Setting default account in web3

openethereum · Dec 23, 2016 · 2ef58fb · 2ef58fb
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diff --git a/js/src/web3.js b/js/src/web3.js
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ import './dev.web3.html';
 
 const http = new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('/rpc/');
 const web3 = new Web3(http);
+// set default account
+web3.eth.getAccounts((err, accounts) => {
+  if (err || !accounts || !accounts[0]) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  web3.eth.defaultAccount = accounts[0];
+});
 
 web3extensions(web3).map((extension) => web3._extend(extension));