Methods that require to use .request in batch calls fail typescript

[Nilotaviano]

Same issue as: https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/issues/3144

Description

To perform batch requests and add to batches we need to append .request on methods i.e

 batch.add(web3.eth.getBlock.request(blockNumber));

I believe type definitions don't have this .request option specified as it fails.

Expected behavior

Appending .request in batches should not throw type errors.

Actual behavior

Description

To perform batch requests and add to batches we need to append .request on methods i.e

 batch.add(web3.eth.getBlock.request(blockNumber));

I believe type definitions don't have this .request option specified as it fails.

Expected behavior

Appending .request in batches should not throw type errors.

Actual behavior

Versions

• web3.js: 2.0.0-alpha.1
• nodejs: 10.16.3
• browser: Chrome latest
• ethereum node: Metamask

[FreetzBB]

same issue here cannot batch.add sendSignedTransaction:

batch.add(web3.eth.sendSignedTransaction.request(signedtxObjectApproval.rawTransaction .... gives ERROR: the property "request" does not exist on type PromiEvent

[nazarhussain]

@Nilotaviano Thanks for sharing this issue.

I tried the following code with 1.5.2 version and was able to reproduce the error.

import Web3 from "web3";
const web3 = new Web3(Web3.givenProvider || "http://localhost:8545");

const batch = new web3.BatchRequest();
batch.add(web3.eth.getBlock.request(1));

The detail error is:

error TS2339: Property 'request' does not exist on type '{ (blockHashOrBlockNumber: BlockNumber): Promise<BlockTransactionString>; (blockHashOrBlockNumber: BlockNumber, returnTransactionObjects: boolean): Promise<...>; (blockHashOrBlockNumber: BlockNumber, callback?: (error: Error, block: BlockTransactionString) => void): Promise<...>; (blockHashOrBlockNumber: BlockNumber...'.

We will look into this further.

[Nilotaviano]

Thank you for looking into it, @nazarhussain!

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[Ezzahhh]

Just chiming in to say that this is still a problem 👍

[dattp]

same issue here cannot batch.add sendSignedTransaction:

batch.add(web3.eth.sendSignedTransaction.request(signedtxObjectApproval.rawTransaction .... gives ERROR: the property "request" does not exist on type PromiEvent

same issue when i using web3.eth.call.request(trans, callback). @nazarhussain when will there be a new update for this issue?

[alexleventer]

Also running into this

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[nazarhussain]

According to the workload we will plan this in some future sprints. FYI @jdevcs

[aymantaybi]

While waiting for the issue to be resolved, here’s a workaround :

var batch = new web3.BatchRequest();

var getBlock: any = web3.eth.getBlock;

batch.add(getBlock.request("latest"));

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