gochain/web3

Impossible to connect to ropsten network

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jeremyfritzen commented

Hi,

I set the WEB3_NETWORK and WEB3_PRIVATE_KEY environment variables and can access the main Ethereum network without issue.
But when I change WEB3_NETWORK environment variable with "ropsten", it doesn't work anymore. Here is what I get when I try the command web3 balance:

ERROR: Cannot get address balance from the network: 502 Bad Gateway <html>
<head><title>502 Bad Gateway</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>502 Bad Gateway</h1></center>
</body>
</html>

Did anyone experience the same issue?
How can I use this tool with ropsten?

Thanks for your help!

treeder commented

Looks like linkpool.io shut down their ropsten rpc service, so we'll have to find an alternative.

treeder commented

Alternatively, we could allow a URL for the WEB3_NETWORK and then let people use whatever RPC gateway they want, such as their own infura URL. @jmank88 @r-gochain thoughts?

jmank88 commented

WEB3_RPC_URL/--rpc-url is already supported.

jeremyfritzen commented

Thanks!
I didn't notice that we were already able to specify a custom address.
I know this is not really on this github team but, can someone give me a URL? I only used a testnet one or 2 times and don't know exactly where I can find specific RPC testnet address.
Thanks a lot!

treeder commented

Login to infura.io , under settings you'll see ENDPOINTS, choose Ropsten and it'll give you URLs.

jeremyfritzen commented

Thanks!