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I have opened an instance of ganache at localhost port 9545 where I can connect with web3.py. However when I am trying to perform a transact using the below code:

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider('http://127.0.0.1:9545'))

ExampleContract = w3.eth.contract(abi=abi, bytecode=bytecode)

tx_hash = ExampleContract.constructor().transact()

I am getting the following error:

ValueError: {'message': 'from not found; is required', 'code': -32000, 'data'

This is straight from the documentation here

Any ideas?

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    Try ExampleContract.deploy({'from': web3.eth.accounts[0], 'gasPrice': web3.eth.gasPrice, 'gas': web3.eth.getBlock('latest').gasLimit})
    – goodvibration
    Nov 9, 2020 at 20:48
  • Or simply use transact({'from': web3.eth.accounts[0], 'gasPrice': web3.eth.gasPrice, 'gas': web3.eth.getBlock('latest').gasLimit}) in your own code.
    – goodvibration
    Nov 9, 2020 at 20:50

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Like the comments say, you need to have the 'from' address defined in your transaction parameters. Geth changed that requirement a few releases ago. So:

tx_hash = ExampleContract.constructor().transact({'from': <address>})

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