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Problem connecting web3 via websocket to node with nginx

we are trying to connect to a geth node via WebSockets to be able to subscribe to contract events. This node is created with docker and this docker uses nginx as a proxy. We can connect easily with ...
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How to get list of pending transactions for particular address on JavaScript using public API?

I'm building web-wallet on javascript, and I want to show not only available balance, but also pending amount. From web3js v1.xx documentation I've learned that I can do web3.eth.subscribe('...
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Infura websocket API timing out on connect

Has anyone ever had issues with the Infura Websocket API suddenly ceasing to respond. I have been using it to subscribe to event logs, but now the connection to the API is timing out.
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Ocasional connection refused initializing web3

I have an ethereum web application using web3js 1.0.0-beta.34 on a private network. Most of the times everything works fine. Sometimes the connection to the node through a websocket provider fails ...
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Infura Web Sockets doesn't work on Infura

I have a problem with connecting via Websockets to Infura. I am listening on some events from my smart contract, so when some event is dispatched by calling some method from smart contract, I should ...
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Error on WebSocket connection to Infura Ropsten (broken close frame)

I am trying to connect to Ropsten with Web3js (1.0) via Infura using their WebSocket provider but I am getting the following error: WebSocket connection to 'wss://ropsten.infura.io/ws' failed: ...
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geth event newPendingTransactions does not occur

I've got running geth with next command: $ geth --testnet --networkid 3 --verbosity 3 --syncmode light --ipcdisable --ws --wsapi "db,eth,net,web3,personal,txpool,admin,miner" --wsorigins '*' In ...
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Can I use a WebSocket client for multiple abigen watchers?

I have question about abigen and websocket. My code is in Go. I'm sending a bunch of transactions using abigen and I'm using abigen to watch each of the transaction and do something when it's mined. ...
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How to apply EthFilter to specific address?

In web3.js, we can apply event filter something like below: this.event = this.Contract.events.MyEvent({ filter: { address: "0xAccountAddress" }, }) In Web3J, it is translated to EthFilter ...
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Having issue with Infura mainnet web3 connection and getting info

I have been looking at a tutorial from DappUniversity about Web3... on the introductory video, I have completed all stages fine, but when getting to retriving account balance information from the ...
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ping / pong pattern for infura websocket [closed]

Infura websockets disconnect after an hour of in-activity so they suggest you ping / pong the connection at an interval less then an hour. My problem is I'm new to server-side programming and don't ...
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What is the safest way to use WS-RPC server in geth?

In this answer, it is suggested that it is not safe to use --wsorigins="*" for security reasons. What are the security reasons? => How could I make WS-RPC server connection secure in geth? If I use ...
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Cannot Connect to Geth Web Socket from Other PC on LAN

I have a geth node running on one PC, IP 192.168.0.105 and on my main dev machine IP 192.168.0.102, I'm trying to connect to it via web sockets but keep getting connection not open. Both are on the ...
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Connecting to blockchain on azure using web3.js and websocket

right now, I am trying to write a service using web3 which will 'subscribe' to all 'perndingtransactions' on blockchain to perform further actions. web3 documentation says that 'Httpprovider' cant be ...
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TypeError: Cannot set property 'method' of undefined when using WebsocketProvider

I'm using: web3 v0.20.6 web3-providers-ws v1.0.0-beta.34 First question - can web3-providers-ws be used with web3 v0.20.*? Second question (problem) - I get an error when probably trying to send ...
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web3 Websocket connection to infura

I receive this error when I'm trying to connect to the websocket WebSocket connection to 'wss://ropsten.infura.io/ws' failed: Error during WebSocket handshake: Sent non-empty 'Sec-WebSocket-Protocol'...
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“Connection not open” error when subscribing to address with websocket

I'm trying to subscribe to transactions sent to or from a particular ethereum address. I also want to test this in a local private network, which is why I'm not using etherscan or something like that. ...
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Get a large amount of blocks with web3 (nodejs)

I'm writing a nodejs program that gets a large amount of blocks (>100,000) and looks at each transaction inside to filter / analyse the data. I'm currently using web3 (v1) getBlock function: eth....
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Unable to catch contract event using parity websockets

I have a contract deployed on ropsten which emits event when ether amount is deposited in it. I can see the event appearing in etherscan. this.web3Socket = new Web3(new Web3.providers....
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web3 websocket connection prevents node process from exiting

I have a node js process that creates a web3 websocket connection, like so: web3 = new Web3('ws://localhost:7545') When the process completes, it does not exit, but rather hangs forever with no ...
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Is there any websocket ethereum provider?

Is there any websocket ethereum provider? Except etherscan one. Maybe there are paid wss subscriptions?
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Healtcheck on Websocket

I've looked through the documentation and haven't found that to be helpful. I would like to know the best way to do a healthcheck on my websocket connection to geth (Yesterday, I found out that I did ...
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Unable to connect to geth

I'm totally new to Ethereum, and want to create some deposit address monitoring system using web socket. Which gets newly generated blocks and scan it for transactions made into it. You can find code ...
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Is there a max number of websocket connections that geth can support?

I realize that it depends on my machine, RAM, etc, but is there a general guide of how many WS connections geth can support?
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API or websocket

I am trying to develop an crypto traking site like coinmarketcap, for market data I am using exchanges API. but I am little bit confuse whether i should use api or websocket? as i don't have much ...
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How to connect to Infura Testnet by using WebsocketProvider?

I want to connect to rinkeby.infura testnet by using WebsocketProvider but the page remains blocked to load. const Web3 = require('web3'); console.log(Web3.givenProvider); var web3 = new Web3( new ...
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Dapp fundamental q about listening solidity events

Sol: I created contract with events that are raised when is called some function. Html fo: Those functions are called via web3.js with abi and address - easy. Backend (no js) asp or php: I am not ...
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Subscribe to events usign geth websocket

I'm trying to subscribe to geth using the websocket api. First step was to start geth: geth --ws --wsport=8456 --wsorigins="*" --fast --cache=512 --rpcport=8455 --rpc --rpcapi="personal,eth,network" ...
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How to expose the underlying web socket connection from the WebSocketProvider?

Using web3.js version 1(beta) and using the WebsocketProvider to make a connection via const Web3 = require('web3') const web3 = new Web3('ws://localhost:8546') const provider = web3.providers....
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connecting geth to web3.js 1.0 via websockets or HTTP

I am building a minimal nodeJS application that should connect via web3.js to my geth node. I am following the official web3.js1.0 documentation and I am using web3 1.0.0-beta.29. I do manage to ...
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TypeError: Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider is not a constructor?

Trying to connect to a geth machine over websocket? JS code. var Web3=require('web3'); var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('ws://10.244.5.43:8546')); console.log(web3....
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Subscription using websocket through Geth

I am trying to build a dapp which will monitor a particular address balance, and update in case someone send fund (ether) to it. Instead of polling using call getBalance, I want to take advantage of ...
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Geth connection rpc vs ws

where I can find same articles or materials to understand differences between rpc and ws connection over geth. From my point of view rpc is part of a websocket connection, so why I have to use ws ...
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Sockets/4 - Connection failed, retrying after 1000ms

After running for a bit I always get this with the latest ethereumwallet --fast and latest ubuntu: [2017-07-01 17:00:30.037] [ERROR] ipcProviderBackend - Send request failed Error: Unable to connect ...
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Geth can't connected to via Websocket

I am trying to connect to Geth via Websockets but unfortunately i am given 403 error. I am using the --ws --wsport XXXX args. Everything is done in a local instance, so that would be surprising if ...