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requestAirdrop RPC Method

The API credit value for this method is 1 . To learn more about API credits and each method's value, visit the API Credits page.

Parameters:

  1. Pubkey - string - The Pubkey of account to receive lamports, as a base-58 encoded string
  2. lamports - integer - The lamports to airdrop, as a u64
  3. object - (optional) The configuration object with the following fields:

    Commitment - string - (optional) The level of commitment required for the query. The options include:

    Finalized - string - The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized

    Confirmed - string - The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster

    Processed - string - The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete

Returns:

  1. result - The transaction signature of the airdrop, as a base-58 encoded string

Code Examples:

const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
(async () => {
  const url = "http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/";
  const solana = new web3.Connection(url);
  console.log(
    await solana.requestAirdrop(
      new web3.PublicKey("YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS"),
      1000000000
    )
  );
})();
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