requestAirdrop RPC Method

Description

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

Parameters

1. pubkey (string) - The Pubkey of the account to receive lamports, encoded as a base-58 string.
2. lamports (integer) - The number of lamports to airdrop, encoded as a u64.
3. object (array) - The configuration object with the following fields:
   • commitment (string, optional) - The level of commitment required for the query. Options:
     • finalized - 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 - The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster.
     • processed - The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete.

Returns

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

Code Examples

curl "https://rpc-mainnet.solanatracker.io/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"requestAirdrop", "params": ["YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS", 1000000000]}'