Lesson 5: Can't deploy the contract

[AnnachiPSP]

I've been getting the same error multiple times after verifying a lot. Please help..
The error says: "invalid bytecode (argument="bytecode", value={}, code=INVALID_ARGUMENT, version=contracts/5.7.0)"

const ethers = require("ethers");
const fs = require("fs");

async function main(){
    //address: HTTP://127.0.0.1:7545

    const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider("HTTP://127.0.0.1:7545");
    const wallet = new ethers.Wallet("0x95c80fdb45c15b69e2920952c06c6ab005c6b379bc8f2b5aadcf7543a9e44f2a", provider);

    

    const abi = new fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi", "utf8");
    const binary = new fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.bin", 
    "utf8"
    );

    console.log("ABI code: ", abi);
    console.log("Binary code:", binary);

    const contractFactory = new ethers.ContractFactory(abi, binary, wallet);
    console.log("Deploying the respective contract......");
    const contract = await contractFactory.deploy();
    console.log(contract);

}

main().then(() => process.exit(0)).catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
    process.exit(1);
});

The above code is my deploy.js code.

Please help me rectify my error

[paulcoffee85]

Can you leave link to repo ?
would have to check contract and deploy file

[AnnachiPSP]

This is my deploy.js

`const ethers = require("ethers");
const fs = require("fs-extra");

async function main(){
//address: HTTP://127.0.0.1:7545

const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider("HTTP://127.0.0.1:7545");
const wallet = new ethers.Wallet("0x95c80fdb45c15b69e2920952c06c6ab005c6b379bc8f2b5aadcf7543a9e44f2a", provider);



const abi = new fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi", "utf8");
const binary = new fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.bin", 
"utf8"
);

console.log("ABI code: ", abi);
console.log("Binary code:", binary);

const contractFactory = new ethers.ContractFactory(abi, binary, wallet);
console.log("Deploying the respective contract......");
const contract = await contractFactory.deploy();
console.log(contract);

}

main().then(() => process.exit(0)).catch((error) => {
console.error(error);
process.exit(1);
});`

This is my contract

`//SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity 0.8.7;

contract SimpleStorage{

struct people{
    int id;
    string name;
    bool gym;
}

people[] public ppl;

uint public x;

int public ll = 69; 

function store(uint _x) public{
    x = _x;
}

function someone1() public pure returns(int){
    int k = 5;
    return (k);
}

function addPeople(string memory fname, int id_no, bool goes_gym) public{
    people memory new_people = people({id: id_no, name: fname, gym: goes_gym});
    ppl.push(new_people);
}

}`

This is my package.json

{ "dependencies": { "ethers": "5.7.2", "fs": "^0.0.1-security", "fs-extra": "^11.1.0", "nvm": "^0.0.4", "solc": "0.8.7-fixed" }, "scripts": { "compile": "yarn solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol" } }

[alymurtazamemon]

@AnnachiPSP Use fs-extra dependency and check.

const fs = require("fs-extra")

[AnnachiPSP]

Still no change. I'm getting the same error

[alymurtazamemon]

@AnnachiPSP Remove new keyword from both of these lines;

const abi = new fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi", "utf8");
const binary = new fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.bin", "utf8");

[AnnachiPSP]

Thank you so much. Its working

[alymurtazamemon]

@AnnachiPSP Make sure to mark the answer at the end. Thanks