Description

A faucet API for the Ethereum blockchain. This API is used to send Ether or an ERC20 token to a given address.

Installation

$ npm install

Configuration

Fill in the configuration file with the required values.

You will need to create a .env file in the root folder, with the following values:

# The private key of the account that will be used to send the tokens
PRIVATE_KEY=<pk>
# The URL of the Ethereum node (eg. Alchemy, Infura, etc.)
SEPOLIA_PROVIDER_URL=https://arb-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/<key>
MAINNET_PROVIDER_URL=https://arb-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/<key>

Running the app

First, build the app:

$ npm run build

Then, you can run the app in one of the following modes:

# development
$ npm run start

# watch mode
$ npm run start:dev

# production mode
$ npm run start:prod
# or with pm2
$ npm run start:pm2

Test

# unit tests
$ npm run test

# e2e tests
$ npm run test:e2e

# test coverage
$ npm run test:cov

Endpoints

Get already claimed tokens

GET /claims?recipient=<address>

Sample response:

["eth", "ovl"]

An empty array is returned if the recipient has not claimed any tokens:

[]

Request tokens

POST /

Sample request body:

{
    "tokens": ["eth", "ovl"],
    "recipient": "0xaf7F476a8C72de272Fc9A4b6153BB1B8Caa843bF"
}

Sample [partial] success response:

{
    "eth": {
        "status": "success",
        "txHash": "0xba129d4acbaf55ccc634edc2b1ac8f677add0ddfe4a1f799fda699ad73afa29f"
    },
    "ovl": {
        "status": "error",
        "reason": "could not transfer token (ovl) to recipient"
    }
}

Sample response when the request body is invalid:

{
    "message": [
        "each value in tokens must be one of the following values: eth, ovl",
        "invalid recipient address (0xaf7F476a8C72de272Fc9A4b6153BB1B8Caa843b)"
    ],
    "error": "Bad Request",
    "statusCode": 400
}

Sample response when there's an error with the request:

{
    "message": "recipient has already claimed token (ovl)",
    "error": "Bad Request",
    "statusCode": 400
}