Lesson 6: TypeError: (0 , ethers_1.getAddress) is not a function at new HardhatEthersSigner

[maheepatel]

hi friends i was following Patrick's in lesson 6
and came across this Error

yarn run v1.22.19
$ /home/mahendar/solidity/hardhat-Simple-Storage/node_modules/.bin/hardhat run scripts/deploy.js
TypeError: (0 , ethers_1.getAddress) is not a function
    at new HardhatEthersSigner (/home/mahendar/solidity/hardhat-Simple-Storage/node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/src/signers.ts:73:30)
    at Function.create (/home/mahendar/solidity/hardhat-Simple-Storage/node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/src/signers.ts:65:12)
    at getSigner (/home/mahendar/solidity/hardhat-Simple-Storage/node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/src/internal/helpers.ts:60:29)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at getSigners (/home/mahendar/solidity/hardhat-Simple-Storage/node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/src/internal/helpers.ts:45:30)
    at getContractFactoryByAbiAndBytecode (/home/mahendar/solidity/hardhat-Simple-Storage/node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/src/internal/helpers.ts:305:21)
    at main (/home/mahendar/solidity/hardhat-Simple-Storage/scripts/deploy.js:4:34)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

I have compiled the Contract.
But I think there is something wrong in either packages versions or in the below code.
I am using yarn as package manager
This is my code :

const { ethers } = require("hardhat")

async function main() {
    const SimpleStorageFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory(
        "SimpleStorage",
    )
    console.log("Deploying contract...")
    const simpleStorage = await SimpleStorageFactory.deploy()
    await simpleStorage.deployed()
    console.log("Deployed contract to: ", simpleStorage.address)
}

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

What I have tried is - But still no luck

1. changing ethers version from v6 to 5.7.2
2. Changed the function names according to latest hardhat docs (ex: simpleStorage.address to simpleStorage.getAddress()

This is the code in hardhat.config.js file:

require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox")
require("dotenv").config()

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

const SEPOLIA_RPC_URL = process.env.SEPOLIA_RPC_URL
const PRIVATE_KEY = process.env.PRIVATE_KEY

module.exports = {
  defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
  networks: {
    sepolia: {
      url: SEPOLIA_RPC_URL,
      accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY],
      chainId: 11155111,
    },

  },
  solidity: "0.8.8",
}
;

Since I see this kind of errors are due to packages versions. This is the package.json file

  "name": "hardhat-Simple-Storage",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": "^2.0.0",
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers": "^3.0.0",
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-network-helpers": "^1.0.0",
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox": "^3.0.0",
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify": "^1.0.0",
    "@typechain/ethers-v6": "^0.4.0",
    "@typechain/hardhat": "^8.0.0",
    "chai": "^4.2.0",
    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
    "ethers": "5.7.2",
    "hardhat": "^2.16.1",
    "hardhat-gas-reporter": "^1.0.8",
    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
    "prettier-plugin-solidity": "^1.1.3",
    "solidity-coverage": "^0.8.0",
    "typechain": "^8.1.0"
  }
}```

[alfaqi]

as I am learning new things, there are many ways to solve this issue,
one of them is: install these packages.

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers": "^3.0.2",
    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers": "npm:hardhat-deploy-ethers@^0.3.0-beta.13",
    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan": "^3.1.7",
    "@nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle": "^2.0.6",
    "chai": "^4.3.7",
    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
    "ethereum-waffle": "^4.0.10",
    "ethers": "^5.7.2",
    "hardhat": "^2.16.1",
    "hardhat-contract-sizer": "^2.10.0",
    "hardhat-deploy": "^0.11.34",
    "hardhat-gas-reporter": "^1.0.9",
    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
    "prettier-plugin-solidity": "^1.1.3",
    "solhint": "^3.4.1",
    "solidity-coverage": "^0.8.4"
  }
}

and import these packages, without require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox")

require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle");
require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan");
require("hardhat-deploy");
require("solidity-coverage");
require("hardhat-gas-reporter");
require("hardhat-contract-sizer");
require("dotenv").config();
require("solhint");

this will work fine.
I hope this helps.

[maheepatel]

Thanks for replying.
sorry for replying late but since i was trying from yesterday I had tried changing the versions but that didn't solve my issue. So just rewatched the whole process again and went with the latest ethers version and referred the Hardhat docs. Docs helped a lot.

[vulpes231]

This worked for me too.

[maheepatel]

What worked for me is

1. Removed "main": "index.js" from the package.json (forgot to remove it while following patrick)
2. Tried changing the version of ethers but it didn't worked. So i went with the latest version(i.e "ethers": "^6.6.3",) Followed the latest hardhat docs how to deploy contract section made the necessary changes (ex: simpleStorage.address to simpleStorage.target ).

[FlywoodL]

yarn add ethers 

it works for me.