Transactions for Smart Contract

Question

What is the best way to get the list of all transactions which have happened for my smart-contract in a private setup?

Answer 1

Set up an event that is fired when your smart contract function gets executed.

Using The DAO code for example, you firstly define an event:

event Voted(uint indexed proposalID, bool position, address indexed voter);

When your transaction is executing a function, log the event using the following type of statement:

Voted(_proposalID, _supportsProposal, msg.sender);

You can then pick up the events using the following type of statement:

> var theDAOABI = 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> var theDAOAddress = "0xBB9bc244D798123fDe783fCc1C72d3Bb8C189413";
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> var theDAO = web3.eth.contract(theDAOABI).at(theDAOAddress);
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> var theDAOVotedEvent = theDAO.Voted({}, {fromBlock: 1614771, toBlock: 'latest'});
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> theDAOVotedEvent.watch(function(error, result){
  console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
});
{
  callbacks: [function(error, result)],
  filterId: "0x5d0947e08a4e08102302bf0ca3352c91",
  ...
}
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See How do I retrieve the Voted events from The DAO for the full reference.