Request Faucet Funds

The Request Faucet Funds tool, part of AgentiPy, is used to request test SOL tokens from a Solana faucet. This functionality is typically available on Devnet or Testnet and is essential for developers to obtain tokens for testing applications without using real assets.

Functionality

This tool is implemented in the FaucetManager class.

Key Methods:

• request_faucet_funds(agent: SolanaAgentKit) -> str:

  • Takes a SolanaAgentKit instance, which provides the wallet address (agent.wallet_address) to receive the airdrop and the connection (agent.connection) to the Solana cluster.

  • Requests an airdrop of 5 SOL (hardcoded as 5 * LAMPORTS_PER_SOL) to the agent's wallet address.

  • Confirms the transaction using the latest blockhash.

  • Returns the transaction signature as a string upon successful completion.

  • Raises an exception if the airdrop request fails, times out, or if the response does not contain a transaction signature.

Note: This tool is only effective on Solana networks that have an active faucet (primarily Devnet, sometimes Testnet). It will not work on Mainnet. Faucet availability and airdrop amounts can vary.

Source Code

You can find the source code for this tool on GitHub: https://github.com/niceberginc/agentipy/blob/main/agentipy/tools/request_faucet_funds.py