expose CBlockIndex::nTx in getblock(header)

GitHub-Pull: #13451
Rebased-From: 86edf4a

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ UniValue blockheaderToJSON(const CBlockIndex* blockindex)
     result.push_back(Pair("bits", strprintf("%08x", blockindex->nBits)));
     result.push_back(Pair("difficulty", GetDifficulty(blockindex)));
     result.push_back(Pair("chainwork", blockindex->nChainWork.GetHex()));
+    result.push_back(Pair("nTx", (uint64_t)blockindex->nTx));
 
     if (blockindex->pprev)
         result.push_back(Pair("previousblockhash", blockindex->pprev->GetBlockHash().GetHex()));
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ UniValue blockToJSON(const CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* blockindex, bool tx
     result.push_back(Pair("bits", strprintf("%08x", block.nBits)));
     result.push_back(Pair("difficulty", GetDifficulty(blockindex)));
     result.push_back(Pair("chainwork", blockindex->nChainWork.GetHex()));
+    result.push_back(Pair("nTx", (uint64_t)blockindex->nTx));
 
     if (blockindex->pprev)
         result.push_back(Pair("previousblockhash", blockindex->pprev->GetBlockHash().GetHex()));
@@ -679,6 +681,7 @@ UniValue getblockheader(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             "  \"bits\" : \"1d00ffff\", (string) The bits\n"
             "  \"difficulty\" : x.xxx,  (numeric) The difficulty\n"
             "  \"chainwork\" : \"0000...1f3\"     (string) Expected number of hashes required to produce the current chain (in hex)\n"
+            "  \"nTx\" : n,             (numeric) The number of transactions in the block.\n"
             "  \"previousblockhash\" : \"hash\",  (string) The hash of the previous block\n"
             "  \"nextblockhash\" : \"hash\",      (string) The hash of the next block\n"
             "}\n"
@@ -748,6 +751,7 @@ UniValue getblock(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             "  \"bits\" : \"1d00ffff\", (string) The bits\n"
             "  \"difficulty\" : x.xxx,  (numeric) The difficulty\n"
             "  \"chainwork\" : \"xxxx\",  (string) Expected number of hashes required to produce the chain up to this block (in hex)\n"
+            "  \"nTx\" : n,             (numeric) The number of transactions in the block.\n"
             "  \"previousblockhash\" : \"hash\",  (string) The hash of the previous block\n"
             "  \"nextblockhash\" : \"hash\"       (string) The hash of the next block\n"
             "}\n"

test/functional/feature_pruning.py

@@ -260,10 +260,17 @@ class PruneTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         # should not prune because chain tip of node 3 (995) < PruneAfterHeight (1000)
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-1, "Blockchain is too short for pruning", node.pruneblockchain, height(500))
 
+        # Save block transaction count before pruning, assert value
+        block1_details = node.getblock(node.getblockhash(1))
+        assert_equal(block1_details["nTx"], len(block1_details["tx"]))
+
         # mine 6 blocks so we are at height 1001 (i.e., above PruneAfterHeight)
         node.generate(6)
         assert_equal(node.getblockchaininfo()["blocks"], 1001)
 
+        # Pruned block should still know the number of transactions
+        assert_equal(node.getblockheader(node.getblockhash(1))["nTx"], block1_details["nTx"])
+
         # negative heights should raise an exception
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-8, "Negative", node.pruneblockchain, -10)
 

test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ class BlockchainTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_equal(header['confirmations'], 1)
         assert_equal(header['previousblockhash'], secondbesthash)
         assert_is_hex_string(header['chainwork'])
+        assert_equal(header['nTx'], 1)
         assert_is_hash_string(header['hash'])
         assert_is_hash_string(header['previousblockhash'])
         assert_is_hash_string(header['merkleroot'])