Kit Plugins ➤ Airdrop

This package provides a plugin that adds an airdrop helper function to your Kit client.

Installation

pnpm install @solana/kit-plugin-airdrop

[!NOTE] This package is included in the main @solana/kit-plugins package.

pnpm install @solana/kit-plugins

airdrop plugin

The airdrop plugin provides an airdrop function that allows you to request SOL airdrops to a specified account.

Installation

In order to use the airdrop plugin, the client must be configured with either an RPC plugin or a LiteSVM plugin. You will get a TypeScript error if neither is provided before using the airdrop plugin.

Using an RPC

import { createEmptyClient } from '@solana/kit';
import { airdrop, localhostRpc } from '@solana/kit-plugins';

const client = createEmptyClient().use(localhostRpc()).use(airdrop());

Note that you will get a TypeScript error when using the rpc plugin with a mainnet URL such as mainnet("https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com"), because airdrop RPC methods are not supported on mainnet.

Using a LiteSVM instance

import { createEmptyClient } from '@solana/kit';
import { airdrop, litesvm } from '@solana/kit-plugins';

const client = createEmptyClient().use(litesvm()).use(airdrop());

Features

• airdrop: An asynchronous helper function that airdrops a specified amount of lamports to a given address.

  client.airdrop(address('HQVxiMVDoV9jzG4tpoxmDZsNfWvaHXm8DGGv93Gka75v'), lamports(1_000_000_000n));