CryptoCurrency NODE.js Web3 Ethereum - Can't connect to TESTRPC

Question

I am trying to connect to my testrpc instance from a my web3 application but I can't seem to connect. The below code should return an array of all the accounts in the testrpc chain.

Code:

Web3 = require('web3')
web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider("http://localhost:8545"));
console.log(web3.eth.accounts);

It returns the below and inside the object intelliJ the currentprovider object is as follows.

It just seems to print the object I think:

Accounts {
  eth: 
   Eth {
     currentProvider: [Getter/Setter],
     _requestManager: RequestManager { provider: [Object], providers: [Object], subscriptions: {} },
     givenProvider: null,
     providers: 
      { WebsocketProvider: [Function: WebsocketProvider],
        HttpProvider: [Function: HttpProvider],
        IpcProvider: [Function: IpcProvider] },
     _provider: HttpProvider { host: 'http://localhost:8545', timeout: 0, connected: false },
     setProvider: [Function],
     BatchRequest: [Function: bound Batch],
     extend: 
      { [Function: ex]
        formatters: [Object],
        utils: [Object],
        Method: [Function: Method] },
     clearSubscriptions: [Function],
     getProtocolVersion: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_protocolVersion' },
     getCoinbase: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_coinbase' },
     isMining: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_mining' },
     getHashrate: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_hashrate' },
     isSyncing: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_syncing' },
     getGasPrice: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_gasPrice' },
     getAccounts: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_accounts' },
     getBlockNumber: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_blockNumber' },
     getBalance: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_getBalance' },
     getStorageAt: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_getStorageAt' },
     getCode: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_getCode' },
     getBlock: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: [Function: blockCall] },
     getUncle: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: [Function: uncleCall] },
     getCompilers: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_getCompilers' },
     getBlockTransactionCount: 
      { [Function: send]
        request: [Function: bound ],
        call: [Function: getBlockTransactionCountCall] },
     getBlockUncleCount: 
      { [Function: send]
        request: [Function: bound ],
        call: [Function: uncleCountCall] },
     getTransaction: 
      { [Function: send]
        request: [Function: bound ],
        call: 'eth_getTransactionByHash' },
     getTransactionFromBlock: 
      { [Function: send]
        request: [Function: bound ],
        call: [Function: transactionFromBlockCall] },
     getTransactionReceipt: 
      { [Function: send]
        request: [Function: bound ],
        call: 'eth_getTransactionReceipt' },
     getTransactionCount: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_getTransactionCount' },
     call: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_call' },
     estimateGas: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_estimateGas' },
     sendSignedTransaction: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_sendRawTransaction' },
     signTransaction: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_signTransaction' },
     sendTransaction: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_sendTransaction' },
     sign: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_sign' },
     compile: { solidity: [Object], lll: [Object], serpent: [Object] },
     submitWork: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_submitWork' },
     getWork: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_getWork' },
     getPastLogs: { [Function: send] request: [Function: bound ], call: 'eth_getLogs' },
     subscribe: { [Function] call: undefined },
     net: 
      Net {
        currentProvider: [Getter/Setter],
        _requestManager: [Object],
        givenProvider: null,
        providers: [Object],
        _provider: [Object],
        setProvider: [Function],
        BatchRequest: [Function: bound Batch],
        extend: [Object],
        getId: [Object],
        isListening: [Object],
        getPeerCount: [Object],
        getNetworkType: [Function: bound getNetworkType] },
     accounts: [Circular],
     personal: 
      Personal {
        currentProvider: [Getter/Setter],
        _requestManager: [Object],
        givenProvider: null,
        providers: [Object],
        _provider: [Object],
        setProvider: [Function],
        BatchRequest: [Function: bound Batch],
        extend: [Object],
        getAccounts: [Object],
        newAccount: [Object],
        unlockAccount: [Object],
        sendTransaction: [Object],
        lockAccount: [Object],
        importRawKey: [Object],
        sign: [Object],
        ecRecover: [Object],
        net: [Object] },
     Contract: [Function: Contract],
     Iban: 
      { [Function: Iban]
        toAddress: [Function],
        toIban: [Function],
        fromAddress: [Function],
        fromBban: [Function],
        createIndirect: [Function],
        isValid: [Function] },
     abi: ABICoder { _types: [Array] } },
  wallet: 
   Wallet {
     length: 0,
     _accounts: [Circular],
     defaultKeyName: 'web3js_wallet' } }

The testRPC server starts successfully too:

Answer 1

Your connection is working.

To return an array of the accounts use web3.eth.getAccounts() rather than web3.eth.accounts .

The code above should look something like...

Web3 = require('web3')
web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider("http://localhost:8545"));
web3.eth.getAccounts().then(accounts => console.log(accounts));

giving you something like...

[ '0x09e67e758381Fb878b9B1dCB91f2D5a62E00035a',
  '0x1BaABCa410a88564aC2BD9b8570D21b6e898C4C3',
  '0x8bfF74332C52065d2CC46f96c191aCDeec1AFEF2',
  '0x19070EaC7D68a710A5843Ee8cA3de258024da3Cb',
  '0x909394eA6feA0aDba05f093Ae43782e42b462F56',
  '0x63527Ef51b17830d6F597686C366A1995fd31bb2',
  '0xf476D31fAD8605d9D9D7b557C5117Bbe102935bc',
  '0xA64ba4e9d332106181A073E6eD20F876D6e28856',
  '0x126533F5FC78E355Fc35476Ae1392D338366D229',
  '0x291c17c0901FC9143D0DC43E1455E20D26342377' ]