Getting Test SOL

When you're working locally, you need some SOL in order to send transactions. In non-mainnet environments you can receive SOL by airdropping it to your address:

import {
  address,
  lamports,
  airdropFactory,
  createSolanaClient,
  LAMPORTS_PER_SOL,
} from "gill";

const { rpc, rpcSubscriptions, sendAndConfirmTransaction } = createSolanaClient(
  {
    urlOrMoniker: "devnet", // or `localnet`, etc
  },
);

const wallet = address("nick6zJc6HpW3kfBm4xS2dmbuVRyb5F3AnUvj5ymzR5");

const { value: initialBalance } = await rpc.getBalance(wallet).send();
console.log("Initial balance:", initialBalance);

/**
 * Note: the `devnet` and `testnet` clusters are subject to rate limits.
 * it is strongly recommended to use `localnet` and the local test validator
 */
await airdropFactory({ rpc, rpcSubscriptions })({
  commitment: "confirmed",
  lamports: lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL), // request 1 SOL airdrop
  recipientAddress: wallet,
});

const { value: newBalance } = await rpc.getBalance(wallet).send();
console.log("New balance:", newBalance);