Updated dist files.

dist/ethers.js

@@ -11820,14 +11820,21 @@ utils.defineProperty(Web3Signer, 'onchange', {
 var Web3Provider = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     __extends(Web3Provider, _super);
     function Web3Provider(web3Provider, network) {
-        var _this = this;
+        var _this = 
-        if (!web3Provider || !web3Provider.sendAsync) {
+        // HTTP has a host; IPC has a path.
+        _super.call(this, web3Provider.host || web3Provider.path || '', network) || this;
+        errors.checkNew(_this, Web3Provider);
+        if (web3Provider) {
+            if (web3Provider.sendAsync) {
+                _this._sendAsync = web3Provider.sendAsync.bind(web3Provider);
+            }
+            else if (web3Provider.send) {
+                _this._sendAsync = web3Provider.send.bind(web3Provider);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!web3Provider || !_this._sendAsync) {
             errors.throwError('invalid web3Provider', errors.INVALID_ARGUMENT, { arg: 'web3Provider', value: web3Provider });
         }
-        // HTTP has a host; IPC has a path.
-        var url = web3Provider.host || web3Provider.path || '';
-        _this = _super.call(this, url, network) || this;
-        errors.checkNew(_this, Web3Provider);
         properties_1.defineReadOnly(_this, '_web3Provider', web3Provider);
         return _this;
     }
@@ -11846,7 +11853,7 @@ var Web3Provider = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 id: 42,
                 jsonrpc: "2.0"
             };
-            _this._web3Provider.sendAsync(request, function (error, result) {
+            _this._sendAsync(request, function (error, result) {
                 if (error) {
                     reject(error);
                     return;

dist/ethers.types.txt

@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ declare module 'ethers/providers/web3-provider' {
         isMetaMask?: boolean;
         host?: string;
         path?: string;
-        sendAsync: (request: any, callback: (error: any, response: any) => void) => void;
+        sendAsync?: (request: any, callback: (error: any, response: any) => void) => void;
+        send?: (request: any, callback: (error: any, response: any) => void) => void;
     };
     export class Web3Provider extends JsonRpcProvider {
         readonly _web3Provider: AsyncSendable;

package.json

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.8.0",
     "ethereumjs-tx": "^1.3.5",
     "ethereumjs-util": "^5.2.0",
-    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
+    "gulp": "^4.0.0",
     "gulp-cli": "^2.0.1",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^2.6.4",
     "gulp-typescript": "^5.0.0-alpha.1",
     "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^3.2.0",
+    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
     "mocha-phantomjs-core": "2.1.2",
     "solc": "0.4.20",
     "tsify": "^4.0.0",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "typescript": "^2.9.1",
     "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.1",
     "vinyl-source-stream": "^2.0.0",
-    "web3": "0.20.6"
+    "web3-providers-http": "1.0.0-beta.35"
   },
   "browser": "./dist/ethers.js",
   "keywords": [

providers/web3-provider.d.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ export declare type AsyncSendable = {
     isMetaMask?: boolean;
     host?: string;
     path?: string;
-    sendAsync: (request: any, callback: (error: any, response: any) => void) => void;
+    sendAsync?: (request: any, callback: (error: any, response: any) => void) => void;
+    send?: (request: any, callback: (error: any, response: any) => void) => void;
 };
 export declare class Web3Provider extends JsonRpcProvider {
     readonly _web3Provider: AsyncSendable;
+    private _sendAsync;
     constructor(web3Provider: AsyncSendable, network?: Networkish);
     send(method: string, params: any): Promise<any>;
 }

providers/web3-provider.js

@@ -30,14 +30,21 @@ utils.defineProperty(Web3Signer, 'onchange', {
 var Web3Provider = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
     __extends(Web3Provider, _super);
     function Web3Provider(web3Provider, network) {
-        var _this = this;
+        var _this = 
-        if (!web3Provider || !web3Provider.sendAsync) {
+        // HTTP has a host; IPC has a path.
+        _super.call(this, web3Provider.host || web3Provider.path || '', network) || this;
+        errors.checkNew(_this, Web3Provider);
+        if (web3Provider) {
+            if (web3Provider.sendAsync) {
+                _this._sendAsync = web3Provider.sendAsync.bind(web3Provider);
+            }
+            else if (web3Provider.send) {
+                _this._sendAsync = web3Provider.send.bind(web3Provider);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!web3Provider || !_this._sendAsync) {
             errors.throwError('invalid web3Provider', errors.INVALID_ARGUMENT, { arg: 'web3Provider', value: web3Provider });
         }
-        // HTTP has a host; IPC has a path.
-        var url = web3Provider.host || web3Provider.path || '';
-        _this = _super.call(this, url, network) || this;
-        errors.checkNew(_this, Web3Provider);
         properties_1.defineReadOnly(_this, '_web3Provider', web3Provider);
         return _this;
     }
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ var Web3Provider = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 id: 42,
                 jsonrpc: "2.0"
             };
-            _this._web3Provider.sendAsync(request, function (error, result) {
+            _this._sendAsync(request, function (error, result) {
                 if (error) {
                     reject(error);
                     return;

tests/test-providers.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var assert = require('assert');
-var web3 = require('web3');
+var Web3HttpProvider = require('web3-providers-http');
 
 var utils = require('./utils');
 var ethers = utils.getEthers(__filename);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function testProvider(providerName, networkName) {
                 provider = ethers.getDefaultProvider();
             } else if (providerName === 'Web3Provider') {
                 var infuraUrl = (new ethers.InfuraProvider()).connection.url;
-                provider = new ethers.Web3Provider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider(infuraUrl));
+                provider = new ethers.Web3Provider(new Web3HttpProvider(infuraUrl));
             } else {
                 provider = new ethers[providerName]();
             }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ function testProvider(providerName, networkName) {
                 provider = ethers.getDefaultProvider(networkName);
             } else if (providerName === 'Web3Provider') {
                 var infuraUrl = (new ethers.InfuraProvider(networkName)).connection.url;
-                provider = new ethers.Web3Provider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider(infuraUrl), networkName);
+                provider = new ethers.Web3Provider(new Web3HttpProvider(infuraUrl), networkName);
             } else {
                 provider = new ethers[providerName](networkName);
             }
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ function testProvider(providerName, networkName) {
     ['getDefaultProvider', 'InfuraProvider', 'EtherscanProvider', 'Web3Provider'].forEach(function(providerName) {
 
         // @TODO: Remove this! Temporary because Etherscan is down
-        if (providerName === 'EtherscanProvider') {
+        //if (providerName === 'EtherscanProvider') {
-            console.log("******** Remove this soon! Etherscan is having issues.");
+        //    console.log("******** Remove this soon! Etherscan is having issues.");
-            return;
+        //    return;
-        }
+        //}
 
         testProvider(providerName, networkName);
     });