The command:
web3.eth.accounts
Returns an empty array despite Metamask having one account, how should I be retrieving the accounts in a way that will work with Mist and Metamask?
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Turns out for Metamask to do or return anything you need to access the dapp through a local or remote webserver and not through the local filesystem (file://) due to browser security restrictions.
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The safest way to do it is to call asynchronously, web3.eth.getAccounts(function(err, accounts) { }).
You will also get an empty array if the user is not signed in.
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3web3.eth.getAccounts(function(err, accounts) { console.log(accounts); }) – Samuel Barnes Jun 27 '17 at 10:53
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Using breakpoints I have deduced that execution never reaches the code within the callback. Any ideas? – Samuel Barnes Jun 27 '17 at 10:55
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Alternate simple syntax:
web3.eth.getAccounts(console.log). If the code hasn't reached that block, it makes me wonder if the page's connection was broken. Reload the page and try again? – DanF Jun 27 '17 at 15:58 -
Turns out for Metamask to do or return anything you need to access the dapp through a local or remote webserver and not through the local filesystem (file://) due to browser security restrictions. – Samuel Barnes Jun 27 '17 at 16:31
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How can I see the difference between "account exists and is locked" and "no account exists" ? I need to know this to ask the user want to create an account with mascara. – digitaldonkey Apr 13 '18 at 17:52
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I'm also facing same problem. My ganache was running, metamask is also running, web3 is also injected. The problem was web3.eth.accounts and web3.eth.getAccounts().then(...) was returning null. But after lot of searching I found that
ethereum.enable()
I run this command and one metamask popup was opened, which connected my metamask account to app.
