I'm looking to ID a particular buy on Solana, based on a date/ time from 8 days ago. I know the amount and approx time. I'm hoping to find the coin this person bought. I'm able to figure out a block to start looking in. (But no wallet, signature, or coin to search.)
I have limited experience in Python, from teaching myself web-scraping. I've only begun learning API calls. I know about Solscan and Solana Explorer, and have been looking at transactions, but can't easily ID transaction amounts, or understand the difference between 'votes,''swaps,''create,''liquidate,''SwapBaseIn' on Solscan -- or 'Compute Budget Program,''Token Program' on Solana Explorer.
I know I'm looking for a needle in a haystack, but hoping to just get some bearings. Is this doable? Is there a process you'd recommend (that doesn't require me to start learning Javascript while I'm already trying to learn Python?) Can any of it be done with my web-scraping knowledge?
Thanks!
So far, I've used Solana Explorer to ID the block, inside 10 minutes of the assumed transaction time. (I'm trying to find a transaction based on a X.com post showing the transaction amount, and using the time of the post.)
Then, I'm looking at the transactions inside that block, and trying to understand which are buys, and which are other Solana housekeeping, etc. -But each transaction requires the step of clicking into those transactions, and making sense of what's happened. I'm lost.