feat: HttpAgent now uses a default address

dfinity · Aug 11, 2023 · 9b35214 · 9b35214
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diff --git a/docs/generated/changelog.html b/docs/generated/changelog.html
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ <h1>Agent-JS Changelog</h1>
     <section>
       <h2>Version x.x.x</h2>
       <ul>
+        <li>
+          Feat: HttpAgent now uses a default address of https://icp-api.io. Users will be warned for
+          not setting a host, but the code will default to mainnet.
+        </li>
         <li>
           Feat: use webcrypto or node crypto instead of Math.random for nonce generation if
           available

diff --git a/packages/agent/src/agent/http/index.ts b/packages/agent/src/agent/http/index.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,10 @@ export class HttpAgent implements Agent {
     } else {
       const location = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.location : undefined;
       if (!location) {
-        throw new Error('Must specify a host to connect to.');
+        this._host = new URL('https://icp-api.io');
+        console.warn(
+          'Could not infer host from window.location, defaulting to mainnet gateway of https://icp-api.io. Please provide a host to the HttpAgent constructor to avoid this warning.',
+        );
       }
       this._host = new URL(location + '');
     }