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So I have a dapp that includes a node server, which I have got to work successfully using ganache, using this line:

web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('http://127.0.0.1:8545'))

I have deployed my project to ropsten and would like to use infura for that, so I changed the code to:

web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('wss://ropsten.infura.io/v3/PROJECTID'))

Obviously I did use my actual projectID. But I get this error: " UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: connection not open". This is the same error I get when I use my localhost URL but forget to start ganache.

I know that my infura is set up properly because I am able to successfully migrate my project using truffle using the "https://ropsten.infura.io/v3/PROJECTID" endpoint.

As a test I tried to connect via http instead of wss, ie using this line:

web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://ropsten.infura.io/v3/PROJECTID'))

and this gives me a DIFFERENT error: "UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: Cannot read property 'returnValues' of null"

Wat do? I'm using my node server to listen for events, so I'm not sure if I can use http even if it did work- I believe that I need to use websockets for events.

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  • Are you behind proxy?
    – Sanjay S B
    Commented Sep 16, 2019 at 11:26
  • Nope not using a proxy.
    – Andrew Stanger
    Commented Sep 16, 2019 at 11:31

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I fixed this, the URL was wrong instead of

web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://ropsten.infura.io/v3/PROJECTID'))

it should be

web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://ropsten.infura.io/ws/v3/PROJECTID'))

The mistake was on infura's website, I have informed them.

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