JsonRpcProvider: missing new : Lesson 5 Ethers.js

[baroonjha]

deploy.js code

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

async function main() {
  const provider = ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider("http://127.0.0.1:8545");

  const wallet = new ethers.Wallet(
    "0x92174bfa0de526c66da8bcf6d1bb701a0acfabf3c9789bb3329729255671a6e8",
    provider
  );

  const abi = fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi", "utf-8");
  const binary = fs.readFileSync(
    "./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.bin",
    "utf-8"
  );

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

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

************* Error getting ************

baroon@Hacked:~/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage$ node deploy.js
JsonRpcProvider: missing new [ See: https://links.ethers.org/v5-errors-MISSING_NEW ] (name="JsonRpcProvider", code=MISSING_NEW, version=providers/5.6.2)
    at Logger.makeError (/home/baroon/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/logger/lib/index.js:238:21)
    at Logger.throwError (/home/baroon/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/logger/lib/index.js:247:20)
    at Logger.checkNew (/home/baroon/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/logger/lib/index.js:321:18)
    at Object.JsonRpcProvider (/home/baroon/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/providers/lib/json-rpc-provider.js:448:16)
    at main (/home/baroon/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage/deploy.js:5:37)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/baroon/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage/deploy.js:24:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12) {
  reason: 'missing new',
  code: 'MISSING_NEW'
}
baroon@Hacked:~/folder/hh-fcc/ethers-simple-storage$ 

dependencies

{
  "dependencies": {
    "ethers": "5.6.2",
    "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
    "ganache": "^7.7.6",
    "solc": "0.8.7-fixed"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "compile": "yarn solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol"
  }
}

[paulcoffee85]

try with placing 'new' in after '=' sign.

const provider = ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider("http://127.0.0.1:8545");
like this:
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider("http://127.0.0.1:8545");

[baroonjha]

It worked ! i have been struggling through this problem since two days . Thank you for the help ,