hardhat Command Examples

A development environment for Ethereum software. More information: https://hardhat.org.

• List available subcommands (or create a new project if no configuration exists):

hardhat

• Compile the current project and build all artifacts:

hardhat compile

• Run a user-defined script after compiling the project:

hardhat run {{path/to/script.js}}

• Run Mocha tests:

hardhat test

• Run all given test files:

hardhat test {{path/to/file1.js}} {{path/to/file2.js}}

• Start a local Ethereum JSON-RPC node for development:

hardhat node

• Start a local Ethereum JSON-RPC node with a specific hostname and port:

hardhat node --hostname {{hostname}} --port {{port}}

• Clean the cache and all artifacts:

hardhat clean