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Request Shimmer from Faucet

Code Example

The following example will:

  1. Initialize your wallet
  2. Retrieve an account
  3. Request some tokens to a specified address of your account
    public static class RequestTokensFromFaucetExample
{
public async static Task Run()
{
//Register all of the dependencies into a collection of services
IServiceCollection services = new ServiceCollection().AddIotaWalletServices();

//Install services to service provider which is used for dependency injection
IServiceProvider serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();

//Use serviceprovider to create a scope, which disposes of all services at end of scope
using (IServiceScope scope = serviceProvider.CreateScope())
{
//Request IWallet service from service provider
IWallet wallet = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<IWallet>();

//Build wallet using a fluent-style configuration api
wallet = wallet
.ConfigureWalletOptions()
.SetCoinType(TypeOfCoin.Shimmer)
.SetStoragePath("./walletdb")
.Then()
.ConfigureClientOptions()
.AddNodeUrl("https://api.testnet.shimmer.network")
.SetFaucetUrl("https://faucet.testnet.shimmer.network")
.IsFallbackToLocalPow()
.IsLocalPow()
.Then()
.ConfigureSecretManagerOptions()
.SetPassword("password")
.SetSnapshotPath("./mystronghold")
.Then()
.Initialize();


//Let's retrieve our cookiemonster account
(GetAccountResponse accountResponse, IAccount? account) = await wallet.GetAccountAsync("cookiemonster");
Console.WriteLine($"GetAccountAsync: {JsonConvert.SerializeObject(accountResponse)}");

if (account == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("There was a problem retreiving the account.");
return;
}

//Let's generate an address!
string address = (await account.GenerateAddressesAsync()).Payload!.First().Address!;

//Now we request shimmer tokens into that address
await account.RequestFromFaucetAsync(address);
}
}


}