eth-faucet

The faucet is a web application with the goal of distributing small amounts of Ether in private and test networks.

Get started

Run with Docker

• Use private key as sender

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -e WEB3_PROVIDER="rpc endpoint" -e PRIVATE_KEY="hex private key" chainflag/eth-faucet:1.0.0 -httpport 8080

• Use keystore file as sender

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -e WEB3_PROVIDER="rpc endpoint" -e KEYSTORE="keystore path" -v `pwd`/keystore:/app/keystore -v `pwd`/password.txt:/app/password.txt chainflag/eth-faucet:1.0.0 -httpport 8080

Optional Flags

Flag	Description	Default Value
-chainname	Network name to display on the frontend	testnet
-httpport	Listener port to serve HTTP connection	8080
-interval	Number of minutes to wait between funding rounds	1440
-payout	Number of Ethers to transfer per user request	1
-proxycount	Count of reverse proxies in front of the server	0
-queuecap	Maximum transactions waiting to be sent	100

Deploy to Heroku

heroku create
heroku buildpacks:add heroku/nodejs
heroku buildpacks:add heroku/go
heroku config:set WEB3_PROVIDER=rpc endpoint
heroku config:set PRIVATE_KEY=hex private key
git push heroku main
heroku open

or

Development

Prerequisites

• Go (1.16 or later)
• Node.js

Build

1. Clone the repository and navigate to the app’s directory

git clone https://github.com/chainflag/eth-faucet.git
cd eth-faucet

2. Bundle Frontend web with Rollup

npm run build

For more details, please refer to the web readme

3. Build binary application to run faucet

go build
export WEB3_PROVIDER=https://ropsten.infura.io
export PRIVATE_KEY=secret
./eth-faucet

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License