Lesson 6: Deploying to Hardhat: simpleStorage is not defined

[rgperkins]

I am currently on lesson 6 where you deploy to hardhat, and are implementing the Verify function. When I deploy, this is the response I get. ReferenceError: simpleStorage is not defined

Here is the code:

// imports
const { ethers, run, network } = require("hardhat")

// async main
async function main() {
// const SimpleStorageFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory(
// "SimpleStorage",
// )
// console.log("Deploying contract...")
// const simpleStorage = await SimpleStorageFactory.deploy()
// await simpleStorage.deployed()
// console.log(Deployed contract to: ${simpleStorage.address})

//Deploys our contract
const SimpleStorageFactory = await ethers.deployContract("SimpleStorage")
await SimpleStorageFactory.waitForDeployment()
console.log("Deploying....")
console.log(
    `Deployed contract to ${await SimpleStorageFactory.getAddress()}`,
)
console.log(network.config)

// If we are on a testnet (Sepolia) it verifies our contract
if (network.config.chainId === 11155111 && process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY) {
    await simpleStorage.deployTransaction.wait(6)
    await verify(simpleStorage.address, [])
}

//Interact with contract
const currentValue = await simpleStorage.retrieve()
console.log(`Current Value is ${currentValue}`)

//Update the current value
const transactionResponse = await simpleStorage.store(7)
await transactionResponse.wait(1)
const updatedValue = await simpleStorage.retrieve()
console.log(`Updated Value is ${updatedValue}`)

}

//verify contract on Etherscan
async function verify(contractAddress, args) {
console.log("Verifying contract...")
try {
await run("verify:verfiy", {
address: contractAddress,
constructorArguments: args,
})

    //If contract is verified, continue so that code does not stop running
} catch (e) {
    if (e.message.toLowerCase().includes("already verified")) {
        console.log("Already Verified")
    } else {
        console.log(e)
    }
}

}

// main
main()
.then(() => process.exit(0))
.catch((error) => {
console.error(error)
process.exit(1)
})

The reason the async function main() looks different than in the lesson is because it was suggested in another discussion to fix an error. However, I did switch it back to the original code from the lesson and it still did not work.

[alfaqi]

just replace simpleStorage with SimpleStorageFactory

if (network.config.chainId === 11155111 && process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY) {
    await SimpleStorageFactory.deployTransaction.wait(6)
    await verify(SimpleStorageFactory.getAddress(), [])
}

//Interact with contract
const currentValue = await SimpleStorageFactory.retrieve()
console.log(`Current Value is ${currentValue}`)

//Update the current value
const transactionResponse = await SimpleStorageFactory.store(7)
await transactionResponse.wait(1)
const updatedValue = await SimpleStorageFactory.retrieve()
console.log(`Updated Value is ${updatedValue}`)
}