web3.toAscii(transaction hash) for web3js version 1

Question

When i used web3.toAscii I received the following error :

I think the reason is my web3 version i.e. '1.0.0-beta.34'

If so, is there any alternative command for web3 version 1 for the following command ?

transaction = web3.eth.getTransaction('0x0c485e0f155f7f216d06e70ef85b684392c9b190c2f7c0af67ec1b56d6945498')
input = web3.toAscii(transaction.input)
console.log(input)

I also used following command :

web3.utils.hexToAscii(0x0c485e0f155f7f216d06e70ef85b684392c9b190c2f7c0af67ec1b56d6945498)

However, I receive the following error :

That mean its input cannot be a transaction hash.

Answer 1

The equivalent should be web3.utils.hexToAscii

web3.utils.hexToAscii('0x4920686176652031303021');
> "I have 100!"

Answer 2

Like Ismael mention, you have to use hexToAscii with web3@^1.0

But looks like you are using it on the transaction.hash and not the transaction.input

EDIT: example:

Submit transaction:

const Tx = require('ethereumjs-tx');
const web3 = require('web3');
const data = web3.utils.toHex('Hello world!');
const rawTx = {
    nonce: web3.utils.toHex(nonce),
    gasPrice: web3.utils.toHex(gasPrice),
    gasLimit: web3.utils.toHex(gasCost),
    to: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
    value: '0x00',
    data,
};
const privateKeyWithoutZero = privateKey.startsWith('0x') ? privateKey.slice(2, privateKey.length) : privateKey;
const privateKeyBuffer = new Buffer(privateKeyWithoutZero, 'hex');
const transaction = new Tx(rawTx);
transaction.sign(privateKeyBuffer);

const serializedTx = transaction.serialize();

web3.eth.sendSignedTransaction('0x' + serializedTx.toString('hex'))
    .on('transactionHash', (txHash) => {
        console.log('Transaction hash', txHash);
})
    .on('receipt', (receipt) => {
        console.log('Transaction sent with sucess. debug:', receipt);
});

Then, getTransaction:

web3.eth.getTransaction('<TRANSACTION-HASH>')
        .then((transaction) => {
          const inputData = Web3.utils.hexToAscii(transaction.input);
          console.log(inputData); // Hello world!
        });