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/
faucet
Request Testnet Tokens
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.beta.getpara.com/faucet \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "walletId": "0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
  "chain": "ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.beta.getpara.com/faucet"

payload = {
"walletId": "0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
"chain": "ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA"
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({walletId: '0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789', chain: 'ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA'})
};

fetch('https://api.beta.getpara.com/faucet', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.beta.getpara.com/faucet",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'walletId' => '0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789',
'chain' => 'ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.beta.getpara.com/faucet"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"walletId\": \"0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789\",\n \"chain\": \"ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.beta.getpara.com/faucet")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"walletId\": \"0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789\",\n \"chain\": \"ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.beta.getpara.com/faucet")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"walletId\": \"0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789\",\n \"chain\": \"ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "transactionHash": "0x1234abcd...",
  "amount": "0.01",
  "chain": "ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA",
  "walletId": "0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789",
  "address": "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc9e7595f..."
}
{
"code": "INVALID_REQUEST",
"message": "type must be one of EVM, SOLANA, COSMOS, STELLAR"
}
{
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "secret api key not provided"
}
{
"code": "FORBIDDEN",
"message": "invalid secret api key"
}
{
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "wallet not found"
}
{
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded, try again shortly."
}
{
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"message": "Internal Server Error"
}

Authorizations

X-API-Key
string
header
default:sk_your_secret_key_here
required

Your partner secret key (server-side only)

Headers

X-Request-Id
string<uuid>

UUID for request tracing. Para returns one if omitted.

Body

application/json
walletId
string
required

ID of the wallet to receive testnet tokens

Example:

"0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789"

chain
string
default:ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA

Target testnet chain

Example:

"ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA"

Response

Testnet tokens sent

transactionHash
string
required

On-chain transaction hash of the faucet transfer

Example:

"0x1234abcd..."

amount
string
required

Amount of testnet tokens sent in standard units

Example:

"0.01"

chain
string
required

Chain the tokens were sent on

Example:

"ETHEREUM_SEPOLIA"

walletId
string
required

ID of the wallet that received the tokens

Example:

"0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6789-abcd-ef0123456789"

address
string
required

On-chain address that received the tokens

Example:

"0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc9e7595f..."