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I have a private blockchain.

I am creating a contract and then I am calling a function that returns the main account. I have the error calling this function.

This is the contract creation code:

var browser_untitled1_sol_mytokenContract = web3.eth.contract([{"constant":false,"inputs":[],"name":"GetMain","outputs":[{"name":"resultMain","type":"address"}],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"constant":false,"inputs":[],"name":"GetBalance","outputs":[{"name":"result","type":"uint256"}],"payable":false,"type":"function"},{"inputs":[],"payable":false,"type":"constructor"}]);
var browser_untitled1_sol_mytoken = browser_untitled1_sol_mytokenContract.new(
   {
     from: web3.eth.accounts[0], 
     data: '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', 
     gas: '4700000'
   }, function (e, contract){
    console.log(e, contract);
    if (typeof contract.address !== 'undefined') {
         console.log('Contract mined! address: ' + contract.address + ' transactionHash: ' + contract.transactionHash);
    }
 })

I call the function browser_untitled1_sol_mytoken.GetMain(); to get the main address and get the error:

Error: invalid address
    at web3.js:3879:15
    at web3.js:3705:20
    at web3.js:4948:28
    at map (<native code>)
    at web3.js:4947:12
    at web3.js:4973:18
    at web3.js:4998:23
    at web3.js:4061:16
    at apply (<native code>)
    at web3.js:4147:16
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  • have you got the message Contract mined! address:.........? when you ve deployed your contract
    – Badr Bellaj ♦
    Jul 5, 2017 at 12:32
  • @Badr Bellaj >Yes I have the confirmation : >loadScript("Contrato4.js") null [object Object] true > null [object Object] Contract mined! address: 0x28affe3b07d6448ae6dbf232ec56f070bf91d036 transactionHash: 0x96a918c45d7292b02b9fbd50d0d5ee527ff7efa7f2c87d61aa8dd179df12f19c
    – Alienado
    Jul 5, 2017 at 14:41

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I believe, this line is in error:

 }, function (e, contract){

You don't get the contract address from contract.new(). You get the transaction hash. Then, as Badr says, you have to wait for the transaction to be mined.

I've had good luck with this library: https://gist.github.com/xavierlepretre/88682e871f4ad07be4534ae560692ee6

You just include the code in your JS and then when you send transactions, you follow up with (uses promises which are consistent with Truffle): 

.then(function (txnHash) {
  return web3.eth.getTransactionReceiptMined(txnHash);
})
.then

It's readable and reliable.

Hope it helps.

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  • I undrestand your point, but after I had the confirmation that it was mined. I can run >browser_untitled1_sol_mytoken.address "0x1e9e7465e394ae1b39344eaf81aea9393d4a690e" I can also get the contract details by running: `> browser_untitled1_sol_mytoken
    – Alienado
    Jul 5, 2017 at 16:36
  • Unless I misunderstand the question, the difference is you are waiting for the transaction to be mined while the script is not waiting. It's trying to txnHash.address which is undefined.
    – Rob Hitchens
    Jul 5, 2017 at 18:42
  • Finally I found the issue. I had to add constant within the function to get that working. >browser_untitled1_sol_mytoken.GetBalance(); 21000000
    – Alienado
    Jul 5, 2017 at 22:42
  • Can someone explain what constant does within the function declaration? >function GetBalance()constant returns(uint256 result) { result=balance; return result; }
    – Alienado
    Jul 5, 2017 at 22:46
  • Constant is read-only operation. it runs locally. It doesn't update the chain and it can't make a state change no matter what the function says. It returns return values instead of a transaction hash because the result is available without waiting for the network to decide what happened.
    – Rob Hitchens
    Jul 5, 2017 at 23:33
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Try to set the default account and then execute:

web3.eth.defaultAccount = web3.eth.accounts[0]

Hope this helps...!

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