yarn hardhat error

[bitestera]

Done in 3.13s.
etobillion@DESKTOP-BSPAU6M:~/hardhat-simple-storage-fcc$ yarn hardhat
yarn run v1.22.19
$ /home/etobillion/hardhat-simple-storage-fcc/node_modules/.bin/hardhat
An unexpected error occurred:

/home/etobillion/hardhat-simple-storage-fcc/hardhat.config.js:31
  solidity: "0.8.9",
  ^^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
    at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:360:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1055:15)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1090:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1180:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1004:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:839:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1028:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at importCsjOrEsModule (/home/etobillion/hardhat-simple-storage-fcc/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/config/config-loading.ts:28:20)
    at loadConfigAndTasks (/home/etobillion/hardhat-simple-storage-fcc/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/config/config-loading.ts:80:18)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

etobillion@DESKTOP-BSPAU6M:~/hardhat-simple-storage-fcc$```

having this problem with hardhat, any help would be appreciated.

[othaime-en]

Hey @bitestera please share your hardhat.config.js file

[bitestera]

const {task} = require("hardhat/config");

require("dotenv").config()

/** @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig */

const RINKEBY_RPC_URL = process.env.RINKEBY_RPC_URL 

const PRIVATE_KEY = process.env.PRIVATE_KEY 

module.exports = {
  defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
  networks:{
    rinkeby:{
      url: RINKEBY_RPC_URL,
      accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY],
      chainId: 4,

    },
  } 
  solidity: "0.8.9",
};

};

[bitestera]

here, it is. i did not check this at the beginning of lesson six until i reached this stage before i started getting the error.

also before this i would type: yarn accounts : and it would give me same error wheras patrick had a list of accounts shown on the tutorial when he ran the command

[othaime-en]

@bitestera remove the extra }; at the bottom of your hardhat.config.js file and you'll be good to go.

About yarn hardhat accounts after you correct this error, run yarn hardhat and see if you can find accounts in the list of tasks available to you.

[bitestera]

sorry it was a typo error, removed it but same problem

[othaime-en]

This seems to be working fine for me. Copy paste it and see if it will work for you.

const { task } = require("hardhat/config");

require("dotenv").config();

/** @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig */

const RINKEBY_RPC_URL = process.env.RINKEBY_RPC_URL;

const PRIVATE_KEY = process.env.PRIVATE_KEY;

module.exports = {
  defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
  networks: {
    rinkeby: {
      url: RINKEBY_RPC_URL,
      accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY],
      chainId: 4,
    },
  },
  solidity: "0.8.9",
};

[bitestera]

thanks, pal, all fine now, could not believe i have been stuck on this for the past 1.5 hours until i thought of starting the lesson all over with the installations, damn!!! i figured the problem, i was missing a comma after the bracket before solidity.

[othaime-en]

Hey @bitestera please mark this as the answer. Makes it easy for people to navigate and reference it

[bitestera]

yah, already did. thanks

[3obby]

Solution for Windows 11 + WSL2 + HardHat v2.11.2
This works with goerli (otherwise change chainId) and includes a task that adds the yarn hardhat accounts command.

deploy.js

const { ethers } = require("hardhat")
const fs = require("fs-extra")
require("dotenv").config()

async function main() {
    const factory = await ethers.getContractFactory("SimpleStorage")
    console.log("Deploying Contract...")
    const SimpleStorage = await factory.deploy()
    await SimpleStorage.deployed()
}

main()
    .then(() => {
        console.log("Closing")
        process.exit(0)
    })
    .catch((error) => {
        console.log("Error Encountered:")
        console.error(error)
        process.exit(1)
    })

hardhat.config.js

require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox")
require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers")

require("dotenv").config()

/** @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig */

const RPC_URL = process.env.RPC_URL

const PRIVATE_KEY = process.env.PRIVATE_KEY

module.exports = {
    defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
    networks: {
        goerli: {
            url: RPC_URL,
            accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY],
            chainId: 5,
        },
    },
    solidity: "0.8.9",
}

task("accounts", "Prints the list of accounts", async () => {
    const accounts = await ethers.getSigners()

    for (const account of accounts) {
        console.log(account.address)
    }
})

notice in the hardhat.config.js, I'm using process.env variables. If you followed lesson 5, you should be able to copy/paste your .env file from lesson 5 to this directory and you're good to go!