Getting error while reading the contract data using signer "TypeError: checkProvider(...).call is not a function"

Question

I am creating an instance of singer by passing the pvkey and provider, but after creating the instance of the contract i am not able to interact with it.

const signer =  new ethers.Wallet(pvKey,apiKey);
const erc20_rw = new ethers.Contract(address, abi, signer);

// getting the name of contract
let name = await erc20_rw.name()

console.log("name of contract ", name);

Answer 1

What is apiKey? Based on the name, I'm guessing it's just a string of your api key for whatever node provider you have (e.g. an Infura or Alchemy key). However it should be an instance of Provider, which you can get by passing in a url and/or an api key to the function ethers.getDefaultProvider