Watch pending transactions on Ethereum using ethersjs

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/**
 * script.js 
**/
const ethers = require('ethers');

require('dotenv').config();
const apiKey = { projectId: process.env.INFRA_PROJECT_ID };
const provider = new ethers.providers.InfuraWebSocketProvider('homestead', apiKey);

async function main() {
    provider
        .on('pending', pendingTransaction=> {
            console.log(`new pending transaction received. ${pendingTransaction}`);
            // do whatever you like.
        });
}
main()
.catch(err => {
   console.log(err);
});

Requirements

1. Node.js Environment
2. following dependencies
   a. ethersjs
   b. dotenv
3. Infra Account & your Infra project ID

Process

// create your own project directory
$ mkdir yourproject
// initialize npm and install dependencies
$ npm init -y && npm install ethers dotenv
// create your own javascript file and paste the snippet above
$ touch script.js
// create .env file and paste your infra project id as INFRA_PROJECT_ID
$ touch .env 

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