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+// HACK: web3 injects XMLHttpRequest into the global scope and ProviderEngine checks XMLHttpRequest
+// to know whether it is running in a browser or node environment. We need it to be undefined since
+// we are not running in a browser env.
+// Filed issue: https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/issues/844
+(global as any).XMLHttpRequest = undefined;
+import ProviderEngine = require('web3-provider-engine');
+import RpcSubprovider = require('web3-provider-engine/subproviders/rpc');
+import * as Web3 from 'web3';
+import {constants} from './constants';
+
+export const web3Factory = {
+    create(): Web3 {
+        const provider = new ProviderEngine();
+        const rpcUrl = `http://${constants.RPC_HOST}:${constants.RPC_PORT}`;
+        provider.addProvider(new RpcSubprovider({
+            rpcUrl,
+        }));
+        provider.start();
+        const web3 = new Web3();
+        web3.setProvider(provider);
+        return web3;
+    },
+};