> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lumeus.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get transaction header

> Returns the indexed header of one transaction: ledger, close time, success, fee charged, operation count and memo. For the envelope, result or meta XDR call RPC `getTransaction` (RPC keeps about 7 days); the decoded events are at `GET /transactions/{hash}/activity`.

- An unknown hash returns 404 not_found. On Mainnet that lookup costs the route's minimum credit, because it searched the indexed history; Testnet requests cost no credits.
- Unknown or repeated query parameters return 400, so a typo or an unsupported filter never returns unfiltered data.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/activity.json get /transactions/{hash}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Lumeus Activity API
  version: '2026-09-15'
  description: >-
    Lumeus Activity API on Stellar. Sign up at https://app.lumeus.dev: Free,
    Starter, Growth and Scale plans are self-serve, Enterprise by agreement.


    - **Pricing.** Testnet is free: Testnet requests cost no credits and are
    never billed. Each organization can make 10,000 Testnet requests a day
    across Activity, Assets and RPC (unlimited on Enterprise); the count resets
    at 00:00 UTC, and a request over it answers 429 rate_limited with
    Retry-After set to the seconds until then. Mainnet requests draw from the
    plan's monthly credits. Plans, limits and credit weights: `GET
    https://api.lumeus.dev/v1/plans`.

    - **Authentication.** Send `Authorization: Bearer <key>`. Testnet:
    `lum_test_…`; Mainnet: `lum_live_…`. A key works only on its own network, so
    pick the server that matches it (the other network answers 401). Publishable
    `lum_pub_…` keys call the GET data routes only, from an allowed browser
    origin. Webhook keys (`whk_…`) are not accepted here.

    - **Headers.** Every response except `GET /readyz` carries X-Request-Id;
    authenticated responses carry RateLimit-Limit, RateLimit-Remaining and
    RateLimit-Reset; 429 and 503 carry Retry-After.

    - **Errors.** JSON with a machine-readable code (see
    [errors](/guides/errors)). A path with an empty, `.` or `..` segment answers
    400 invalid_request, a trailing slash answers 404 not_found, and a method
    the path does not accept answers 405 with an Allow header.

    - **CORS.** Browser calls (CORS) are allowed from https://docs.lumeus.dev
    (the Try it playground of this reference) and https://app.lumeus.dev only,
    without cookies; responses expose ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After,
    X-Request-Id, X-Lumeus-Operation-Id, X-Lumeus-Idempotency and
    RateLimit-Limit, RateLimit-Remaining and RateLimit-Reset (errors included).
    Other websites cannot read responses made with a server key: use a
    publishable key with your own allowed origins ([browser
    keys](/guides/browser-keys)).
  license:
    name: Lumeus API contract
servers:
  - url: https://api-testnet.lumeus.dev
    description: Testnet (default)
  - url: https://api.lumeus.dev
    description: Mainnet
security:
  - Bearer: []
tags:
  - name: Queries
    description: >-
      Decoded Stellar history: the token movements and contract events of an
      account, asset, contract or transaction, the network feed, contract-event
      topic search and transaction headers.
  - name: Results
    description: >-
      Recover the saved result of a long prepaid request without running it
      again. Only prepaid accounts receive operation IDs; every other account
      gets 404 here.
  - name: Workspace
    description: >-
      Your workspace (organization): its name, plan, current period usage and
      API base URLs. Served by the Activity host for every product.
  - name: API keys
    description: >-
      Create, list, update, rotate and revoke the `lum_` keys used by the
      Activity API, the Assets API and RPC.
  - name: Usage
    description: >-
      Credits and requests used, the free Testnet daily count, per-route
      breakdowns, time series and the request log of your keys.
  - name: Billing
    description: >-
      The public plan catalog, plan subscriptions through Stripe Checkout, the
      billing portal and payment status.
  - name: Retired
    description: >-
      Routes kept only so old clients get a clear answer. Do not use them in new
      code.
  - name: Health
    description: Liveness and readiness probes for monitoring. No authentication.
paths:
  /transactions/{hash}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Queries
      summary: Get transaction header
      description: >-
        Returns the indexed header of one transaction: ledger, close time,
        success, fee charged, operation count and memo. For the envelope, result
        or meta XDR call RPC `getTransaction` (RPC keeps about 7 days); the
        decoded events are at `GET /transactions/{hash}/activity`.


