Merge #12278: Add special error for genesis coinbase to getrawtransaction

ee11121 Add special error for genesis coinbase to gettransaction (MeshCollider)

Pull request description:

  Suggested by sipa here: https://botbot.me/freenode/bitcoin-core-dev/2018-01-23/?msg=96069825&page=2

  Just adds a special error message for the genesis block coinbase transaction when using `getrawtransaction`

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Wladimir J. van der Laan 2018-01-30 09:59:22 +01:00
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@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
uint256 hash = ParseHashV(request.params[0], "parameter 1");
CBlockIndex* blockindex = nullptr;
if (hash == Params().GenesisBlock().hashMerkleRoot) {
// Special exception for the genesis block coinbase transaction
throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "The genesis block coinbase is not considered an ordinary transaction and cannot be retrieved");
}
// Accept either a bool (true) or a num (>=1) to indicate verbose output.
bool fVerbose = false;
if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {

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@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class RawTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
self.nodes[0].generate(5)
self.sync_all()
# Test getrawtransaction on genesis block coinbase returns an error
block = self.nodes[0].getblock(self.nodes[0].getblockhash(0))
assert_raises_rpc_error(-5, "The genesis block coinbase is not considered an ordinary transaction", self.nodes[0].getrawtransaction, block['merkleroot'])
# Test `createrawtransaction` required parameters
assert_raises_rpc_error(-1, "createrawtransaction", self.nodes[0].createrawtransaction)
assert_raises_rpc_error(-1, "createrawtransaction", self.nodes[0].createrawtransaction, [])