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 { Connection, PublicKey, LAMPORTS_PER_SOL } from "openverse-web3";

const connection = new Connection("https://api.devnet.openverse.network:8899", "confirmed");

const wallet = new PublicKey("nick6zJc6HpW3kfBm4xS2dmbuVRyb5F3AnUvj5ymzR5");

/**
* Note: the `devnet` and `testnet` clusters are subject to rate limits.
* it is strongly recommended to use `localnet` and the local test validator
*/
const signature = await connection.requestAirdrop(wallet, LAMPORTS_PER_SOL); // request 1 SOL >airdrop

const { blockhash, lastValidBlockHeight } =
 await connection.getLatestBlockhash();

// note: confirming the airdrop transaction is very important to ensure the wallet has
await connection.confirmTransaction({
 blockhash,
 lastValidBlockHeight,
 signature
});