        - An unknown hash returns 404 not_found. On Mainnet that lookup costs
        the route's minimum credit, because it searched the indexed history;
        Testnet requests cost no credits.

        - Unknown or repeated query parameters return 400, so a typo or an
        unsupported filter never returns unfiltered data.
      operationId: getTransactionHeader
      parameters:
        - name: hash
          in: path
          required: true
          description: 64-character hexadecimal transaction hash.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$
            example: 1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce
            x-default: 1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce
          example: 1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce
        - name: generation
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Index generation (read_view.generation of an earlier page). Send it
            together with snapshot_ledger.
        - name: snapshot_ledger
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
          description: Read at this published snapshot. Requires generation.
        - name: Idempotency-Key
          in: header
          required: false
          description: >-
            Optional; reads do not need it. When sent it must be 8 to 128
            printable ASCII characters (0x21-0x7E: no spaces or control
            characters) in one header, otherwise 400. Prepaid accounts use it to
            recover a read without paying again; for every other account a valid
            key is accepted and has no effect.
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 8
            maxLength: 128
            pattern: ^[\x21-\x7E]{8,128}$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The transaction header.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Transaction'
              example:
                _links:
                  activity:
                    href: >-
                      /transactions/1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce/activity
                  self:
                    href: >-
                      /transactions/1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce
                created_at: '2026-10-22T14:51:32Z'
                fee_charged: 100
                hash: >-
                  1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce
                id: >-
                  1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce
                ledger: 5331421
                memo: ''
                memo_type: none
                memo_xdr: ''
                network: testnet
                operation_count: 1
                paging_token: 0022898278836224000-0000000000
                successful: true
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              description: >-
                Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
                Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
                support.
              schema:
                type: string
                pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
            RateLimit-Limit:
              description: >-
                Requests per minute of the bucket that answered: the plan rate,
                the dashboard session floor of 120, or a publishable key's
                per-IP rate.
              schema:
                type: integer
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: Whole requests left in the bucket after this one.
              schema:
                type: integer
            RateLimit-Reset:
              description: Seconds until the bucket is full again.
              schema:
                type: integer
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP400_7'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP401'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP402'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP403'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP404_2'
        '405':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP405_7'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP409_2'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP429'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/HTTP503'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: >-
            curl --fail-with-body -sS
            'https://api-testnet.lumeus.dev/transactions/1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce'
            \
              -H "Authorization: Bearer $LUMEUS_API_KEY"
        - lang: javascript
          label: JavaScript
          source: >-
            // Node 18+ (ES module)

            const res = await
            fetch('https://api-testnet.lumeus.dev/transactions/1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce',
            {
              method: 'GET',
              headers: {
                Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LUMEUS_API_KEY}`,
              },
            });

            console.log(res.status, JSON.stringify(await res.json(), null, 2));
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |-
            import json
            import os

