Etherem Faucet

Setup

Deploy faucet contract - Local

1. Run local hardhat node

   npx hardhat node

2. Run the following command to deploy faucet on localhost

   npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network localhost

3. Copy the contract address printed to console and replace the already existing address in src/constants.js with it.

Deploy faucet contract - Testnet (Rinkeby)

1. Create a file by name .env inside the root directory of this project. Paste the following lines inside this .env file

ALCHEMY_API_KEY = 'YOUR_ALCHEMY_API_KEY"
WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY = 'YOUR_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY'

2. Replace YOUR_ALCHEMY_API_KEY with API key created using Alchemy

3. Replace YOUR_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY with private key obtained by following these steps

   1. Click on metamask plugin icon in the browser
   2. Select Account details
   3. Click Export Private Key button and confirm your password

4. Run the following command to deploy faucet on rinkeby network

   npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network rinkeby

5. Copy the contract address printed to console and replace the already existing address in src/constants.js with it.

Note: You can skip the contract deployment steps and by default the setup would use an already deployed contract.

Run Project

1. Install dependencies

   npm install

2. Run app

   npm start

Common hardhat console commands (If using local network to deploy)

1. Connect to the appropriate network using Hardhat console command

   npx hardhat console --network rinkeby

2. Get balance

   $ let bal = await ethers.provider.getBalance("CONTRACT_ADDR");
   $ bal

3. Convert balance to ethers

   $ ethers.utils.formatEther(bal);