@nomiclabs/hardhat-web3/src/index.ts

Hardhat plugin for using Web3 1.x

import { extendEnvironment } from "hardhat/config";
import { lazyFunction, lazyObject } from "hardhat/plugins";

import "./type-extensions";
import { Web3HTTPProviderAdapter } from "./web3-provider-adapter";

extendEnvironment((env) => {
  env.Web3 = lazyFunction(() => require("web3"));
  env.web3 = lazyObject(() => {
    const Web3 = require("web3");
    return new Web3(new Web3HTTPProviderAdapter(env.network.provider));
  });
});