hardhat-toolbox doubt

[adityabhattad2021]

I recently started using hardhat toolbox but when I try this

const { ethers, network } = require("hardhat");
const dao = await ethers.getContract("Dao")

I am getting this error:TypeError: ethers.getContract is not a function

[alymurtazamemon]

@adityabhattad2021 Use getContractAt

[adityabhattad2021]

But I do not have contract address.

[alymurtazamemon]

@adityabhattad2021 You do not need it

[adityabhattad2021]

The problem was solved when I added this package
"@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers": "npm:hardhat-deploy-ethers",

[krakxn]

To use getContract via Ethers, you need the contract's address/name and an interface (deployer), which (interface) is not present here ethers.getContract("Dao").

So, since you just have the contract name--in this case "Dao"--you should use the hardhat-ethers package which is provided by Hardhat.

Doing so will not lead to a "...not a function" error.

Some commonly used functions which hardhat-ethers provides:

function getContractFactory(name: string, signer?: ethers.Signer): Promise<ethers.ContractFactory>;

function getContractFactory(name: string, factoryOptions: FactoryOptions): Promise<ethers.ContractFactory>;

function getContractFactory(abi: any[], bytecode: ethers.utils.BytesLike, signer?: ethers.Signer): Promise<ethers.ContractFactory>;

function getContractAt(name: string, address: string, signer?: ethers.Signer): Promise<ethers.Contract>;

function getContractAt(abi: any[], address: string, signer?: ethers.Signer): Promise<ethers.Contract>;

function getSigners() => Promise<ethers.Signer[]>;

function getSigner(address: string) => Promise<ethers.Signer>;

function getImpersonatedSigner(address: string) => Promise<ethers.Signer>;

function getContractFactoryFromArtifact(artifact: Artifact, signer?: ethers.Signer): Promise<ethers.ContractFactory>;

function getContractFactoryFromArtifact(artifact: Artifact, factoryOptions: FactoryOptions): Promise<ethers.ContractFactory>;

function getContractAtFromArtifact(artifact: Artifact, address: string, signer?: ethers.Signer): Promise<ethers.Contract>;

[adityabhattad2021]

Thanks.