/election_hardhat

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Election Hardhat

A contract for handling basic election functionalities.

Checkout the deployed contract in sepolia etherscan. Also checkout to the sepolia-testnet branch to browse the code and contract deployed to the sepolia testnet.

Getting Started

Requirements

  • git
    • You'll know you did it right if you can run git --version and you see a response like git version x.x.x
  • Nodejs
    • You'll know you've installed nodejs right if you can run:
      • node --version and get an ouput like: vx.x.x

Quickstart

git clone https://github.com/PatrickAlphaC/hardhat-fund-me-fcchttps://github.com/rabin245/election_hardhat.git
cd election_hardhat
npm install

Usage

Local Deployment

If you'd like to run your own local hardhat network, you can run:

$ npx hardhat node

Important localhost note

If you use metamask with a local network, everytime you shut down your node, you'll need to reset your account. Settings -> Advanced -> Reset account. Don't do this with a metamask you have real funds in. And maybe don't do this if you're a little confused by this.

Deployment to a testnet or mainnet

  1. Setup environment variables

You'll want to set your SEPOLIA_RPC_URL and PRIVATE_KEY as environment variables. You can add them to a .env file, similar to what you see in .env.example.

  • PRIVATE_KEY: The private key of your account (like from metamask). NOTE: FOR DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE USE A KEY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY REAL FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
  • SEPOLIA_RPC_URL: This is url of the seplia testnet node you're working with. You can get setup with one for free from Alchemy
  1. Get testnet ETH

Head over to faucets.chain.link and get some tesnet ETH. You should see the ETH show up in your metamask.

  1. Deploy

    $ npx hardhat deploy --network sepolia

Verify on etherscan

If you deploy to a testnet or mainnet, you can verify it if you get an API Key from Etherscan and set it as an environemnt variable named ETHERSCAN_API_KEY. You can pop it into your .env file as seen in the .env.example.

You can manual verify with:

$ npx hardhat verify --constructor-args arguments.js DEPLOYED_CONTRACT_ADDRESS