Get Extrinsic Hash from author_submitAndWatchExtrinsic

Question

I'm launching an author_submitAndWatchExtrinsic and would like to get the Tx Hash as well:

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":9,"method":"author_submitAndWatchExtrinsic","params":["0x21038400D43593C715FDD31C61141ABD04A99FD6822C8558854CCDE39A5684E7A56DA27D017C79B5352D63C74387DB33D7FBFAEC6B5BB66551A190E890664B779C72AAE307058319F6A24CAC69BB3811BCE04466E692626DCFA40B0DC61A86C92AF8AD0383E5002D1100460600C21E50C0CCF079AC73C784CC5136F3424B562897AFFDBCC102A36CA094DDE3120003003881EB02B007000107009CA6920CAC1BA63D86363617270650000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000014616161616100"]}

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"esTxSZq5YkhTEBOD","id":9}

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"author_extrinsicUpdate","params":{"subscription":"esTxSZq5YkhTEBOD","result":"ready"}}

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"author_extrinsicUpdate","params":{"subscription":"esTxSZq5YkhTEBOD","result":{"broadcast":["12D3KooWSP9NzUUABoSZnv4uqXmFyPXbMmsnRRYWgYdhwxtBZ6jd","12D3KooWMRAZckcmcTUrVzppAzKaeeyyr2xvqJ7L1Tx5UMDGj5df","12D3KooWDo5QVqvXqWcSWDbiAJXNEGvp5kXmGvMikv75raBFxsdp","12D3KooWDDjUyuMTYGavby1o5uPUdSJfvdDtzjV6CB8pHYy7BBSZ","12D3KooWS3kTgy984oowUbUgJFaQT92Vb9FUuDTJgX2Rmz7Wexut","12D3KooWK6sFZNqpK352n94jnXkoG5d9kgEaEMhBTjm8F79FmqpY","12D3KooWHZDfziaseXEJ6UrCi45bz1veLNBbB7avtEsUhGkn5MZ3","12D3KooWRVMXSpnY4yAXbLhd99wsgvHKosmcFY1HvpsD2AxBDbnh","12D3KooWNfADqVKZFtiTDvR4CYF6pro5KVXeBEKYBHh5ohLAHrqk","12D3KooWJXFqXJbnwfdSqe83epVHHPx8LRs3ZNMkuq6Cnj7kDfpV","12D3KooWQ1RYXWLstTLeNi6iU4ThS8WYo9hhDQyMiDsCci8zREwj"]}}}

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"author_extrinsicUpdate","params":{"subscription":"esTxSZq5YkhTEBOD","result":{"inBlock":"0xa7ddecc6399afee1dd175b273f70f161513e524b50d292c50823e35506591ecc"}}}

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"author_extrinsicUpdate","params":{"subscription":"esTxSZq5YkhTEBOD","result":{"finalized":"0xa7ddecc6399afee1dd175b273f70f161513e524b50d292c50823e35506591ecc"}}}

But from the websocket I can only get this information.

I would like to understand how to identify my Tx in the block, because I have to understand if it was executed successfully or not, it's not enough for me to know if it was included in a finalized block.

Is there no way to recover at least the Tx Hash?

According to documentation https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/build-protocol-info#unique-identifiers-for-extrinsics

The correct way to uniquely identify an extrinsic on a Substrate-based chain is to use the block ID (height or hash) and the extrinsic's index. Substrate defines a block as a header and an array of extrinsics; therefore, an index in the array at a canonical height will always uniquely identify a transaction. This methodology is reflected in the Substrate codebase itself, for example to reference a previous transaction from the Multisig pallet.

But in this case how to identify the Index of my extrinsic the in finalized block?

Answer 1

In Substrate-based chains like Polkadot, a transaction's hash only serves as a fingerprint of the information within a transaction, is not unique, and there are times when two transactions with the same hash are both valid. See an example here: Why could we find the same transaction hash in 3 different blocks?.

With the author_submitAndWatchExtrinsic you get the hash of the block when is finalised and with that you can query the block and comparing it with your extrinsic hash you can construct your extrinsic ID: block ID (height or hash) and the extrinsic's index.

You can see a code snippet of how to do it in Polkadot JS and a bit more detailed explanation about extrinsic IDs here: Best practices for generating and monitoring transactions