Add a {},
before { fromBlock
. See https://github.com/bokkypoobah/TokenTrader/blob/master/testing/test_20170205_1849/06_checkEvents.sh#L118 for an example.
Update Responding To Comment
The following filter retrieves the logs from the Golem Network Token (GNT) contract:
var gntAddress="0xa74476443119A942dE498590Fe1f2454d7D4aC0d";
var filter=web3.eth.filter({fromBlock: 3492700, toBlock: 3492900, address: [gntAddress], topics: []});
filter.get(function(error, log) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(log));
});
filter.stopWatching();
With the results (formatted) including:
[
{"address":"0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d","blockHash":"0x04b0e2a5460d67f293253d63fb4884d0d7e4a06c2774a845274b15b5cbdd68cd","blockNumber":3492715,"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000014152deb07b399d48000","logIndex":0,"removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x000000000000000000000000b611b7ca579cac70aee370375aaca089a45ff8be","0x0000000000000000000000000f8fa1b75ccb1cd9a0a52594ba8299468400e8b1"],"transactionHash":"0x388430286ce1d3cba8c40f50cca5dc5d1292e332a0316a8edeef001d4007d380","transactionIndex":2},
{"address":"0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d","blockHash":"0x0a8cbd40aa2661f7522a95dbe8e32b0386bc8bd462b7fa3b43028a2a9e24411c","blockNumber":3492765,"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000dbd2fc137a30000","logIndex":0,"removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x0000000000000000000000000536806df512d6cdde913cf95c9886f65b1d3462","0x000000000000000000000000396a0fa0abd2251a3676d65d2d03fcbb9c3075fd"],"transactionHash":"0x267e85a582504e034e95d879c13c423daf38daca7f3ccf4dfe5ca8b80cbac758","transactionIndex":1},
{"address":"0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d","blockHash":"0x2262a2564025aa4a4cc10af04846c12db6081ed36e222cec874da936f0e09f6a","blockNumber":3492807,"data":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100803c9fee14a4b400","logIndex":1,"removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x0000000000000000000000000536806df512d6cdde913cf95c9886f65b1d3462","0x000000000000000000000000396a0fa0abd2251a3676d65d2d03fcbb9c3075fd"],"transactionHash":"0x5a2a7884c2503b62dbed94cdab1d019b58034ea5e75cd64fd888a87a328590bb","transactionIndex":11},
{"address":"0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d","blockHash":"0x32cef6508d6a955f45ba8375fb951ea8371b2394c42d9a3691da84c02d2413b7","blockNumber":3492827,"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000a49105c21659ba0000","logIndex":1,"removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x000000000000000000000000d94c9ff168dc6aebf9b6cc86deff54f3fb0afc33","0x0000000000000000000000008741ee12d356e284512ef4ecaf7e94b6d3ae613d"],"transactionHash":"0xdcaf377c1722c26b5ad508b179fb97d139c6cfb420bb5d9af177af420013083b","transactionIndex":19},
{"address":"0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d","blockHash":"0xde7849ab8a8ca60f7a9f6783d14f2e9878fa151d4d38695fbddfef959447b106","blockNumber":3492838,"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000a49105c21659ba0000","logIndex":0,"removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x0000000000000000000000008741ee12d356e284512ef4ecaf7e94b6d3ae613d","0x0000000000000000000000000536806df512d6cdde913cf95c9886f65b1d3462"],"transactionHash":"0x5773342d096e55be3b32db817f9b5d4f4cda9268f99daf8e53a05c9742813a10","transactionIndex":7},
{"address":"0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d","blockHash":"0x6a402d755faab1f5b33955bb5813a66f42f8a14b4f76176f000a1438c34992cb","blockNumber":3492851,"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001ba077b5641a7280000","logIndex":71,"removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x000000000000000000000000b681b19bb1f7e9f3c2ae0edeab368c2afaa4e590","0x0000000000000000000000007d3c699eede108b815f56c49f0f38ff96faf8f3a"],"transactionHash":"0xa2e83637c59baaf52c8f8cafaca3ed1c34264de9a77c13db99a30c40eadfb182","transactionIndex":84},
{"address":"0xa74476443119a942de498590fe1f2454d7d4ac0d","blockHash":"0xddf3729cee73969b973128ba4a9fc4b7ba5afc68af21357bb15e201d16777647","blockNumber":3492862,"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001ba077b5641a7280000","logIndex":2,"removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x0000000000000000000000007d3c699eede108b815f56c49f0f38ff96faf8f3a","0x0000000000000000000000000536806df512d6cdde913cf95c9886f65b1d3462"],"transactionHash":"0xf35e6608a40caa0e1978e76bedf38291fe22718db4cebdabeae883309171c7ad","transactionIndex":10}
]
Best Answer
The
web3.eth.filter
command only goes though the blocks' logs. When you create (resp. receive) a transaction from (resp. to) your address, it does not ensue that a log entry has been created.Creating a log entry is an action that needs to be done explicitly. So scanning all the blocks is indeed the way to go.
To avoid scanning every time, you ought to save your findings in a regular database.