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layout: api
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page_title: Transaction - HTTP API
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sidebar_current: api-txn
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description: |-
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The /txn endpoints manage updates or fetches of multiple keys inside a single,
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atomic transaction.
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---
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# Transactions HTTP API
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The `/txn` endpoints manage updates or fetches of multiple keys inside a single,
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atomic transaction. It is important to note that each datacenter has its own KV
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store, and there is no built-in replication between datacenters.
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## Create Transaction
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This endpoint permits submitting a list of operations to apply to the KV store
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inside of a transaction. If any operation fails, the transaction is rolled back
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and none of the changes are applied.
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If the transaction does not contain any write operations then it will be
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fast-pathed internally to an endpoint that works like other reads, except that
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blocking queries are not currently supported. In this mode, you may supply the
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`?stale` or `?consistent` query parameters with the request to control
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consistency. To support bounding the acceptable staleness of data, read-only
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transaction responses provide the `X-Consul-LastContact` header containing the
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time in milliseconds that a server was last contacted by the leader node. The
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`X-Consul-KnownLeader` header also indicates if there is a known leader. These
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won't be present if the transaction contains any write operations, and any
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consistency query parameters will be ignored, since writes are always managed by
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the leader via the Raft consensus protocol.
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| Method | Path | Produces |
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| ------ | ---------------------------- | -------------------------- |
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| `PUT` | `/txn` | `application/json` |
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The table below shows this endpoint's support for
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[blocking queries](/api/index.html#blocking-queries),
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[consistency modes](/api/index.html#consistency-modes),
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[agent caching](/api/index.html#agent-caching), and
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[required ACLs](/api/index.html#acls).
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| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
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| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------ |
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| `NO` | `all`<sup>1</sup> | `none` | `key:read,key:write`<sup>2</sup> |
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<sup>1</sup> For read-only transactions
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<br>
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<sup>2</sup> The ACL required depends on the operations in the transaction.
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### Parameters
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- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default
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to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the
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URL as a query parameter.
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- `KV` is the only available operation type, though other types may be added in the future.
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- `Verb` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the type of operation to perform.
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Please see the table below for available verbs.
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- `Key` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the full path of the entry.
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- `Value` `(string: "")` - Specifies a **base64-encoded** blob of data. Values
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cannot be larger than 512kB.
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- `Flags` `(int: 0)` - Specifies an opaque unsigned integer that can be
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attached to each entry. Clients can choose to use this however makes sense
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for their application.
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- `Index` `(int: 0)` - Specifies an index. See the table below for more
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information.
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- `Session` `(string: "")` - Specifies a session. See the table below for more
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information.
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### Sample Payload
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The body of the request should be a list of operations to perform inside the
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atomic transaction. Up to 64 operations may be present in a single transaction.
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```javascript
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[
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{
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"KV": {
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"Verb": "<verb>",
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"Key": "<key>",
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"Value": "<Base64-encoded blob of data>",
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"Flags": <flags>,
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"Index": <index>,
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"Session": "<session id>"
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}
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}
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]
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```
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### Sample Request
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```text
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$ curl \
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--request PUT \
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--data @payload.json \
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http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/txn
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```
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### Sample Response
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If the transaction can be processed, a status code of 200 will be returned if it
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was successfully applied, or a status code of 409 will be returned if it was
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rolled back. If either of these status codes are returned, the response will
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look like this:
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```javascript
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{
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"Results": [
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{
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"KV": {
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"LockIndex": <lock index>,
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"Key": "<key>",
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"Flags": <flags>,
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"Value": "<Base64-encoded blob of data, or null>",
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"CreateIndex": <index>,
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"ModifyIndex": <index>
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}
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}
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],
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"Errors": [
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{
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"OpIndex": <index of failed operation>,
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"What": "<error message for failed operation>"
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},
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]
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}
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```
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- `Results` has entries for some operations if the transaction was successful.
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To save space, the `Value` will be `null` for any `Verb` other than "get" or
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"get-tree". Like the `/v1/kv/<key>` endpoint, `Value` will be Base64-encoded
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if it is present. Also, no result entries will be added for verbs that delete
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keys.
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- `Errors` has entries describing which operations failed if the transaction was
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rolled back. The `OpIndex` gives the index of the failed operation in the
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transaction, and `What` is a string with an error message about why that
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operation failed.
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### Table of Operations
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The following table summarizes the available verbs and the fields that apply to
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that operation ("X" means a field is required and "O" means it is optional):
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| Verb | Operation | Key | Value | Flags | Index | Session |
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| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | :--: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :-----: |
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| `set` | Sets the `Key` to the given `Value` | `x` | `x` | `o` | | |
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| `cas` | Sets, but with CAS semantics | `x` | `x` | `o` | `x` | |
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| `lock` | Lock with the given `Session` | `x` | `x` | `o` | | `x` |
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| `unlock` | Unlock with the given `Session` | `x` | `x` | `o` | | `x` |
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| `get` | Get the key, fails if it does not exist | `x` | | | | |
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| `get-tree` | Gets all keys with the prefix | `x` | | | | |
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| `check-index` | Fail if modify index != index | `x` | | | `x` | |
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| `check-session` | Fail if not locked by session | `x` | | | | `x` |
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| `check-not-exists` | Fail if key exists | `x` | | | | |
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| `delete` | Delete the key | `x` | | | | |
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| `delete-tree` | Delete all keys with a prefix | `x` | | | | |
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| `delete-cas` | Delete, but with CAS semantics | `x` | | | `x` | |
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