Solidity function returning large json object

Question

So I have a basic function call in Solidity that returns a string

function getString() constant returns (string) {
  return "hello";
}

I call it using web3 after instantiating the contract

const Contract = new web3.eth.Contract(abi, contractAddress, {
  from: applicationAccount.address,
  gasPrice: '20000000',
  gas: 4711489
});

async function getString() {
  let hash = await Contract.methods.getString.call()
  return hash;
}

The object returned is a large object describing the contract, when all I want returned is the string hello

{ call: { [Function: bound _executeMethod] request: [Function: bound _executeMethod] },
send: { [Function: bound _executeMethod] request: [Function: bound _executeMethod] },
encodeABI: [Function: bound _encodeMethodABI],
estimateGas: [Function: bound _executeMethod],
arguments: [],
_method:
 { constant: true,
 inputs: [],
 name: 'getString',
 outputs: [ [Object] ],
 payable: false,
 stateMutability: 'view',
 type: 'function',
 signature: '0xb96d1702' },

How can I return the string hello?

Answer 1

You should use

await Contract.methods.getString().call()