Lesson 5: Error: invalid bytecode > during contract deployment

[fayzali1]

I am running into this error while compiling my deploy.js file. I just started the ether js lesson not working with hardhat yet.

Code:

const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(
   "http://127.0.0.1:7545"
 );
 const wallet = new ethers.Wallet(
   "02f6401fd77129f7967695f811607be9f22e488de3f528d88319dc788c7b93cc",
   provider
 );
 const abi = fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi", "utf8");
 const binary = fs.readFileSync(
   "./SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi",
   "utf8"
 );
 const contractFactory = new ethers.ContractFactory(abi, binary, wallet);
 console.log("Deploying, please wait...");
 const contract = await contractFactory.deploy();
 console.log(contract);

Error:
  reason: 'invalid bytecode',
  code: 'INVALID_ARGUMENT',
  argument: 'bytecode',

[PatrickAlphaC]

Hmm... Is your code exactly the same as what's in the file here?

https://github.com/PatrickAlphaC/ethers-simple-storage-fcc/blob/main/deploy.js

[fayzali1]

I have not completed the whole lesson yet, got the error at the first deployment. This is all I have written in the main function.

[PatrickAlphaC]

Could you try to make it look like the code in there? (at least the first part).

Maybe your compiling wrong? Is your SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi file being generated?

[fayzali1]

Sure, I will do that.
Both the .abi and .bin file are being generated