requestAirdrop RPC Method

Please note that the Airdrop method is subject to limits set by Solana. For more tools for getting Devnet SOL, check out our Guide on : A Complete Guide to Airdropping Test SOL on Solana

Parameters

pubkey

string

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lamports

integer

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object

object

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commitment

string

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Returns

result

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Request

curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"requestAirdrop", "params": ["YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS", 1000000000]}'

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "requestAirdrop",
  "params": [
    "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS",
    1000000000
  ]
})

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

import { createSolanaRpc, address, lamports } from "@solana/kit";

(async () => {
  const solanaRpc = createSolanaRpc("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
  const walletAddress = address("YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS");
  const airdropAmount = lamports(BigInt(1_000_000_000));

  try {
    const airdropSignature = await solanaRpc.requestAirdrop(walletAddress, airdropAmount).send();
    console.log(airdropSignature);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error requesting airdrop:", error);
  }
})();

const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
(async () => {
  const url = "https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/";
  const solana = new web3.Connection(url);
  console.log(
    await solana.requestAirdrop(
      new web3.PublicKey("YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS"),
      1000000000
    )
  );
})();

from solana.rpc.api import Client
from solana.publickey import PublicKey
print(solana_client.request_airdrop(PublicKey("YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS"), 1000000000))

use reqwest::header;
use reqwest::Client;
use std::error::Error;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());

    let client = Client::new();
    let json_data = r#"
    {
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "id": 1,
        "method": "requestAirdrop",
        "params": [
            "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS",
            1000000000
        ]
    }
    "#;
    let response = client
        .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
        .headers(headers)
        .body(json_data)
        .send()
        .await?; 

    let body = response.text().await?;
    println!("{}", body);

    Ok(())
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW",
  "id": 1
}

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