            import requests

            res = requests.get(
                "https://api-testnet.lumeus.dev/transactions/1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce",
                headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LUMEUS_API_KEY']}"},
                timeout=30,
            )
            print(res.status_code, json.dumps(res.json(), indent=2))
components:
  schemas:
    Transaction:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$
        hash:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$
        paging_token:
          type: string
        network:
          type: string
          enum:
            - pubnet
            - testnet
        ledger:
          type: integer
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        successful:
          type: boolean
        fee_charged:
          type: integer
          description: Charged fee in stroops, currently encoded as an integer.
        operation_count:
          type: integer
        memo_type:
          type: string
        memo:
          type: string
        memo_xdr:
          type: string
        _links:
          type: object
          properties:
            self:
              type: object
              properties:
                href:
                  type: string
            activity:
              type: object
              properties:
                href:
                  type: string
      required:
        - id
        - hash
        - paging_token
        - network
        - ledger
        - created_at
        - successful
        - fee_charged
        - operation_count
        - memo_type
        - memo
        - memo_xdr
        - _links
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable message. It may change; branch on code.
        code:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Machine-readable error code. Branch on code, not on the error text,
            which may change. RPC carries the same codes as the string
            error.data of a JSON-RPC error. invalid_request: 400: invalid input,
            including a malformed Idempotency-Key or an unknown or repeated
            query parameter (Webhooks also uses it for an oversized request
            body, 413). Fix the request; do not retry unchanged. unauthorized:
            401: missing, revoked, invalid or wrong-network credential.
            payment_required: 402 (Mainnet): monthly credit quota exhausted on a
            hard-capped plan. forbidden: 403: the key or account policy does not
            allow this action. not_found: 404 (Webhooks also 410): the resource
            does not exist in this organization and network.
            topic_search_disabled: 404: contract-event topic search is not
            enabled on this network. method_not_allowed: 405: the route does not
            accept this method. conflict: 409: conflicting request identity,
            idempotency key, funding or recovery state. generation_changed: 409:
            the index generation or network changed since the snapshot was
            taken; restart the walk without generation and snapshot_ledger.
            history_unavailable: 409 (Assets): as_of_ledger is not answered from
            the balance history; start a snapshot job (POST /snapshots) or retry
            later. precondition_failed: 412 (Webhooks): the subscription version
            changed; fetch the current ETag. response_too_large: 413: the result
            exceeds the response budget; lower limit or narrow the request.
            precondition_required: 428 (Webhooks): If-Match with the
            subscription ETag is required. rate_limited: 429: a rate,
            concurrency or credit-cap limit was reached, or (Activity, Assets
            and RPC on Testnet) the daily Testnet request cap (message `daily
            Testnet request cap of 10000 reached; resets at 00:00 UTC`,
            Retry-After until 00:00 UTC). Wait Retry-After seconds (a refused
            request consumes nothing). A Retry-After greater than 60 means the
            daily Testnet cap: wait until 00:00 UTC or switch to Mainnet. RPC
            carries it as the string error.data. internal_error: 500 or another
            unexpected 5xx; quote request_id when contacting support.
            not_implemented: 501: the feature is not enabled on this host. busy:
            503: reads are saturated (the queue wait expired or the database
            refused another query or ran short of memory). Retry the same
            request after Retry-After (2) seconds. query_timeout: 503: the read
            ran out of time. Do not retry unchanged right away: narrow the
            ledger range (since_ledger/until_ledger) or lower limit; Retry-After
            is 30. index_not_ready: 503: the index or snapshot is not ready yet
            or is rebuilding; retry after Retry-After seconds. topic_coverage:
            503: the effective range is outside the contract-event topic index
            coverage (the message states it); pass a range inside it or retry
            after Retry-After (60) seconds. unavailable: 503: another temporary
            failure (billing, rate limiter, queue); retry after Retry-After
            seconds.
          enum:
            - invalid_request
            - unauthorized
            - payment_required
            - forbidden
            - not_found
            - topic_search_disabled
            - method_not_allowed
            - conflict
            - generation_changed
            - history_unavailable
            - precondition_failed
            - response_too_large
            - precondition_required
            - rate_limited
            - internal_error
            - not_implemented
            - busy
            - query_timeout
            - index_not_ready
            - topic_coverage
            - unavailable
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request, the same value as the X-Request-Id
            header. Quote it when contacting support.
      required:
        - error
  responses:
    HTTP400_7:
      description: Invalid input, including an unknown or repeated query parameter.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: invalid_request
            error: >-
              unknown query parameter "foo"; supported: generation,
              snapshot_ledger
            request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
    HTTP401:
      description: >-
        Missing, invalid, revoked or expired key, or a key for the other network
        (code unauthorized). Keys work only on the network they were created
        for.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: unauthorized
            error: missing credentials
            request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
    HTTP402:
