Building a dApp? You need to connect your React frontend to smart contracts. This tutorial covers the complete setup using ethers.js v6 with TypeScript.
Setup
npm install ethers@6 typescript @types/react
Connect to Provider
import { BrowserProvider, Contract } from 'ethers';
async function connectContract() {
const provider = new BrowserProvider(window.ethereum);
const signer = await provider.getSigner();
const contract = new Contract(
"0xYourContractAddress",
ABI,
signer
);
return contract;
}
Read Contract Data
const balance = await contract.balanceOf(walletAddress);
console.log(formatUnits(balance, 18));
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