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# requestAirdrop

Requests an airdrop of lamports to a Pubkey (does not work on mainnet).

This method will use `30` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

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## **Parameters**

* `pubkey` string. The Pubkey of account to receive lamports, as a base-58 encoded string.
* `lamports` integer The lamports to airdrop, as a u64.
* `object` *optional.* Configuration object containing the following fields:
  * `commitment` string. The level of commitment required for the query. The options include:
    * `finalized` string. The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized.
      * `confirmed` string. The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster.
      * `processed` string. The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete.
  * `minContextSlot` integer. The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated.

## Returns

`result` The transaction signature of the airdrop, as a base-58 encoded string.

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "5VERv8NMvzbJMEkV8xnrLkEaWRtSz9CosKDYjCJjBRnbJLgp8uirBgmQpjKhoR4tjF3ZpRzrFmBV6UjKdiSZkQUW",
  "id": 1
}
```

Note: This method does not work on mainnet.

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="devnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://devnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"requestAirdrop", "params": ["YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS", 1000000000]}'
      
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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