Access Ganache Accounts via web3

Question

How do I create an account variable in web3 with a private network? Right now I am on ganache port:7545

I have this variable written in my code:

    var account1 = web3.eth.accounts[0];

And when I log it, it returns only the variable which is currently selected in my meta mask.

So if I am on Account 1 in meta mask then this^ var logs the address Account 1 and if I am on Account 2 the same var will log the Account 2 address.

So how can I make a var which can access an imported ganache meta mask account which I do not currently have selected?

ie I have Account1 selected in my meta mask and I want

  var account2 = web3.eth.accounts[1]

to grab Account2

Answer 1

Unfortunately, MetaMask doesn't support this. It will always return an array of size 1 when you use web3.eth.getAccounts(). If you're using Ganache, you can just connect directly to that (as opposed to changing the MetaMask provider to localhost).