How to connect to a Localhost Node?

[johanazu7]

Hello,

Is it possible to connect to a Node running locally?
I've tried this but it does not work:

let url = URL(string: "http://localhost:8545")
let web3 = Web3.newWeb3(url) // returns nil

What's the procedure to achieve this? or do I have to deploy my contracts to Rinkeby network in order to do some testing?

Thank you.

[shamatar]

I've pushed a fix, plainly forgot to add initialization from custom URL even though HttpProvider was implemented for arbitrary URL. Please make sure that App Transport Security allows insecure (http) connections for your app.

[johanazu7]

I'll give it a shot! I had to resort to using Rinkeby in the meantime. Eager to see if your fix works, will report in a bit.
Thanks!