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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 an existing Testnet accounts without needing to create one through the site, or through the CLI.

Fund a valid Testnet Flow Account using 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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