Unexpected error trying to run deployment scripts for the Open Lottery/Raffle Project

[xdarksamusx]

Hi everyone. I am working on the Open Lottery project, time stamped at around the 15:20 mark. I am just trying to deploy some scripts that I have written as I code along with Patrick Alpha in his solidity JS tutorial. I am stuck trying to troubleshoot an error I get whenever I attempt to run the scripts. I have some deploy mock scripts and deploy raffle scripts in these screenshots. I don't know what to do next . And Thanks in advance...

Here is my deploy mock script:

and my deploy raffle script:

[othaime-en]

Hey @gus1000 please copy and paste the code here rather than sending screenshots. Makes it easier to debug where the error is coming from.
It will be even better if you also push your code to github and leave a link here

[xdarksamusx]

`
const { getNamedAccounts, deployments, network, ethers } = require("hardhat")

const {developmentChains, networkConfig} = require ("../helper-hardhat-config")

//we need a string for the const BASE FEE/ othwise you get an overflow

const BASE_FEE = "250000000000000000"// 0.25 is the premium . it costs .25 link per request
//it is usally paid for by sponsors but we pay the link b/c this is a mock network

const GAS_PRICE_LINK = "1000000000" //1000000000// link per gas //CALCULATED VALIE BASED ON THE GAS PRICE OF THE CHAIN

// eth price 1,000,000,000
//chainlink nodes pay the gas fees to give us external execution and randomness
//i.e they pay the fulfill and upkeep functions and randomness
//so they price the requests change based on the price of gas

module.exports = async function ({getNamedAccounts, deployments}) {
const {deploy, log} = deployments
const {deployer} = await getNamedAccounts()
const chainId = network.config.chainId
const args = { BASE_FEE , GAS_PRICE_LINK}

///////////check below for trouble shooting

if (developmentChains.includes(network.name)){

    log("Local network detected ! Deploying mocks")
    // deploy a mock vrfcoordinator...
    await deploy ("VRFCoordinatorV2Mock", {
        from: deployer,
        log: true, 
        args: [BASE_FEE, GAS_PRICE_LINK],
    })
        
    log("Mocks deployed")
    log("----------------------------------------------")


}

}

module.exports.tags = [ "all", "mocks"]

`

This is deploy mock

[othaime-en]

I found the error. On line 22, use ethers.getContract instead of ethers.getContractAt try that and tell me if it works

[othaime-en]

Hey @gus1000 please format your code well with three backticks (```) for readability. Also, please share the enitire error tou get when you use getContract instead of `getContractAt`

[xdarksamusx]

@othaime-en , here is my entire error.

Error: ERROR processing /Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/deploy/01-deploy-raffle.js:
Error: invalid BigNumber string (argument="value", value=" 1000000000000000000000", code=INVALID_ARGUMENT, version=bignumber/5.7.0)
at Logger.makeError (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/logger/src.ts/index.ts:269:28)
at Logger.throwError (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/logger/src.ts/index.ts:281:20)
at Logger.throwArgumentError (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/logger/src.ts/index.ts:285:21)
at Function.BigNumber.from (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/bignumber/src.ts/bignumber.ts:238:27)
at NumberCoder.encode (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/abi/src.ts/coders/number.ts:25:27)
at /Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/abi/src.ts/coders/array.ts:71:19
at Array.forEach ()
at pack (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/abi/src.ts/coders/array.ts:54:12)
at TupleCoder.encode (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/abi/src.ts/coders/tuple.ts:54:20)
at AbiCoder.encode (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/@ethersproject/abi/src.ts/abi-coder.ts:111:15)
at DeploymentsManager.executeDeployScripts (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/DeploymentsManager.ts:1222:19)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:64:3)
at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:533:9)
at processTimers (node:internal/timers:507:7)
at DeploymentsManager.runDeploy (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/DeploymentsManager.ts:1052:5)
at SimpleTaskDefinition.action (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/index.ts:438:5)
at Environment._runTaskDefinition (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:308:14)
at Environment.run (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:156:14)
at SimpleTaskDefinition.action (/Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/index.ts:584:32)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
gus100@guss-MacBook-Pro hardhat-smart-contract-lottery %

[othaime-en]

Hey @gus1000 this is a different error not related to using getContract. You have another error on line 9. Remove the space between " and 1 in the line " 1000000000000000000000" It should be "1000000000000000000000". Make this change and remember to still use getContract and NOT getContractAt

[xdarksamusx]

I removed it, and my script deploys now, without any issues. Thank you.
gus100@guss-MacBook-Pro hardhat-smart-contract-lottery % yarn hardhat deploy
yarn run v1.22.19
$ /Users/gus100/hardhat-smart-contract-lottery/node_modules/.bin/hardhat deploy
Nothing to compile
Local network detected ! Deploying mocks
deploying "VRFCoordinatorV2Mock" (tx: 0x568782af0a079d0bc6f4e4e40b0e5953a1299aa5fd7a0eccc01ff0568a422e43)...: deployed at 0x5FbDB2315678afecb367f032d93F642f64180aa3 with 1803090 gas
Mocks deployed

print if it works
print if it works
deploying "Raffle" (tx: 0x7e7e195ebe793ba1c9dfc07f4feed8d9de69d439c4d836d8413cca6604e858d1)...: deployed at 0xCf7Ed3AccA5a467e9e704C703E8D87F634fB0Fc9 with 1302177 gas

✨ Done in 1.34s.

[xdarksamusx]

Hey @gus1000 this is a different error not related to using getContract. You have another error on line 9. Remove the space between " and 1 in the line " 1000000000000000000000" It should be "1000000000000000000000". Make this change and remember to still use getContract and NOT getContractAt`

Also, how do I mark this reply as the correct answer ?

Thank you so much! I appreciate the assitance. That extra space was the issue, and now my script deploys as in the video.