requestAirdrop

Requests an airdrop of lamports to a Pubkey

requestAirdrop

POSThttps://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=<api-key>

Body

application/json

jsonrpcenum

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: "2.0"

2.0

idstring

A unique identifier for the request.

Example: "1"

methodenum

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

Example: "requestAirdrop"

requestAirdrop

paramsarray of one of

Parameters for the airdrop request.

Response

200400401500

Successfully requested airdrop.

Body

application/jsonexample

jsonrpcenum

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: "2.0"

2.0

idstring

Identifier matching the request.

Example: "1"

resultstring

Transaction signature of the airdrop.

Example: "5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW"

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=<api-key>', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": 1,
      "method": "requestAirdrop",
      "params": [
        "83astBRguLMdt2h5U1Tpdq5tjFoJ6noeGwaY3mDLVcri",
        1000000000
      ]
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200400401500

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