Getting Test SOL

To send transactions while developing locally or on devnet, you'll need SOL.

You can fund an address by requesting an airdrop. If on devnet, you can use the faucet.

import {
  airdropFactory,
  createSolanaRpc,
  createSolanaRpcSubscriptions,
  generateKeyPairSigner,
  lamports
} from "@solana/kit";

const rpc = createSolanaRpc("http://localhost:8899");
const rpcSubscriptions = createSolanaRpcSubscriptions("ws://localhost:8900");

const wallet = await generateKeyPairSigner();
const LAMPORTS_PER_SOL = 1_000_000_000n;

await airdropFactory({ rpc, rpcSubscriptions })({
  recipientAddress: wallet.address,
  lamports: lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL), // 1 SOL
  commitment: "confirmed"
});

const { value } = await rpc.getBalance(wallet.address).send();
console.log(`Balance: ${value / LAMPORTS_PER_SOL} SOL`);

Console

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import {
  airdropFactory,
  createSolanaRpc,
  createSolanaRpcSubscriptions,
  generateKeyPairSigner,
  lamports
} from "@solana/kit";

const rpc = createSolanaRpc("http://localhost:8899");
const rpcSubscriptions = createSolanaRpcSubscriptions("ws://localhost:8900");

const wallet = await generateKeyPairSigner();
const LAMPORTS_PER_SOL = 1_000_000_000n;

await airdropFactory({ rpc, rpcSubscriptions })({
  recipientAddress: wallet.address,
  lamports: lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL), // 1 SOL
  commitment: "confirmed"
});

const { value } = await rpc.getBalance(wallet.address).send();
console.log(`Balance: ${value / LAMPORTS_PER_SOL} SOL`);

Console

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Gill

import {
  airdropFactory,
  createSolanaClient,
  generateKeyPairSigner,
  lamports
} from "gill";

const { rpc, rpcSubscriptions } = createSolanaClient({
  urlOrMoniker: "localnet"
});

const wallet = await generateKeyPairSigner();
const LAMPORTS_PER_SOL = 1_000_000_000n;

await airdropFactory({ rpc, rpcSubscriptions })({
  recipientAddress: wallet.address,
  lamports: lamports(LAMPORTS_PER_SOL), // 1 SOL
  commitment: "confirmed"
});

const { value } = await rpc.getBalance(wallet.address).send();
console.log(`Balance: ${value / LAMPORTS_PER_SOL} SOL`);