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I've been confused by the web3.js all day.

I created the web.js for setting and initialize Web3, and it appears the following message:

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And I install web3 by npm install web3, the version of web3 is 1.5.2 the version of node.js is 14.17.0, the npm is 6.14.13.

should I import the web3.min.js or I just miss something essential?

the code of web3.js shown below:

// Initialize Web3
var Web3 = require("web3"); << where the error is
var web3 = new Web3("https://localhost:8545");

// Set Account
web3.eth.defaultAccount = 'xxx';

// Set Contract Abi
var ABI = [abi];

// Set Contract Address
var contractAddress = 'xxx';

// Set the Contract
var contract = new web3.eth.Contract(ABI, contractAddress);
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  • Are you using raw html or some framework like react or angular? For raw html use web3.min.js.
    – Ismael
    Sep 16, 2021 at 4:53
  • which means if I just use html and js, I've better install the web3 by npm right?
    – ginwei
    Sep 16, 2021 at 7:39
  • Running npm install only applies to a project managed by npm. If your project is a pure html and js files without a build tool like webpack, or browserify then you have to use web3.min.js. If you use a build tool then check the documentation, but npm install web3 works in most cases.
    – Ismael
    Sep 16, 2021 at 15:01

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I find out where the problem is.

I should introduce the js file in html by following order:

<script src="web3.min.js"></script>
<script src="web3.js"></script>
<script src="htmlfile.js"></script>

Although I've cleaned up the error, I find out that contract.methods didn't work. I think that should be another problem.

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