Questions tagged [constructor]
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How to turn constructor arguments into ABI-ENCODED values?
The constructor of my smart contract has arguments.
How can I turn constructor arguments into ABI-ENCODED values?
I have to use it on bscscan.com.
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parsing error in smartcontract constructor
parsing error in smartcontract constructor, can some one please help me out and show me what I am doing wring and why this error is even thought everytrhing is looking fine from outside.
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Error! Invalid constructor arguments provided. Please verify that they are in ABI-encoded format, I tried (https://abi.hashex.org/) but still no luck
Good afternoon!
I want to create a NFT and my code is working fine in remix.
An error occurred while adding source code to ropsten: Error! Invalid constructor arguments provided. Please verify that ...
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Buying ERC1155 token with payable
The constructor for ERC1155 token standard looks like this:
constructor() public ERC1155("https://game.example/api/item/{id}.json") {}
However, the example given on OpenZeppellin mints all ...
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constructor doesn't trigger on deployment
I have a problem that I don't understand.
I wrote a token contract that will be used as a reward for a yield farming contract. The thing is that the constructor doesn't trigger when I deploy it with ...
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How to view what arguments were passed to the constructor function of a deployed contract retroactively
Take this Animetas NFT contract for example: https://etherscan.io/address/0x18df6c571f6fe9283b87f910e41dc5c8b77b7da5#code
I want to see what values were passed into the constructor function when this ...
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Question about constructors taking an argument
This is my first experience with programming on Ethereum. I'm deploying the sample contract following the instructions shown here.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
pragma solidity ^0.7.6;
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Ethers js deploy contract with balance, payable constructor
I have a smart contract with a payable constructor. I'm trying to figure out the syntax with ethers js how I can deploy the smart contract and send an initial balance with the deployment.
const ...
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Invalid implicit conversion from address[2] memory to address[] memory requested
This is so frustrating and I don't know why these errors don't give more information.
I compiled and deployed a contract in remix using the left panel and everything is working fine. I then proceeded ...
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Does it matter if state variables are assigned value in line or in the constructor?
For example, is there a difference between these two snippets of code, or is there a best practice? From my experimentation, it doesn't seem like it makes a difference. Thanks.
contract A {
uint ...
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The called function should be payable if you send value and the value you send should be less than your balance
This is one of my parent contract (child factory contract) functions that creates a child contract. The function should be provided with 3 arguments
function breed(uint _number, uint _amount, ...
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Converting constructor from 0.4.25 to latest version
The syntax of constructor in version 0.4.25 was
contract A {
address newContract;
function createContract(uint a, string memory b, address c) public {
newContract = new B(a, b, c);
}
}
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Warning: Visibility for constructor is ignored. If you want the contract to be non-deployable, making it "abstract" is sufficient
Hello I keep getting this error and I can't seem to fix it, I'm new to all this, but I'm trying to get better. So someone said if you changed the solidity to the newest version it would fix the ...
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Sending ERC20 token to the constructor of a contract
I want to send an erc20 token to the constructor of a contract. I can't manually use the approve(spender, amount) function before deploying the contract as the spender address needs to be the address ...
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When can you use this in a constructor?
I am going through the solidity docs and I have seen that:
// Functions can
// be accessed directly or through `this.f`,
// but the latter provides an external view
// to the function. ...
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Creating Initial ERC721 Tokens Programmatically
I'm interested in minting 100 unique tokens in the constructor of a smart contract, but I'm having an issue where the minting function hasn't been defined yet while the constructor runs. Do I have to ...
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How to get the actual runtime bytecode from creation bytecode and constructor arguments without deploying
Possible outputs of the Solidity compiler include creation bytecode and deployed (runtime) bytecode. However, this compiled deployed bytecode might not be the same as the one that will actually be ...
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Deposit Money Automatically On Child Creation In Factory Pattern
I am implementing a factory pattern contract and on my constructor I want to deposit money into my child contract as soon as the child is rendered
--Factory--
function newChild() {
Child child = ...
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Push large number of items in mapping with constructor or other methods
I would like to push large number of items into mapping. Prototype looks like this
mapping (uint => string) ipfs_hashes;
constructor() ERC721("GameItem", "ITM") public {
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Pass mapping as constructor parameter
I'd like to save the contract addresses from DAI and UNI into a mapping when calling the smart contract constructor depending on the network. Below is a minimalistic example that works fine:
contract ...
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Using inherited constructor in Solidity >=0.5.0
I want to use a contract inherit from another contract and use the parent constructor after using another commands in inherited constructor. So I wrote:
pragma solidity ^0.5.10;
contract A {
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Cannot figure out how to set constructors and ABI for a contract
So I've been breaking my head over this for the last 2 days. I cannot seem to figure out how to get the constructors and ABI set up properly.
I'm testing smart contracts by copying Sushi contract from ...
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How to enable constructors in the new REMIX IDE or Truffle framework since MIST is depreciated
I used to dabble with making tokens and contracts and started to get back into it.
I liked the functionality that mist offered where you could input constructors values directly in mist. I can not ...
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Truffle cant deploy contract with reverting constructor
I'm developing a dapp with the truffle suite and now I'm running into a problem.
Everything is working locally in the ganache instance.
My contract should disallow direct payments to the contract, so ...
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How much Ether does a Smart Contract Address hold before a Payable Instantiation?
The following code always reverts to "Contract must be empty".
