How do you call a getter created by solidity?

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Apparently, solidity creates getter functions for public variables. How does one call them using javascript? (for testing within truffle)

user19510 · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-21 14:28:32Z

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You just call them as you would any other function. The getter function has the same name as the state variable, so if you have:

uint256 public foo;

then you can read its value in JavaScript with:

contract.foo()

answered Feb 21, 2018 at 14:28

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let foo = await contract.foo() if you want the actual web3.BigNumber object rather than a Promise object.
– goodvibration
Feb 21, 2018 at 14:34
Yes, or contract.foo.then(...) or, via web3.js 0.2x.x, contract.foo.call(callback), etc. It's just the same as calling any other function.
– user19510
Feb 21, 2018 at 14:39
Here's the Solidity documentation reference for those interested: docs.soliditylang.org/en/latest/contracts.html#getter-functions
– Sam Richards
May 12, 2021 at 18:24

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