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Funding a Testnet Account

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The Flow Testnet Faucet allows users to create accounts and receive 1,000 Testnet FLOW tokens for testing and development purposes. You can also fund a current Testnet account without the need to create one through the site, or through the CLI.

Fund a valid Testnet Flow Account with the Flow CLI.


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flow accounts fund [address|name]

Example usage​

Fund by address​


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> flow accounts fund 8e94eaa81771313a
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Opening the faucet to fund 0x8e94eaa81771313a on your native browser.
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If there is an issue, please use this link instead: https://testnet-faucet.onflow.org/fund-account?address=8e94eaa81771313a

Fund by account name​


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> flow accounts fund testnet-account
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Opening the faucet to fund 0x8e94eaa81771313a on your native browser.
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If there is an issue, please use this link instead: https://testnet-faucet.onflow.org/fund-account?address=8e94eaa81771313a

Interactive prompt​


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> flow accounts fund
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? Select account to fund: (Use arrow keys)
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❯ testnet-account (0x8e94eaa81771313a)
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emulator-account (0x0ae53cb6e3f42a79)

Arguments​

Address or account name (optional)​

  • Name: address|name
  • Valid Input: Flow Testnet account address or account name from flow.json

You can provide:

  • A Flow account address (prefixed with 0x or not)
  • An account name configured in your flow.json
  • No argument to get an interactive prompt for account selection
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