Unable to call contract function from web3 with big number as parameter

Question

Hi I am trying to call a custom function of a contract that expects a parameter of unit256.

Im calling this function from web3 with this value as parameter: 10000000000000000000 (10 with 18 zeros) As soon as this call is hit by web3, I faced following Big number error:

Error: overflow (fault="overflow", operation="BigNumber.from", value=10000000000000000000, code=NUMERIC_FAULT, version=bignumber/5.0.0-beta.138)

Does any one know the cause?

Here is the function of the contract I'm calling:

function lock(
    address tokenAddress,
    uint256 amount
)

and here is the web3 code snippet:

Contract.methods.lock(0x57AA33D53351eA4BF00C6F10c816B3037E268b7a, 10000000000000000000,
        ).send({
            from: accounts[0],
            gasLimit: 500000,
            value: 0
        });

I tried the same function with small values for amount and it worked e.g. 1(with 18 zeros)

Answer 1

I tried sending the parameter as String and it worked.

Posting this answer, so might be helpful for somebody.