Setting a default account in client

[ghivert]

Hi EthWorks!

The package works really great, but I had a little problem with the default_account in the client. It is the main sender for every transaction (which is great), but it's impossible to set it to the desired value. For example, when using Infura, eth_accounts returns an empty array. The default_account is always nil, which complicates things as from: nil when sending transactions creates bugs.

Is it possible to have a version where we can access and modify the default_account?

[jasonadkison]

You can set the default account directly on the client.
https://github.com/EthWorks/ethereum.rb/blob/master/lib/ethereum/client.rb#L14

You also need to set the key on the contract in order for it to be signed by your private key. See the section on signing transactions: https://github.com/EthWorks/ethereum.rb#signed-transactions

[ToJen]

@jasonadkison how did you achieve that?

[jasonadkison]

@ToJen here's an example

key = Eth::Key.new(priv: YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY)
client = Ethereum::HttpClient.new(...)
client.default_account = key.address
contract = Ethereum::Contract.create(...)
contract.key = key

[kurotaky]

thanks for your report :)
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[ghivert]

I'm not using this package anymore. Should the issue be closed?

[kurotaky]

@ghivert
All right. I'm going to close this issue 👍