Transaction Pagination on the Blockchain Sidetree

[ebaizel]

This is a question around pagination of the GET /v1.0/transactions endpoint.

https://github.com/decentralized-identity/sidetree-core/blob/master/docs/implementation.md#request-example

The sidetree protocol includes a afterBlockNumber field for paginating through GET transactions requests. This is specific to Bitcoin as the Ethereum Sidetree will be using other methods for specifying pagination location.

Could we rename that field to a more generic name? Fwiw, on Ethereum the anchor file hashes will all be saved in one smart contract and stored within an array. So the pagination value would point to an index within that array.

[thehenrytsai]

Agree on making interface more generic. That specific API has already been reworked yesterday and the next pull request (coming out today/tomorrow) will look more generic, you can see the updated spec here if you cannot wait.

The essence of the change is that the API now will look like:

GET /<api-version>/transactions?after=<transaction-number>

[thehenrytsai]

Commit 0098a94 merged into master.

Closing this question, feel free to reopen if needed.