provider as 'undefined' when using JsonRpcProvider

[ritheshNFT]

Here is the snippet of my code :

const url = "https://eth-ropsten.alchemyapi.io/v2/****";
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(url);
console.log('Provider - '+provider);
console.log('Provider add - '+provider.getaddress);

Both logs showing as 'undefined'

When I add below log :
const signer = provider.getSigner();
console.log('signer val - '+signer);

I am getting whole function as output
"function () { var _this = this; if (this._address) { return Promise.resolve(this._address); } return this.provider.send("eth_accounts", []).then(function (accounts) { if (accounts.length <= _this._index) { logger.throwError("unknown account #" + _this._index, logger_1.Logger.errors.UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, { operation: "getAddress" }); } return _this.provider.formatter.address(accounts[_this._index]); }); }"

Please let me know if I am doing something wrong. I can confirm that Alchemy api is getting hits but provider is setting as undefined.

[zemse]

Just few JS things:

• When you do 'Provider - ' + provider in javascript, the + operator behaves like concatenation bcz one arg is string. Hence for this to work, the provider object is converted into string. Better way to use a comma console.log('provider', provider).
• In other problem, provider.getSigner() returns a promise (that resolves into a Signer), hence you need to use ES8 await or ES6 .then. const signer = await provider.getSigner(); or provider.getSigner().then(signer => console.log(signer)).