From ed825d2b260a249b01c3a55c822a9ca2588e961f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wyatt Barnes <me@wyatt.email>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 18:34:56 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Update helpers.js (#4613) (#4671)

* Update helpers.js

* fix: remove more window use

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Co-authored-by: Jack Works <jackworks@protonmail.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md                                         |  1 +
 .../web3-core-requestmanager/src/givenProvider.js    | 12 +++++++-----
 packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js              |  2 +-
 packages/web3-providers-ws/src/helpers.js            |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c18990dbdbe..81ee4f921b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 
 ### Fixed
 -  Fix a typo in the documentation for `methods.myMethod.send` (#4599)
+-  Use globalThis to locate global object if possible (#4613)
 -  Fix typos in web3-utils.rst (#4662)
 -  Added effectiveGasPrice to TransactionReceipt (#4692)
 -  Correction in documentation for `web3.eth.accounts.signTransaction` (#4576)
diff --git a/packages/web3-core-requestmanager/src/givenProvider.js b/packages/web3-core-requestmanager/src/givenProvider.js
index 2f57f1a51ce..f7fb84d6792 100644
--- a/packages/web3-core-requestmanager/src/givenProvider.js
+++ b/packages/web3-core-requestmanager/src/givenProvider.js
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ var givenProvider = null;
 
 // ADD GIVEN PROVIDER
 /* jshint ignore:start */
-var global;
-try {
-  global = Function('return this')();
-} catch (e) {
-  global = window;
+var global = typeof globalThis === 'object' ? globalThis : undefined;
+if(!global) {
+    try {
+        global = Function('return this')();
+    } catch (e) {
+        global = self;
+    }
 }
 
 // EIP-1193: window.ethereum
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js b/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js
index e1a44e4791b..1f2ec649b62 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ if (!storageAvailable('localStorage')) {
 function storageAvailable(type) {
     var storage;
     try {
-        storage = window[type];
+        storage = self[type];
         var x = '__storage_test__';
         storage.setItem(x, x);
         storage.removeItem(x);
diff --git a/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/helpers.js b/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/helpers.js
index 25347e3f2ff..28750c43070 100644
--- a/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/helpers.js
+++ b/packages/web3-providers-ws/src/helpers.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if (isNode || isRN) {
         helpers = require('url').parse;
     }
 } else {
-    _btoa = btoa.bind(window);
+    _btoa = btoa.bind(typeof globalThis === 'object' ? globalThis : self);
     helpers = function(url) {
         return new URL(url);
     };