TypeError: ethers.getDefaultProvider is not a function

[thecircleoflifefree]

Steps to recreate issue:

First deploy ethers:

$ ethers-deploy serve
Serving content from file:///home/delta/Documents/blockgeeks/myfirstEtherio
Listening on port: 8080
Local Application Test URL:
mainnet: http://ethers.io/#!/app-link-insecure/localhost:8080/
ropsten: http://ropsten.ethers.io/#!/app-link-insecure/localhost:8080/
rinkeby: http://rinkeby.ethers.io/#!/app-link-insecure/localhost:8080/
kovan: http://kovan.ethers.io/#!/app-link-insecure/localhost:8080/
OK: / => ./index.html (1251 bytes) #this appears after opening web page

I do not use the links above as those do not work, instead open FF wit:
https://ropsten.ethers.io/#!/app-link-insecure/127.0.0.1:8080/

block .number and others do not show, instead a blank page appears.

js code snippet:

<script src="https://cdn.ethers.io/scripts/ethers-app-v0.4.min.js" charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script> var provider = ethers.getDefaultProvider('ropsten'); console.log(provider); some code... <script> ``` This is what the browser console shows: [Ethers Container] Found Fragment URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/" ropsten.ethers.io:186:847 [Ethers Container] Connected Provider: network=ropsten, chainId=3 ropsten.ethers.io:186:847 [Ethers Container] Initial Account: null ropsten.ethers.io:186:847 [Ethers Container] Ready ropsten.ethers.io:186:847 unreachable code after return statement ropsten.ethers.io:184:250325 Object { https: true, httpsAutoUpgrade: true, privacyScore: 2, entitiesBlocked: Object, entitiesNotBlocked: Object, scores: null } background.js:20780:25 tab.status: complete. site took 0.694 seconds to load. background.js:19350:13 The character encoding of the HTML document was not declared. The document will render with garbled text in some browser configurations if the document contains characters from outside the US-ASCII range. The character encoding of the page must be declared in the document or in the transfer protocol. ropsten.ethers.io "[Ethers Container] Loaded: http://127.0.0.1:8080/" ropsten.ethers.io:186:847 [Ethers Client Library] Connected to Ethers Wallet Container: network=testnet ethers-app- v0.4.min.js:1:798 [Ethers Client Library] Ready ethers-app-v0.4.min.js:1:798 TypeError: ethers.getDefaultProvider is not a function 127.0.0.1:8080:23:20 ``` I checked the documentation: [api-providers](https://docs.ethers.io/ethers.js/html/api-providers.html?highlight=getdefaultprovider) and see that the example uses let instead of var. I'm a bit new and might be overlooking something, any guidance is welcome. Cheers!

[ricmoo]

Wow. I had no idea anyone still used ethers.space (the system ethers-deploy uses). I am planning to get more up on how to use meeseeks-app, which is far more scalable, requires less trust and is easier to use, once I get time to make a few small changes and get the docs updated.

I think ethers-deploy is also still based on the v3 branch of ethers. In v3, it was ethers.providers.getDefaultProvider(), but in v4 and in the v5-beta (available now using ethers@next in npm) it was moved to ethers.getDefaultProvider().

I can take a deeper look into this over the next few days though, and get an idea of how to beat migrate ethers.space to https://meeseeks.app.

[thecircleoflifefree]

I'm using it due to an online paid course, which now based on your statement seems to be highly deprecated :) ... don't worry too much, and thanks for your quick reply.