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Trying to connect Ganache GUI running on port 7545 to web3.js. Getting the below error whenever trying to call any of the functions of web3 -

> web3.eth.getBalance("0x907A41F173099E5F5573F0ab43B6Dd9594e3687a").then(console.log);
Promise { <pending> }
> Uncaught Error: Invalid JSON RPC response: ""
    at Object.InvalidResponse (/mnt/c/.../web3_development/node_modules/web3-core-helpers/lib/errors.js:43:16)
    at XMLHttpRequest.request.onreadystatechange (/mnt/c/.../web3_development/node_modules/web3-providers-http/lib/index.js:95:32)
    at XMLHttpRequestEventTarget.dispatchEvent (/mnt/c/.../web3_development/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request-event-target.js:34:22)
    at XMLHttpRequest._setReadyState (/mnt/c/Users/.../web3_development/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:208:14)
    at XMLHttpRequest._onHttpRequestError (/mnt/c/.../web3_development/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:349:14)

Running node on WSL-2.

Any help as to what might be causing the issue or ways to resolve it would be really helpful.

Thanks a lot!!

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  • Are you connecting to the right port?
    – Ismael ♦
    Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:47
  • @Ismael Think so. let web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://127.0.0.1:7545'));
    – Ayush
    Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:56
  • Are you sure ganache is running?
    – Ismael ♦
    Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 20:06
  • @Ismael Yes. I can see the accounts with 100 ethers each. Any other way to make sure it is running?
    – Ayush
    Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 20:17
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    @Ismael Found that WSL2 cannot connect to localhost. Ganache has got the option to change host to WSL. It works now. Thanks a lot for all your help
    – Ayush
    Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 4:26

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Came to know that WSL-2 cannot connect to the localhost directly. See this and this.

WSL-2 has its own port to listen to. Ganache gives you the option to select that port instead of localhost.

Go to Settings > Server > Hostname > 172.23.160.1 - Ethernet (WSL) ganache settings

Can use the command provided by @Ismael above in the comments to check if the port is connected. It should return the block number. -

curl --data '{"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST 127.0.0.1:7545

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