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I'm trying to create an account through Node.js. This is my code:

export async function createNewAccount() {
    var web3Instance =  new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider("http://localhost:8545"));
    return web3Instance.eth.accounts.create();
}

But I'm getting the following error (from 'create' function):

Invalid JSON RPC response: undefined

I have installed web3.js in my project.

What other step have I missed?

BTW opening the browser on address "http://localhost:8545" returns 404. Is there anything I need to install in order to make it work? Is that the testrpc?

Notice that I want to work against the real blockchain, not a test one.

Edit:

As suggested by Karthikeyan, I downloaded and started geth. I don't know if it's actually working, it looks like this:

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But I keep getting the same error when I try to create an account.

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  • Have you started Local Blockchain in your system with geth command
    – Karthikeyan Thangavel
    Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 5:58
  • @KarthikeyanThangavel no I haven't. A local blockchain is a test one? Because I want to work with the real one. Additionally, if I use Node.js should I use Geth? I thought Geth is for Go lang.
    – Alon
    Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 6:27
  • You have start geth in your local system with rpc commands, else you can't communicate with the main Blockchain .
    – Karthikeyan Thangavel
    Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 9:09
  • @KarthikeyanThangavel are you sure it's geth and not something else? Because the 'g' in 'geth' stands for Go lang, but I don't use Go, I use Node.js.
    – Alon
    Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 9:14
  • Without syncing blockchain in your local system, you cant do any operation blockchain.
    – Karthikeyan Thangavel
    Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 9:16

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If you have started geth with the code like below, that means its a test network (rinkeby)

geth --rinkeby --rpc --rpcapi db,eth,net,web3,personal --cache=2048  --rpcport 8545 --rpcaddr 127.0.0.1 --rpccorsdomain "*"

Even if you have started without --rinkeby you must have mentioned the other parameters like --rpc,--rpcapi and all other to work with the web3.js

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  • I don't want to use a test network. I want the real one. What parameters should I place?
    – Alon
    Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 10:25
  • Remove --rinkeby from the above line and execute it. But better try it on a test network before you do on a real one
    – Rajesh
    Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 10:29

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