But shouldn't address(this).balance == 0 if the contract hasn't even been instantiated yet?
Maybe since the contract doesn't ...
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Can someone read this private variable?
my purpose is to generate a random key when the smart contract is created and save that key in a private variable. I don't what to know its value either.
Let's take for example the code below:
pragma ...
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What happens when a Contract is added to the genesis block?
Recently I found out that you can add smart-contracts to the genesis block (genesis.json) of your local ethereum network.
Since normally, when you add a smart-contract via a transaction, you can call ...
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How to listen for contract creation, or all block events?
I'm building a web app with web3 where users can deploy a certain contract and assign some people to it. Inside the constructor of that contract I also output a certain event. I want these assigned ...
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Passing constructor arguments from child contract to parent contract
The ERC721 standard contract requires a token name and symbol in its constructor. I have inheritance pattern that looks likes Contract A is B and Contract B is ERC721.
If I want to set my token name ...
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How do I set the constructor arguments when deploying using OpenZeppelin CLI?
My Token contract compiles fine using solidity 0.5.0:
import "/Users/lennard/Desktop/GGToken/node_modules/@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/ERC20Detailed.sol";
import "/Users/lennard/Desktop/...
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can a hacker call constructor() function after deploy if it is public? [duplicate]
Is below function can be called by a hacker after deploy
constructor() public
{
test = true;
}
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Error: This contract may be abstract
My solidity contract compiles in Remix, but when I try to deploy it it fails and throws
Error: This contract may be abstract, not implement an abstract parent's methods completely or not invoke an ...
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Trouble deploying one contract from another
Why creating a contract new RewardCourts() in another contract takes more than ten kilobytes of bytecode in the contract it is called from? (It makes bytecode too big and I can't deploy it!)
What to ...
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Payable constructor gives revert message
I am trying to execute the following contract on remixe IDE:
pragma solidity ^0.5.4;
contract GuessTheNumberChallenge {
constructor() public payable {
require(msg.value == 1 ether);
}
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Passing constructor arguments to the CREATE assembly instruction in solidity
I have a contract which deploys other contracts by bytecode:
contract DeployContract {
function deploy(bytes calldata _bytecode) external returns(address addr) {
bytes memory bytecode = ...
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How to share TypeScript code between truffle tests?
I have some code in my TypeScript tests, say:
function foo() {
return 'bar';
}
which I'd like to share with all my tests. The simple solution is to copy the function into each *_test.ts file.
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Error: invalid address in solidity constructor
I get a huge error message (~1MB) starting with
Error: invalid address (arg="_readAccess", coderType="address", value={"constructor":{"contractName":"SenderAccess","abi":[...
when executing a test ...
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Stack too deep problem
I try to add more property to the scenario struct but when I run the compile the same error appear:
struct Scenario {
uint id;
address payable author;
address editor;
...
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Can you emit events in a contract constructor?
I have a constructor that is emitting an event, but cannot seem to see/catch/filter that event after deployment.
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Remix: 0x0 Transaction mined but execution failed due to construction
I have the following example smart contract, where I cannot deploy using remix into my private network using environment Web3 provider. The error I am getting is Transaction mined but execution failed ...
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Uncaught TypeError: web3.eth.Contract is not a constructor
For whatever reason, when I attempt to set an instance of a contract in a javascript file, I get the following message in my console:
Uncaught TypeError: web3.eth.Contract is not a constructor
At ...
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Storing geo location in contract
I am beginner in solidity programming, I am trying to write my first contract. I am trying to store a piece of land (which is array of coordinates) against a person. I am having trouble storing the ...
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passing variables between different contract by solidity (0.5.0+ version)
I writed ERC20 contract and ICO contract for a test , but I meet a lot problem with compile problem.
My ERC20 contract have own constructor
but,I also need a ICO contract(a control)for passing ...
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Unexpected behaviour. Huge size increase when adding new SubContract()
I have a contract similar to:
contract Contract01 {
SubContract _refContract;
...
constructor() public {
refContract = new SubContract();
}
function setSubContractRef(SubContract ...
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How to pass arguments to token smart contract generator?
I'm trying to build a 'token generator' smart contract that accepts 3 arguments to then deploy a new token smart contract with those inputs ('strings' for symbol, name, 'address' for owner). I am a ...
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Function inside constructor is called from which address?
interface token {
function transferFrom(address _from, address _to, uint256 _value) external returns (bool success);}
contract CampaignFactory{ token public token_instance;
constructor()...
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Solidity : Error when pushing an address into a dynamic address type array
I'm trying to insert an address into an address type dynamic array. It works well when I do the operation inside a function. There are no errors and the elements are properly pushed into the array.
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Is a constructor needed to set a contract owner?
until now I have set the owner in a contract like so:
pragma solidity ^0.5.2;
contract SampleContract{
address payable owner = msg.sender;
}
in the docs it is suggested to do it this way:
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Contract deployment using web3.eth.contract(abi) with constructor arguments
I'm trying to deploy the following smart contract:
pragma solidity ^0.5.00;
contract TestContract {
address public owner;
string public word;
constructor(string memory _word) public{
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Encode constructor arguments used when deploying a contract
How can I encode the constructor arguments when deploying a contract?
Here is my deployment function:
async function deploy(abi, bin, args) {
let contract = new this.web3.eth.Contract(JSON.parse(...
