provider.getNetwork() returns an empty object

[Azleal]

Ethers Version

6.2.3

Search Terms

getNetwork, empty

Describe the Problem

trying to get provide network using code snippet below, the network is an empty object.
console log:
Network {}

I think the result is supposed to be something like mainnet network, because it connects to mainnet.

Code Snippet

import { ethers } from "ethers";
// change xxxx to actual key
const ALCHEMY_MAINNET_URL = 'https://eth-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/xxxx';
const providerETH = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(ALCHEMY_MAINNET_URL)
const network = await providerETH.getNetwork();
console.log(network);

Contract ABI

No response

Errors

No response

Environment

Ethereum (mainnet/ropsten/rinkeby/goerli)

Environment (Other)

No response

[ricmoo]

It’s not empty, it’s a JavaScript instance of a class, which only included enumerated properties in the default console.log. You can either use a custom logger (I believe node’s console.dir accepts an optional parameter to recurse over internal properties) or just access the fields you wish. :)

[Azleal]

It’s not empty, it’s a JavaScript instance of a class, which only included enumerated properties in the default console.log. You can either use a custom logger (I believe node’s console.dir accepts an optional parameter to recurse over internal properties) or just access the fields you wish. :)

@ricmoo thanks for your reply, I used console.log(network.toJSON()) and it worked.