web3.eth.getBalance(…).then is not a function

Question

var Web3 = require('web3');
var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://ropsten.infura.io/v3/5db0a2fb8a8948fdbe57bb19eecb5674'));

web3.eth.getBalance('0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e').then((res)=>console.log(web3.utils.fromWei(res,'ether')))

and the following is the error I'm getting after running the above code.

 web3.eth.getBalance(...).then is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\gitty\app.js:15:6)
    at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:694:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:204:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:625:3

Answer 1

You need to use callback for getBalance function. kindly read Document .

 web3.eth.getBalance('0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e',function(error,result){

    if(error){
       console.log(error)
    }
    else{
       console.log(result)
    }
 })