requestairdrop

How to Use It

// yarn add @tatumio/tatum
import { TatumSDK, Solana, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'

const tatum = (await TatumSDK.init) < Solana > { network: Network.SOLANA_DEVNET }

const res = await tatum.rpc.requestAirdrop('G35uLP74uj4eCSfMs17ePKtK1ThuH8JKebAP1T2y6CYw', 1000000000)

await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs

Overview

The requestAirdrop method is used to request an airdrop of lamports to a specific Pubkey. This is particularly useful for testing or development environments where you need to distribute tokens for various accounts for testing purposes.

Parameters

• pubkey (string, required): The public key of the account that will receive the lamports, represented as a base-58 encoded string.
• lamports (integer, required): The number of lamports to airdrop.

Return Object

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

JSON-RPC Request Example

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "requestAirdrop",
  "params": ["G35uLP74uj4eCSfMs17ePKtK1ThuH8JKebAP1T2y6CYw", 1000000000]
}

JSON-RPC Response Example

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