I'm running a geth node on the testnet and trying to run web3.js method from my node server code.
var coinbase = web3.eth.coinbase;
console.log(coinbase);
However, I'm getting a provider not set or valid error. Who exactly is the provider here. Briefly, how do I bind my web3.js to my running geth client?
Best Answer
Where did your
web3
object come from? It needs to be constructed with aProvider
that tells it how to connect to an Ethereum node, like this:var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'));