Truffle: web3.currentProvider is undefined

[ferittuncer]

• [x] I've asked for help in the Truffle Gitter before filing this issue.

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Issue

During test run, web3.currentProvider is undefined.

Steps to Reproduce

Just console.log(web3.currentProvider)

Expected Behavior

Expected to have a value other than undefined.

Actual Results

I am trying to execute

    await web3.currentProvider.send({
      jsonrpc: "2.0",
      method: "evm_increaseTime",
      params: 10,
      id: 0
    });

To increase evm time inside the test. But because of currentProvider is undefined, I can't.
Result:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'send' of undefined

Environment

• Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04.1
• Ethereum client: Ganache CLI v6.2.5 (ganache-core: 2.3.3)
• Truffle version (truffle version): 5.0.0
• node version (node --version): 10.14.2
• npm version (npm --version): 6.5.0

[CruzMolina]

Hey @ferittuncer, thanks for reporting this!

Can you provide a repo link? I notice in the gitter you were trying to use sendAsync (which shouldn't work anymore in v5 since we upgraded to web3 1.0).

[ferittuncer]

@CruzMolina Yeah, I figured out sendAsync doesn't exist anymore but there is send. We can close the issue.

[Chetandhangar]

import Web3 from 'web3';
const web3=new Web3(window.web3.currentProvider); //i got error here cannot read property of undefined currentProvider
const address='0x23BD82c94d40daeF4B013316690732C050D36028';