import type { SafeEventEmitterProvider } from '@metamask/eth-json-rpc-provider';
import type { CreateInfuraMiddlewareOptions } from './create-infura-middleware';
/**
 * Creates a provider (as defined in
 * [`eth-json-rpc-provider`](https://github.com/MetaMask/eth-json-rpc-provider)
 * which is preloaded with middleware specialized for interfacing with Infura
 * JSON-RPC endpoints.
 * @param opts - Options to {@link createInfuraMiddleware}.
 * @returns The provider as returned by `providerFromEngine` (a part of
 * [`eth-json-rpc-provider`](https://github.com/MetaMask/eth-json-rpc-provider)).
 */
export declare function createProvider(opts: CreateInfuraMiddlewareOptions): SafeEventEmitterProvider;