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requestAirdrop RPC Method

Requests an airdrop of lamports to a Pubkey (does not work on mainnet-beta).

Updated on
Dec 7, 2023

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
The Pubkey of account to receive lamports, as a base-58 encoded string
lamports
integer
The lamports to airdrop, as a u64
object
array
The configuration object with the following fields:
commitment
string
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

result
The transaction signature of the airdrop, as a base-58 encoded string
Request
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curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
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-X POST \
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-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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--data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"requestAirdrop", "params": ["YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS", 1000000000]}'
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