web3py EthereumTesterProvider - Basic interactions with a smart contract fail - ethereum

Question

On the web3py EthereumTesterProvider blockchain, I tested the contract deployment example at https://web3py.readthedocs.io/en/v5/contracts.html.
But I came across 2 errors.
pip config (windows 10) :
web3py (5.31.3)
eth-tester (0.8.0b3)
Here is the code :
from web3 import Web3
from solcx import compile_source
from pprint import pprint
# Solidity source code
compiled_sol = compile_source(
'''
pragma solidity ^0.8.17;
contract Greeter {
string public greeting;
constructor() public {
greeting = 'Hello';
}
function setGreeting(string memory _greeting) public {
greeting = _greeting;
}
function greet() view public returns (string memory) {
return greeting;
}
}
''',
output_values=['abi', 'bin']
)
# retrieve the contract interface
contract_id, contract_interface = compiled_sol.popitem()
# get bytecode and abi
bytecode = contract_interface['bin']
abi = contract_interface['abi']
# web3.py instance
w3 = Web3(Web3.EthereumTesterProvider())
# set pre-funded account as sender
w3.eth.default_account = w3.eth.accounts[0]
greeter_bin = w3.eth.contract(abi=abi, bytecode=bytecode)
# Submit the transaction that deploys the contract
tx_hash = greeter_bin.constructor().transact() # <==== first error
# tx_hash = greeter_bin.constructor().transact({'gas': 123456})
# Wait for the transaction to be mined, and get the transaction receipt
tx_receipt = w3.eth.wait_for_transaction_receipt(tx_hash)
pprint(dict(tx_receipt))
greeter_obj = w3.eth.contract(address=tx_receipt.contractAddress, abi=abi)
print(f"{greeter_obj.functions.greet().call() = }") # <===== Second error
tx_hash = greeter_obj.functions.setGreeting('Nihao').transact()
tx_receipt = w3.eth.wait_for_transaction_receipt(tx_hash)
print(f"{greeter_obj.functions.greet().call() = }")
1) The first error takes place at the contract deployment:
"TypeError: MockBackend.estimate_gas() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given."
I fixed it by adding a dictionary with some gas but the exemple from Web3.py does not have this parameter. I'd like to know the reason. Did I miss something?
C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\eth_tester\backends\__init__.py:30: UserWarning: Ethereum Tester: No backend was explicitly set, and no *full* backends were available. Falling back to the `MockBackend` which does not support all EVM functionality. Please refer to the `eth-tester` documentation for information on what backends are available and how to set them. Your py-evm package may need to be updated.
warnings.warn(
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\_P\dev\python\blockchain\web3\tester1.py", line 45, in <module>
tx_hash = greeter_bin.constructor().transact()
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\eth_utils\decorators.py", line 18, in _wrapper
return self.method(obj, *args, **kwargs)
.............
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\providers\eth_tester\middleware.py", line 331, in middleware
return make_request(method, [filled_transaction] + list(params)[1:])
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\middleware\formatting.py", line 94, in middleware
response = make_request(method, params)
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\providers\eth_tester\main.py", line 103, in make_request
response = delegator(self.ethereum_tester, params)
File "cytoolz\functoolz.pyx", line 253, in cytoolz.functoolz.curry.__call__
File "cytoolz\functoolz.pyx", line 249, in cytoolz.functoolz.curry.__call__
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\providers\eth_tester\defaults.py", line 66, in call_eth_tester
return getattr(eth_tester, fn_name)(*fn_args, **fn_kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\eth_tester\main.py", line 483, in estimate_gas
raw_gas_estimate = self.backend.estimate_gas(raw_transaction, raw_block_number)
TypeError: MockBackend.estimate_gas() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given
2) After fixing the first error by adding {'gas': 123456} in transact(), the second error takes place at greeter_obj.functions.greet().call() :
"ValueError: Error expected to be a dict."
For this one, I have no clue
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C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\eth_tester\backends_init_.py:30: UserWarning: Ethereum Tester: No backend was explicitly set, and no full backends were available. Falling back to the MockBackend which does not support all EVM functionality. Please refer to the eth-tester documentation for information on what backends are available and how to set them. Your py-evm package may need to be updated.
warnings.warn(
{'blockHash': HexBytes('0xafae7675633fedae22a1f5b9d11066ff78de5947f7b3e2915824823cc65d0e56'),
'blockNumber': 1,
'contractAddress': '0xa0Beb7081fDaF3ed157370836A85eeC20CEc9e04',
'cumulativeGasUsed': 21000,
'effectiveGasPrice': 1000000000,
'from': '0xaBbACadABa000000000000000000000000000000',
'gasUsed': 21000,
'logs': [],
'state_root': b'\x00',
'status': 0,
'to': '',
'transactionHash': HexBytes('0x5193460ead56b33c2fa79b490a6c0f4e0d68e07c712d762afcadc5976148bf1a'),
'transactionIndex': 0,
'type': '0x2'}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:_P\dev\python\blockchain\web3\tester1.py", line 54, in
print(f"{greeter_obj.functions.greet().call() = }")
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\contract.py", line 970, in call
return call_contract_function(
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\contract.py", line 1525, in call_contract_function
return_data = web3.eth.call(
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\module.py", line 57, in caller
result = w3.manager.request_blocking(method_str,
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\manager.py", line 198, in request_blocking
return self.formatted_response(response,
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\manager.py", line 170, in formatted_response
apply_error_formatters(error_formatters, response)
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3\manager.py", line 70, in apply_error_formatters
formatted_resp = pipe(response, error_formatters)
File "cytoolz\functoolz.pyx", line 666, in cytoolz.functoolz.pipe
File "cytoolz\functoolz.pyx", line 641, in cytoolz.functoolz.c_pipe
File "C:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\web3_utils\method_formatters.py", line 555, in raise_solidity_error_on_revert
raise ValueError('Error expected to be a dict')
ValueError: Error expected to be a dict
Please note the status of the deployment transaction: 'status': 0
It failed but a contractAddress was returned !
As far as the UserWarning is concerned, I also tried unsuccessfully MockBackend (though it's the default backend):
from eth_tester import MockBackend
w3 = Web3(Web3.EthereumTesterProvider(MockBackend()))
Lastly, I tried to install py-evm "pip install py-evm" to try PyEVMBackend backend, but the installation failed at pyethash dependency:
"D:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.34.31933\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe" /c /nologo /O2 /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -IC:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\include -IC:\Users\Gilles\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Include "-ID:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.34.31933\include" "-ID:\Program\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22000.0\\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22000.0\\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22000.0\\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22000.0\\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc/libethash/io_win32.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-cpython-310\Release\src/libethash/io_win32.obj -Isrc/ -std=gnu99 -Wall
clÿ: Ligne de commande warning D9002ÿ: option '-std=gnu99' inconnue ignor‚e
io_win32.c
c1: fatal error C1083: Impossible d'ouvrir le fichier sourceÿ: 'src/libethash/io_win32.c'ÿ: No such file or directory
error: command 'D:\\Program\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.34.31933\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit code 2
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: legacy-install-failure
× Encountered error while trying to install package.
╰─> pyethash