How to connect and call a function with a different account using hardhat-deploy?

Question

I am using "hardhat-deploy" npm package to deploy the smart contracts.

Inside the deploy script, I am trying to call a function like so:

**await trueYield.connect(player).stakeEther(30, data)**

The contract deploys fine but then it gives error:

TypeError: staking.connect is not a function

How can I connect to a different account than "deployer" and call a function on the contract?

contract.connect(player) is the correct way, but the error msg looks like is not raised by the code you showed, could you show more code detail? — always_beta
– always_beta, Commented Sep 17, 2022 at 14:37

Rohan Nero · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-17 17:26:48Z

You can try adding this line of code after your contract is deployed:

const contract = await ethers.getContract("ContractName")

now when you use contract.connect() it should work

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