Getting nft-drop contract type error in thirdweb integration

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I keep running into an issue when trying to connect my smart contract to my React app using thirdweb. The error message says the contract is not recognized as an nft-drop type.

I copied the code directly from the thirdweb documentation but it still throws the same error. Here’s what I’m using:

import { useContract } from '@thirdweb-dev/react'

function MyApp() {
  const { contract } = useContract("<contract_address_here>", "nft-drop")

  // Rest of component logic goes here
}

The contract address is correct and I can see it on the blockchain explorer. I also checked the thirdweb dashboard and everything looks fine there. But when I try to use the useContract hook with the nft-drop parameter, it fails every time.

Has anyone else faced this problem? What am I missing here? Maybe the contract needs to be deployed differently or there’s some configuration I’m overlooking?

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I experienced a similar issue recently, and it turned out to be related to version discrepancies. The thirdweb SDK can sometimes cache contract metadata incorrectly, particularly if you’ve made changes after deployment. Start by clearing your browser cache and restarting your development server. Additionally, ensure that you’re utilizing the latest version of @thirdweb-dev/react; I found that an earlier version caused compatibility issues with specific contract types. Another effective approach was explicitly importing the contract ABI and supplying it as the third parameter in the useContract hook, as the automatic detection can fail even when the contract is correctly deployed as an NFT drop.

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check if ur contract actually implements the nft-drop interface properly. sometimes deployment works but the contract’s missing required functions, so thirdweb cant recognize it as nft-drop type. try using just the contract address without specifying the type and see what happens.

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Hmm, interesting - are you deploying through thirdweb’s dashboard or your own method? I’ve seen contracts deployed outside thirdweb miss the metadata tags that the SDK needs for type recognition.

What network are you on? Polygon, mainnet, or testnet? Some networks have indexing delays that temporarily break contract type detection.

Try logging what the contract object returns without specifying the type - just useContract("<your_address>") and console.log the result. That’ll show us what thirdweb’s actually detecting vs what you expect.

Also, when you check the contract on the blockchain explorer, do you see the standard NFT drop functions like claim, setClaimConditions, etc? Want to rule out deployment issues first.