v5 - Do i need to deploy ENS? Error: network does not support ENS

Running a mocha test with gananche-cli. The test calls a library created with ts. The library deploys a contract.

Version

“ethers”: “^5.0.0-beta.158”

test.js

'use strict';
const expect = require('chai').expect;
const ethers = require('ethers')
const ganache = require('ganache-cli');
const MNEMONIC = 'popular stock metal artefact nasty venture oblige horror face glory predict coach'
const { contracts } = require('./../lib/index')

const provider =  new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(
    ganache.provider({
        "mnemonic": MNEMONIC,
        "gasLimit": 8000000,
        "default_balance_ether": 100000000,
    
    })
)

describe('contracts', async function () {
    this.timeout(9000);

    it("Setup accounts", async () => {
        this.DEVELOPER_SIGNER = ethers.Wallet.fromMnemonic(MNEMONIC).connect(provider)
        this.DEVELOPER = await this.DEVELOPER_SIGNER.getAddress()
    })

    it('deploy moloch', async () => {
        const contract = await contracts.moloch.deploy(this.DEVELOPER_SIGNER)
    });
});

index.ts

import { ethers, Signer } from "ethers";
import { abi as molochAbi, bytecode as molochBytecode } from "./compiled_contracts/Moloch.json";

const contract = (abi: any, bytecode: any) => {
    return {
        abi: abi,
        bytecode: bytecode,
        deploy: async (signer: Signer) => {
            return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
                const factory = new ethers.ContractFactory(abi, bytecode, signer)
                const contract = await factory.deploy()
                return resolve(await contract.deployed())
            })
        }
    }
}


export const contracts = {
    moloch: contract(molochAbi, molochBytecode)
}

The line const contract = await factory.deploy() triggers the error `UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: network does not support ENS (operation=“ENS”, network=“unknown”``. Do i need to deploy ENS in these scenarios?

[VinayManala]

If you see this error, it almost always indicates you passed in a bad value to something that expected an address. If you are on a network that does not have ENS, you must pass in a normal Ethereum address. Check the value (with console.log) you pass into the kings that expect addresses, often the variable is null or the wrong type of object (not a string).

Yes, absolutely. I solved the issue by understanding your explaination. As explained by @ricmoo if you are on a network that dose not have ENS, you must convert the address passed from (in my case frontend React). I had been passing the string address as an param. Official docs ethers.io getAddress. conversion - ethers.utils.getAddress( address ) converts string address to address required for smart conteract to understand and then compile.

[bee-san]

Please just tell us how you fixed this for people who find via google