Web3Provider.provider is unavailable

[Velenir]

There's no provider property on Web3Provider instance unlike what the documentation says here and types lead me to believe.

Only _web3Provider which gets assigned here

For that matter just browsing the code I don't think provider is available on JsonRpcProvider, which Web3Provider extends, as it's never passed to its constructor

[ricmoo]

There is definitely no provider property on JsonRpcProvider, as it takes in a path (or URL), only the Web3Provider sub-class should have it.

You are right though, the docs do not match the implementation. I should expose the provider on a Web3Provider. I'll make that change and it will get deployed on the next push, unless you need it sooner.

Also, it's easier to browse the TypeScript source, than it is the generated JavaScript. :)

[ricmoo]

I've made these changes in both v4 and v5 locally.

[Velenir]

I don't know why I went for JS code first :)

No hurry, _web3Provider is perfectly usable till next release

[ricmoo]

This has been published to v4.0.40. Let me know if there are any problems!

Thanks! :)