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Sending Transactions and Interacting with Smart Contracts Using Infura and Ethers.js

Tutorial October 24, 2024

Next, let’s interact with a smart contract using Ethers.js and Infura. For this example, we will call a read-only function from an ERC-20 token contract (like querying the balance of a wallet).

const ethers = require('ethers');

// Replace with your Infura Project ID
const infuraProvider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider('https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR_INFURA_PROJECT_ID');

// Replace with the ERC-20 contract address (e.g., USDT, DAI, or any token)
const contractAddress = '0xTokenContractAddress';

// Replace with the wallet address to query the balance
const walletAddress = '0xYourWalletAddress';

// ABI of the ERC-20 token (we only need the balanceOf function here)
const abi = [
    'function balanceOf(address owner) view returns (uint256)'
];

// Create a contract instance
const contract = new ethers.Contract(contractAddress, abi, infuraProvider);

async function getTokenBalance() {
    try {
        // Call the balanceOf function
        const balance = await contract.balanceOf(walletAddress);

        // Convert the balance from wei (for ERC-20 tokens, it could be small denominations)
        console.log(`Token Balance: ${balance.toString()}`);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error fetching token balance:', error);
    }
}

// Call the function to query the token balance
getTokenBalance();

Getting Wallet Balance Using Ethers.js in Node.js

Tutorial October 24, 2024

  • Node.js installed on your machine.
  • Basic understanding of JavaScript.
  • An Ethereum wallet (with private key or mnemonic phrase).
  • (Optional) An Infura account to access the Ethereum network.

First, you need to install Ethers.js, a library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain.