javascriptethereumweb3jstruffleganache

Unable to get accounts from ganache provider


I'm trying to run a test on mocha following the steps described in some Udemy course about Ethereum blockchain.

This is the package.json file that I currently have:

{
  "name": "inbox",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index",
  "typings": "index",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "mocha"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "ganache-cli": "^6.3.0",
    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
    "solc": "^0.4.17",
    "web3": "^1.0.0-beta.37"
  }
}

When I run: npm run test, I'm having this issue:

 Inbox contract
Error: No callback provided to provider's send function. As of web3 1.0, provider.send is no longer synchronous and must be passed a callback as its final argument.
    at b.send (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\ganache-cli\build\ganache-core.node.cli.js:25:90931)
    at GetAccountsMethod._callee$ (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\web3-core-method\dist\web3-core-method.cjs.js:454:55)
    at tryCatch (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\regenerator-runtime\runtime.js:62:40)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\regenerator-runtime\runtime.js:288:22)
    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\regenerator-runtime\runtime.js:114:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
    at _next (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:25:9)
    at C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:32:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at GetAccountsMethod.<anonymous> (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\@babel\runtime\helpers\asyncToGenerator.js:21:12)
    at GetAccountsMethod.execute (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\web3-core-method\dist\web3-core-method.cjs.js:477:25)
    at Proxy.anonymousFunction (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\web3-core-method\dist\web3-core-method.cjs.js:228:25)
    at Context.beforeEach (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\test\Inbox.test.js:9:14)
    at callFn (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\mocha\lib\runnable.js:372:21)
    at Hook.Runnable.run (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\mocha\lib\runnable.js:364:7)
    at next (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\mocha\lib\runner.js:317:10)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (C:\Users\bsimperc\Desktop\SCOMP\blockchain-projects\Inbox\node_modules\mocha\lib\runner.js:347:5)
    at runCallback (timers.js:705:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:676:5)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:658:5)
    √ deploys a contract


  1 passing (27ms)

I was first using web3@1.0.0-beta.26, since that's the version used in the course. However I was getting the error "addProviders is not a function", which was solved by updating to version beta.37

Finally this is my portion of code, as mentioned in the course this library implements promises:

const assert = require("assert");
const ganache = require("ganache-cli");
const Web3 = require("web3");

const web3 = new Web3(ganache.provider()); //Crea una instancia de web3 y le indica que debe conectarse a la red local de pruebba de ganache 


beforeEach(() => {
    web3.eth.getAccounts()
        .then(accounts => {
            console.log(accounts);
        })
        .catch(err => {
            console.log(err);
        });
    // Obtenemos las cuentas que genera ganache

    //Usamos una de las cuentas para desplegar el contrato

});

describe("Inbox contract", () => {
    it("deploys a contract", () => {

    });
})

None of the suggestions or advice from here worked:


Solution

  • I was facing the same problem, I solved it by setting my mocha, ganache-cli, solc and web3 to the following versions

    {
      "name": "inbox",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "description": "",
      "main": "index.js",
      "scripts": {
        "test": "mocha"
      },
      "author": "",
      "license": "ISC",
      "dependencies": {
        "ganache-cli": "^6.0.3",
        "mocha": "^4.0.1",
        "solc": "^0.4.19",
        "web3": "^1.0.0-beta.37"
      }
    }