Confused about what .getContractFactory() does

[ghost]

I tries to search and ended up here

But still am unable to understand what exactly it does.

[alymurtazamemon]

@0xamey getContractFactory is an ether.js method that helps to deploy the contract itself and has many other features. It is different from getContract. getContract returns a contract object with the help of that we can interact with the contract.

You can read more about getContractFactory here

[ghost]

Oh I see, thank you so much!!

[ghost]

Update: After reding more of EthersJs docs my assumption is that .ContractFactory is a new method (or whatever the proper technical term is) introduced which is similar to .getContractFactory

[alymurtazamemon]

@0xamey Both return the same things new instance of contract factory. But the difference is in their requirements. ContractFactory takes interface, abi, and signer. On the other hand, getContractFactory takes the name of the contract after compiling it.