Import Bids

[x011]

Hi there, I've exported my bids from https://registrar.ens.domains, but when I try to import them with:

ethers-ens import-bid /full/path/ens-bids-backup_2018-01-26T02_22_50.705Z.json

I get an error:

Network: mainnet
{ [Error: invalid hexlify value] name: undefined, input: undefined }

Any idea why this is happening?

[ricmoo]

Can you look at the file in node_modules/ethers-providers/package.json and see what version of that package it is using? This bug was fixed in ethers.js a while ago, but maybe the ^2.1.0 semver isn't high enough to grab it. I will increase the version in the ethers-ens package.json anyways.

The other possibility is that the JSON file you have is slightly different than the tool is expecting. Can you send a copy to support@ethers.io. Please redact any fields you would like to keep private by replacing the values with the string "REDACTED". :)

[x011]

I managed to convert registrar.ens.domains json bids format to MEW format, which seem to be supported by ethers-ens and was imported successfully. The problem now is that when I try to bidor reveal-bid I get only:

Network: mainnet

no password prompt or information like Label Hash, Salt, etc.

Example command: ethers-ens --account /full_path/to/wallet.json reveal-bid somename.eth 0.011

any idea why?

Source for converting from https://registrar.ens.domains to MEW https://medium.com/@nhirsch/importing-a-bid-created-in-mew-into-ens-and-vice-versa-60b31a174e98

[ricmoo]

Does it show up when you do a ethers-ens scan-log?

[x011]

No it doesn't, it simply exits the command and nothing is logged. I've just tried:

ethers-ens --account wallet.json bid somename.eth 0.01 I'm prompted for a password but nothing happens after that.

[ricmoo]

If it did not ask for your password, it did not place a bid. Let me try this out on testnet.

[x011]

"If it did not ask for your password, it did not place a bid" It did ask for a password on ethers-ens --account wallet.json bid somename.eth 0.01 but nothing happened or got logged after that.

[ricmoo]

This may be a result of https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/issues/104.

I will fix that in the upstream dependency and then update this package to use the latest ethers.js.

[x011]

Ok, thank you. How should I proceed to update on my side?

[ricmoo]

I am updating ethers.js right now (the test cases are about 20% complete on my local copy). Once I commit, it will take about 30 minutes for Travis CI to complete the test suite, then I will update it and push the updates (after testing) to ethers-ens.

So, in about an hour, you can re-install ethers-ens. If you want it done sooner than later, you can also try using one of the other online tools like MEW or the ens.domains.

[x011]

Another issue importing bids, in this case made via MEW and imported on ethers-dns, is that they're all marked on scan-log as:

Warning: placeBid(somename.eth, 0.01) is missing on the blockchain

Is this related to the fact that all bids placed on MEW require the --extra parameter to hide the bid and ether-ens cannot find the transactions?

[ricmoo]

That makes sense, I think. It means it saw you call "bid", but that your bid is not present on the blockchain. The call to the contract failed to reach the network. Once you have the latest version and place the bid again, that should go away.

[ricmoo]

This should be fixed now.

Please try:

/Users/ethers> npm install -g ethers-ens

And let me know if there are any more issues.

[x011]

I confirm that I'm able to place bids with the new update. I'll have to wait for the next reveal in order to test the reveal-bid function. Thank you vert much.

[ricmoo]

Awesome! Glad to hear it. :)