Above page mentions below pasted text. What is the process to obtain this APIKEY for myself in first place ?
If you have an API key and prefer to use the cli, you can use the following command:
curl -v -XPOST “https://faucet.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io/send-money/$YOURADDRESS?apiKey=$APIKEY”
It is something you request from IOHK.
Question is where, how to request ?
Sorry, not sure about that one. Never needed more than the default value. I’d assume this is something for big projects.
Maybe someone else knows more?
Had you ever drawn test ada from faucet through this REST-API in the past or it was always through the Web-GUI ?
I haven’t tried that route.
The GUI just opened for me. In case you need 1000 tada let me know asap by sending your test address.
EDIT:
Found it on another thread and sent you 1000tada
Thanks buddy !
Seems they have fixed the testnet faucet GUI as its visible today. However it’s throwing an error when i tried to withdraw the test ADAs but i think that should be okay. I will try again after some time.
Too many requests, aretry after September 3, 2021 4:43 PM
Found something. Seems this is the way. (Relevant text sections pasted below for quicker reference )
Blockfrost provides API to access and process information stored on the Cardano blockchain. The basic tier is free and allows 50,000 requests per day.
Sign in on Blockfrost with your GitHub account. No registration required. Enter a project name and select Cardano mainnet or Cardano testnet, depending on your needs.
After clicking on Save Project you will immediately get your API KEY . Save it. You will need this key for every request.
Not sure those keys are related.
Blockfrost is a different product by a different company. They provide APIs for interacting with the Cardano network without needing to host a node, APIs for IPFS (inter planetary file system), etc.
Hmm, not sure. will need to sign-in with them to check if their API Key works with testnet faucet API interface.
Was the Blockfrost API usefull for the tAda request? I am looking to request more funds
I think, Blockfrost simplifies access to the cardano blockchain in general as an API. While the faucet is only provided by cardano.org.
correct. The blockfrost API Key is useful for pulling data up about the Cardano network but doesn’t allow users to request additional tADA as it’s not the same provider.
I am always getting this message - even if I am trying to get tADA once a day. Why? How can we develop anything in Cardano Blockchain if we cannot get test coins?
Have you ever been able to get tADA from the faucet? We successfully managed to get it from this https://faucet.mixed.world.dev.cardano.org/basic-faucet for the pre-prod environment as well as delegation to our pre-prod pool. If you are trying to test a stakepool this should be enough. I think the test ADA was way more than 10 as the website shows as well.
If you are still having trouble it might be worth hopping on to the IOG discord and asking for help in the spo-public-testnet channel.
No - I never tried this faucet, I was trying to get tADA from this one:
https://docs.cardano.org/cardano-testnet/tools/faucet
I will try the link You have sent soon. Thank You!
It’s a pity Cardano faucet did not tell us what the rate is…
Using the faucet You proposed I got such an answer:
But no actual tADA on my Yoroi Nightly wallet (which is on Proprod)
You need to use the preprod faucet to obtain tADA on preprod. This guide may assist you in using the preprod faucet.