fix default windows ipc provider path

pacrob · pacrob · commit a2c3012335a6 · 2023-07-25T09:35:43.000-06:00
diff --git a/docs/providers.rst b/docs/providers.rst
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ IPCProvider
 
     - On Linux and FreeBSD: ``~/.ethereum/geth.ipc``
     - On Mac OS: ``~/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc``
-    - On Windows: ``\\\.\pipe\geth.ipc``
+    - On Windows: ``\\.\pipe\geth.ipc``
 
 
 WebsocketProvider
diff --git a/newsfragments/3058.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/3058.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed default windows IPC provider path to work with python 3.11
diff --git a/web3/providers/ipc.py b/web3/providers/ipc.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def get_default_ipc_path() -> Optional[str]:
         return None
 
     elif sys.platform == "win32":
-        ipc_path = os.path.join("\\\\", ".", "pipe", "geth.ipc")
+        ipc_path = r"\\.\pipe\geth.ipc"
         if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
             return ipc_path
         return None

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