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There is this issue on github (among several other duplicate complaints): https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/issues/2623.

There is also this stack question: How can the web3 library be imported in a web application?. Unfortunately, this answer only provides how to inject beta 37 (which for whatever reason is also now version 1.2). Beta 37 doesn't work for what I am doing, I need Beta 55. How do I acquire this version in a minified form for browser injection?

Edit: Link to github for Beta 55 branch is dead. https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/tree/v1.0.0-beta.55/dist

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  • I recommend that you do the opposite, i.e., adjust your code to work with beta 37. That's because beta 37 is in fact the currently most stable version of web3.js.
    – goodvibration
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 9:53
  • But I don't agree and want Beta 55. How do I get it? And why should I prevented from testing and verifying your opinion? Also, Beta 55 will be compatible with v2. There's no point to staying in the past if what I have is working on Beta 55 and not on 37.
    – ThickMiddleManager
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 9:56
  • "And why should I prevented from testing and verifying your opinion?" - You shouldn't. Feel free to do that (testing and verifying my opinion).
    – goodvibration
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 10:23
  • My frustration is at the current confusion in the continuity of web3. I made this question to clarify here. There was no point in adding yet another issue on github. All of my dapps use 0.2, and so many things have changed in a year. I don't know what is best practice, but I do know that injecting web3 manually is a good idea for a lot of reasons, UX being the number one. TronWeb is in an even more confusing predicament, with a 800KB dependency for things to run. Even just a stock minified version isn't enough, I need granular solutions, and everyone needs Swarm hosting a fallback version.
    – ThickMiddleManager
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 11:09

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From the Releases page, here's the source code: https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta.55

...which can be minified using your favourite minify-er tool.

Going another route, here's the NPM package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/web3/v/1.0.0-beta.55

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  • There's no documentation on how to do this, and no examples in any project anywhere of beta 55 of minified web3 version for a browser. There is no dist of an unminified version either with these links. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
    – ThickMiddleManager
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 10:36
  • Hi there. Yep, as per the discussion in issue #2623 you've linked to, there's nothing official available, so you'll need to grab the code and do it yourself, I'm afraid. It does mean that you could create a mini minified version, containing only the parts of the package you know that your dapp needs, thereby reducing its footprint even further.
    – Richard Horrocks
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 11:15
  • Do you know of a guide to do this? It must be difficult if there isn't a single repository with beta 55 in it. I don't want to spend days figure out either. I would rather go back to 0.20, but websocket connections are required now if you are using Infura.
    – ThickMiddleManager
    Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 13:33

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