How to get the web3 instance?

[vertangelx]

I need to perform something using the web3 instance, like

this.props.web3.eth.getBalance(address)

Drizzle only provides us with state.web3.status, not the web3 instance itself. However there are some unused files that might be able to help us achieve this in source/util/web3.

Any ideas on how we can expose/access the actual web3 instance?

[Robby Greenfield]

Should be this.context.drizzle.web3.eth.getBalance(address) - need to make sure that you are passing 'context' variable in constructor - should look like this:

class ComponentName extends Component {
constructor(props, context) {
    super(props)

    /* local state variables */
    this.state = {
      tokenName: '',
      tokenBalance: 0,
    }

    this.handleClose = this.handleClose.bind(this);
    this.handleCloseAgain = this.handleCloseAgain.bind(this);
  }
  ...

}

ComponentName.contextTypes = {
  drizzle: PropTypes.object
}

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