Less strict parsing for loose providers.

providers/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ethers-providers",
-  "version": "2.1.4",
+  "version": "2.1.5",
   "description": "Service provider for Ethereum wallet library.",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "http://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/issues",

providers/provider.js

@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ var formatTransaction = {
    nonce: checkNumber,
    data: utils.hexlify,
 
-   r: checkUint256,
-   s: checkUint256,
-   v: checkNumber,
+   r: allowNull(checkUint256),
+   s: allowNull(checkUint256),
+   v: allowNull(checkNumber),
 
    creates: allowNull(utils.getAddress, null),
 
-   raw: utils.hexlify,
+   raw: allowNull(utils.hexlify),
 };
 
 function checkTransaction(transaction) {
@@ -199,19 +199,23 @@ function checkTransaction(transaction) {
     }
 
     if (!transaction.raw) {
-        var raw = [
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.nonce),
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.gasPrice),
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.gasLimit),
-            (transaction.to || "0x"),
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.value || '0x'),
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.data || '0x'),
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.v || '0x'),
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.r),
-            utils.hexlify(transaction.s),
-        ];
 
-        transaction.raw = utils.RLP.encode(raw);
+        // Very loose providers (e.g. TestRPC) don't provide a signature or raw
+        if (transaction.v && transaction.r && transaction.s) {
+            var raw = [
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.nonce),
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.gasPrice),
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.gasLimit),
+                (transaction.to || "0x"),
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.value || '0x'),
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.data || '0x'),
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.v || '0x'),
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.r),
+                utils.hexlify(transaction.s),
+            ];
+
+            transaction.raw = utils.RLP.encode(raw);
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -223,12 +227,14 @@ function checkTransaction(transaction) {
         networkId = utils.bigNumberify(networkId).toNumber();
     }
 
-    if (typeof(networkId) !== 'number') {
+    if (typeof(networkId) !== 'number' && result.v != null) {
         networkId = (result.v - 35) / 2;
         if (networkId < 0) { networkId = 0; }
         networkId = parseInt(networkId);
     }
 
+    if (typeof(networkId) !== 'number') { networkId = 0; }
+
     result.networkId = networkId;
 
     // 0x0000... should actually be null

tests/run-testrpc.js

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Temporary test case for TestRPC woes; this will go away in the future and
+// is meant to help test loosely compliant backends
+//
+// See: https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/issues/45
+//
+// Please run `npm install ethereumjs-testrpc` before using this testcase
+
+var TestRPC = require("ethereumjs-testrpc");
+
+var providers = require('../providers');
+var Wallet = require('../wallet/wallet');
+
+var port = 18545;
+
+var privateKey = '0x0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123';
+
+var server = TestRPC.server({
+    accounts: [ { secretKey: privateKey } ]
+});
+
+server.listen(port, function(err, blockchain) {
+
+    var provider = new providers.JsonRpcProvider('http://localhost:' + port, 'unspecified');
+
+    var wallet = new Wallet(privateKey, provider);
+
+    var sendPromise = wallet.sendTransaction({
+        to: wallet.address,
+        value: 1,
+        gasLimit: 21000,
+        gasPrice: 100000000000
+    });
+
+    sendPromise.then(function(tx) {
+        console.log('Send', tx);
+        return provider.getTransaction(tx.hash).then(function(tx) {
+            console.log('Get', tx);
+        });
+    }).catch(function (error) {
+        console.log(error);
+
+    }).then(function() {
+        server.close();
+    });
+});
+