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# Connect to an Ethereum node
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Ethers-rs allows application to connect the blockchain using web3 providers. Providers act as an interface between applications and an Ethereum node, allowing you to send requests and receive responses via JSON-RPC messages.
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Some common actions you can perform using a provider include:
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- Getting the current block number
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- Getting the balance of an Ethereum address
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- Sending a transaction to the blockchain
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- Calling a smart contract function
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- Subscribe logs and smart contract events
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- Getting the transaction history of an address
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Providers are an important part of web3 libraries because they allow you to easily interact with the Ethereum blockchain without having to manage the underlying connection to the node yourself.
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Code below shows a basic setup to connect a provider to a node:
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```rust
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// The `prelude` module provides a convenient way to import a number
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// of common dependencies at once. This can be useful if you are working
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// with multiple parts of the library and want to avoid having
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// to import each dependency individually.
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use ethers::prelude::*;
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const RPC_URL: &str = "https://eth.llamarpc.com";
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#[tokio::main]
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async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
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let provider = Provider::<Http>::try_from(RPC_URL)?;
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let block_number: U64 = provider.get_block_number().await?;
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println!("{block_number}");
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Ok(())
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}
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```
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