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Here is the code I used to call setValue and getValue in contract Hello.sol deployed with etherjs 5.0:

  import { ContractFactory, ethers } from "ethers";

let contract_at_address = new ethers.Contract(contract.address, abi, signer); //<<==contract.address is the deployed address. abi and signer were defined earlier.
  await contract_at_address.setValue(10); //<<setter
  let value = await contract_at_address.getValue(); //<<==value shall be 10
  console.log("value contract at address : ", value)

But it throws error:

[Sun Nov 15 2020 23:10:11.457]  WARN     Possible Unhandled Promise Rejection (id: 0):
Error: call revert exception (method="getValue()", errorSignature=null, errorArgs=[null], reason=null, code=CALL_EXCEPTION, version=abi/5.0.5)
makeError@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:110810:32
throwError@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:110820:31
http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:118492:68
step@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:118174:29
fulfilled@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:118058:34
tryCallOne@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:26991:16
http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:27092:27
_callTimer@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:30531:17
_callImmediatesPass@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:30570:17
callImmediates@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:30787:33
__callImmediates@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:2736:35
http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:2522:34
__guard@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:2719:15
flushedQueue@http://10.0.2.2:8081/index.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&minify=false:2521:21
flushedQueue@[native code]
invokeCallbackAndReturnFlushedQueue@[native code]

I am following the doc for contract. The same functions are tested in truffle/ganache and they all work fine. What's missing here to call setter (change state) and getter (view only) functions in ethersjs?

UPDATE: Hello.sol

pragma solidity 0.7.0;

contract Hello {
    address owner;
    uint256 value;


event initContract(address _owner);
constructor() {
    owner = msg.sender;
    emit initContract(owner);
}

function setValue(uint256 _value) public {
    value = _value;
}

function getValue() view public returns (uint256) {
    return value;
}



}
user938363
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  • Are you sure that function getValue is constant (pure or view)? The errorSignature=null error implies that ethers.js is trying to execute it as a transaction (rather than as an RPC). – goodvibration Nov 16 '20 at 07:58
  • it is view function. Updated is the Hello.sol. – user938363 Nov 16 '20 at 16:05
  • There are 2 ways to call function in contract doc. One is hello.getValue() and another is hello.functions.getValue(). I don't quite understand the difference but both of format throw error. – user938363 Nov 16 '20 at 16:48
  • The problem is that it was missing await in contract deployment. Contract deploy is an async operation and needs to await contract.deployTransaxtion.wait() before calling the functions in contract. – user938363 Nov 17 '20 at 22:24

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Try out the following,

// Set Provider
const rpc = 'YOUR RPC';
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(rpc);

// Contract Instance
const contractInstance = new ethers.Contract(contractAddress, contractABI, provider);


// For view function
var result = await contractInstance.getValue();

Hope it helps!

Keerthana Ramalingam
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    const contractInstance = await ethers.getContractAt("contracts/XYZ.sol:ContractName", contractAddress); – Russo Sep 14 '22 at 11:09