How to get return value from solidity contract

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I am using web3 and I have the following code:

pragma solidity ^0.4.2;

contract Charity{


    function ping() public constant returns (uint) {

        return 200;

    }



}

And I am compiling/calling it in typescript with:

import * as fs       from 'fs'       ;

import * as solc     from 'solc'     ;

import * as Web3     from 'web3'     ;



var web3   = new Web3(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('ws://localhost:8546'));


var contract_path : string = "path/to/Charity.sol"

const input       = fs.readFileSync(contract_path)

const output      = solc.compile(input.toString(), 1);

var contract_name = ":" + pr.last(contract_path.split("/")).split(".")[0]

const bytecode    = output.contracts[contract_name].bytecode

const abi_        = JSON.parse(output.contracts[contract_name].interface);


web3.eth.getAccounts().then(accounts => {


    var coinbase = accounts[0];

    var receiver = accounts[1];


    // create contract

    var myContract = new web3.eth.Contract([], {

          from     : coinbase

        , gasPrice : '20000000000'

    });


    // set address to coinbase, and jsonInterface to abi

    myContract.options.address = coinbase;

    myContract.options.jsonInterface = abi_;


    // deploy contract -> problem, how do I get the abi in here?

    var deployedContract = myContract.deploy({


        data: '0x' + bytecode,


    }).send({


        from: coinbase,

        gas : 1500000 ,

        gasPrice: '30000000000000'           


    }, (err, hash) => {


        if (err) { console.log("error on deployment: ", err) }

        console.log("Hash: ", hash)

    })


    // send contract fn to network to be executed

    // problem: this is not doing what it's suppose to

    myContract.methods.ping().send({ from : coinbase }, (err, val) => {

        console.log("ping(): ", err, val)

    })


    myContract.methods.ping().send({from: coinbase})

    .on('transactionHash', function(hash){

        console.log("hash: ", hash)

    })

    .on('receipt', function(receipt){

        console.log("recepit: ", receipt)

    })

    .on('confirmation', function(confirmationNumber, receipt){

        console.log("conffirmation: ", receipt)

    })

    .on('error', console.error);       




});

 myContract.methods.ping().send... is not returning the value 200 .

How to properly get the return value?

Aug 16, 2018 in Blockchain by digger
• 26,740 points
5,010 views

1 answer to this question.

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Once you call a constant function, you should use call() instead of send() method.

To know more, visit: http://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/web3-eth-contract.html#methods-mymethod-call

answered Aug 16, 2018 by slayer
• 29,370 points

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