Use with ColonyNetworkClient

[frods]

Hello, I'm trying to use this with ColonyNetworkClient to create a colony on the rinkeby network with my MetaMask.

You can see what I have so far here: https://github.com/Pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/blob/MetaMaskClient/src/metamask_client.js

It seems that the contracts are not being loaded from rinkeby. The error I get is

(node:85249) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: Cannot read property 'send' of undefined
    at _callee$ (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/src/pioneercolony.js:7:40)

Any idea on what I'm missing?

[chmanie]

You forgot to init the colonyNetworkClient like described here:
https://docs.colony.io/colonyjs/docs-get-started/

  const networkClient = new ColonyNetworkClient({ adapter });
  await networkClient.init();

Also, you should await the function call of createPioneerColony.

[frods]

Thanks that was a silly mistake. I'm now getting errors like the following. Do I need to wrap the provider in some other class?

(node:29079) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: provider.sendAsync is not a function
    at /github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/ethers/providers/web3-provider.js:51:18
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Web3Provider.send (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/ethers/providers/web3-provider.js:44:12)
    at JsonRpcSigner.getAddress (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/ethers/providers/json-rpc-provider.js:94:26)
    at JsonRpcSigner.sendTransaction (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/ethers/providers/json-rpc-provider.js:119:17)
    at /github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/ethers/contracts/contract.js:163:39
    at EthersContract._callee3$ (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/@colony/colony-js-adapter-ethers/src/EthersContract.js:68:12)
    at tryCatch (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:62:40)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:296:22)
    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/github/pioneercoinio/PioneerColony/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:114:21)

Note: I updated the branch linked in the first post with the async await chagnes.

[chmanie]

The problem here is that node-metamask is only compatible with the web3 1.0 providers API (those just have a send method) whereas the ethers web3 wrapper requires it to be web3 0.x. So either ethers at some point provides a web3 wrapper which is compatible with the new provider API of web3 or we have to support that in node-metamask (I'd rather not as it's slowly fading out anyways).

[frods]

If you see node-metamask as fading out, would you suggest another alternative? My main goal is to drive actions in a javascript with a wallet with coins.

[chmanie]

No, not node-metamask but web3 0.x is slowly fading out. As of now we just support web3 1.0 on the node side. Currently I don't have time to add support for that but I'd happily take PRs (hint, hint) :)