      description: >-
        Mainnet only: the plan's monthly credits are used up on a hard-capped
        plan (Free; code payment_required). Upgrade, or wait for the next
        period. Testnet requests cost no credits, so Testnet never answers 402.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: payment_required
            error: >-
              monthly credit quota exhausted - top up credits or upgrade your
              plan
            request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
    HTTP403:
      description: >-
        This key or account cannot call this route (code forbidden): for example
        a read-only key on a workspace route, or a publishable key on a route or
        from an origin it does not allow.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: forbidden
            error: >-
              this publishable key requires an Origin header matching one of its
              allowed origins
            request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
    HTTP404_2:
      description: >-
        Unknown hash in this snapshot (code not_found). On Mainnet the lookup
        costs the route's minimum credit, because it searched the indexed
        history; Testnet requests cost no credits.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: not_found
            error: transaction not found
            request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
    HTTP405_7:
      description: >-
        This path does not accept the HTTP method you sent (code
        method_not_allowed). The Allow header lists the methods it accepts.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: method_not_allowed
            error: >-
              method POST is not allowed on
              /transactions/1ae3b48681d8b27f31ee8f1893281e9a56fd7c45cf9909cf6a0599949079c2ce;
              allowed: GET, HEAD
            request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
    HTTP409_2:
      description: The index generation changed (code generation_changed).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: generation_changed
            error: index generation or network changed; restart history sync
            request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
    HTTP429:
      description: >-
        A rate or concurrency limit was reached, or on Testnet the
        organization's daily Testnet request cap (10,000 requests a day across
        Activity, Assets and RPC); the code is rate_limited for both. Wait
        Retry-After seconds. A rate_limited answer whose Retry-After is greater
        than 60 is the daily Testnet cap: wait until 00:00 UTC or switch to
        Mainnet. A refused request costs nothing and does not count toward the
        cap.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            Daily Testnet cap:
              summary: 'Daily Testnet request cap (Retry-After: seconds until 00:00 UTC)'
              value:
                code: rate_limited
                error: >-
                  daily Testnet request cap of 10000 reached; resets at 00:00
                  UTC
                request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
            Plan rate limit:
              summary: 'Plan rate limit (Retry-After: a few seconds)'
              value:
                code: rate_limited
                error: rate limit exceeded
                request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
        RateLimit-Limit:
          description: >-
            Requests per minute of the bucket that answered: the plan rate, the
            dashboard session floor of 120, or a publishable key's per-IP rate.
          schema:
            type: integer
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          description: Whole requests left in the bucket after this one.
          schema:
            type: integer
        RateLimit-Reset:
          description: Seconds until the bucket is full again.
          schema:
            type: integer
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
          schema:
            type: integer
    HTTP503:
      description: >-
        History not ready for this snapshot (code index_not_ready), reads are
        saturated (busy), or the read ran out of time or exceeded its own memory
        limit (query_timeout). Every Activity 503 carries Retry-After. For busy
        and index_not_ready wait that many seconds (usually 2) and retry the
        same request; a busy read first queues for up to about 10 seconds before
        it is refused. For query_timeout (Retry-After 30) narrow the ledger
        range with since_ledger/until_ledger or lower limit before retrying.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            Busy:
              summary: Reads are saturated (busy, Retry-After 2)
              value:
                code: busy
                error: activity history is busy; retry after the Retry-After delay
                request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
            Query timeout:
              summary: The read ran out of time (query_timeout, Retry-After 30)
              value:
                code: query_timeout
                error: >-
                  the read exceeded its time limit; narrow the ledger range
                  (since_ledger/until_ledger) or lower limit, then retry
                request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
            History rebuilding:
              summary: History is rebuilding (index_not_ready, Retry-After 60)
              value:
                code: index_not_ready
                error: activity history is rebuilding
                request_id: req_6f1c2a9b0e4d4c7a8b3f5e21
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          description: >-
            Identifier of this request: req_ followed by 24 hex characters.
            Error bodies repeat it as request_id. Quote it when contacting
            support.
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^req_[0-9a-f]{24}$
        Retry-After:
          description: >-
            Seconds to wait before retrying. Present on every Activity 503: 2
            for busy or a not-yet-readable snapshot, 30 for query_timeout, 60
            while history is rebuilding or outside the topic index coverage.
          schema:
            type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Send `Authorization: Bearer <key>`. Testnet: `lum_test_…`; Mainnet:
        `lum_live_…`. A key works only on its own network, so pick the server
        that matches it (the other network answers 401). Publishable `lum_pub_…`
        keys call the GET data routes only, from an allowed browser origin.
        Webhook keys (`whk_…`) are not accepted here.

````

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