#Hardhat Chai Matchers

This plugin adds Ethereum-specific capabilities to the Chai assertion library, making your smart contract tests easy to write and read.

Check its documentation to learn more.

#Installation

We recommend using npm 7 or later. If you do that, then you just need to install the plugin itself:

npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers

If you are using an older version of npm, you'll also need to install all the packages used by the plugin.

npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers chai @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers ethers

That's also the case if you are using yarn:

yarn add --dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers chai @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers ethers

#Usage

After installing it, add the plugin to your Hardhat config:

require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers");

Then you'll be able to use the matchers in your tests:

expect(await token.totalSupply()).to.equal(1_000_000);

await expect(token.transfer(token, 1000)).to.be.revertedWith(
  "Cannot transfer to the contract itself"
);

await expect(token.transfer(recipient, 1000))
  .to.emit(token, "Transfer")
  .withArgs(owner, recipient, 1000);