How to Create a Token Account

A token account is required for a user to hold tokens.

A user will have at least one token account for every type of token they own.

Associated Token Accounts (ATAs) are deterministically created accounts for every keypair. ATAs are the recommended method of managing token accounts.

import {
  clusterApiUrl,
  Connection,
  PublicKey,
  Keypair,
  Transaction,
  sendAndConfirmTransaction
} from "openverse-web3";
import {
  getAssociatedTokenAddress,
  createAssociatedTokenAccountInstruction,
  createAssociatedTokenAccountIdempotent,
  TOKEN_2022_PROGRAM_ID
} from "openverse-spl-token";
import bs58 from "bs58";

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

  // 5YNmS1R9nNSCDzb5a7mMJ1dwK9uHeAAF4CmPEwKgVWr8
  const feePayer = Keypair.fromSecretKey(
    bs58.decode(
      "588FU4PktJWfGfxtzpAAXywSNt74AvtroVzGfKkVN1LwRuvHwKGr851uH8czM5qm4iqLbs1kKoMKtMJG4ATR7Ld2"
    )
  );
  const airdropSig = await connection.requestAirdrop(
    feePayer.publicKey,
    1000000000
  );
  await connection.confirmTransaction(airdropSig);

  // G2FAbFQPFa5qKXCetoFZQEvF9BVvCKbvUZvodpVidnoY
  const alice = Keypair.fromSecretKey(
    bs58.decode(
      "4NMwxzmYj2uvHuq8xoqhY8RXg63KSVJM1DXkpbmkUY7YQWuoyQgFnnzn6yo3CMnqZasnNPNuAT2TLwQsCaKkUddp"
    )
  );

  const mintPubkey = new PublicKey(
    "8mAKLjGGmjKTnmcXeyr3pr7iX13xXVjJJiL6RujDbSPV"
  );

  {
    let ata = await createAssociatedTokenAccountIdempotent(
      connection, // connection
      feePayer, // fee payer
      mintPubkey, // mint
      alice.publicKey, // owner
      undefined,
      TOKEN_2022_PROGRAM_ID
    );
    console.log(`ATA: ${ata.toBase58()}`);
  }
})();