction will not be found.\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"
Expand All @@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)

"\nResult (if verbose is set to true):\n"
"{\n"
" \"in_active_chain\": b, (bool) Whether specified block is in the active chain or not (only present with explicit \"blockhash\" argument)\n"
" \"in_active_chain\": b, (bool) Whether specified block is in the active chain or not (only present with explicit \"blockhash\" argument)\n"
" \"hex\" : \"data\", (string) The serialized, hex-encoded data for 'txid'\n"
" \"txid\" : \"id\", (string) The transaction id (same as provided)\n"
" \"size\" : n, (numeric) The serialized transaction size\n"
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