Creating Test Accounts | XRPL Development in JavaScript - Level 3

Creating the Script

Create a new file called createAccounts.js in your project directory.

Paste the following code into createAccounts.js.

import { Client, Wallet } from 'xrpl';

// List of account names to create
const accountNames = [
    'ISSUER_A',
    'ISSUER_B',
    'ALICE',
    'BOB',
    'CHARLIE',
    'DANIEL',
];

// Object to store account wallets
const wallets = {};

// Create a client
const client = new Client('wss://s.altnet.rippletest.net:51233');

const main = async () => {
    await client.connect();

    for (const name of accountNames) {
        const wallet = Wallet.generate();
        wallets[name] = wallet;
        await fundAccount(wallet);
        console.log(`${name}_ADDRESS: ${wallet.address}`);
        console.log(`${name}_SEED: ${wallet.seed}`);
    }

    await client.disconnect();
};

// Add funds to the account from the Faucet
const fundAccount = async (wallet) => {
    const response = await client.fundWallet(wallet);
    // console.log(response);
};

main().catch(console.error);

Running the Script

Run the following command in the command line to execute the script.
Terminal window
```
node createAccounts.js
```

If successful, the console will display the following.

ISSUER_A_ADDRESS: r████████████████████████████
ISSUER_A_SEED: s████████████████████████████
ISSUER_B_ADDRESS: r████████████████████████████
ISSUER_B_SEED: s████████████████████████████
ALICE_ADDRESS: r████████████████████████████
ALICE_SEED: s████████████████████████████
BOB_ADDRESS: r████████████████████████████
BOB_SEED: s████████████████████████████
CHARLIE_ADDRESS: r████████████████████████████
CHARLIE_SEED: s████████████████████████████
DANIEL_ADDRESS: r████████████████████████████
DANIEL_SEED: s████████████████████████████

Make a note of the above information.

# Token Issuer A
Address:
Secret:

# Token Issuer B
Address:
Secret:

# Alice
Address:
Secret:

# Bob
Address:
Secret:

# Charlie
Address:
Secret:

# Daniel
Address:
Secret:

Creating an Environment Variables File

Using an environment variables file (.env) allows for efficient source management.

In this test project, it will be used to manage the secret keys of the accounts. By managing it in a .env file, you can call the common account information across various sources.

Remember, in production-level projects, it is essential knowledge.

Installing the Library

Install the dotenv library.

npm install dotenv

Creating the .env File

Create a file called .env in the root of the project and define it as follows.

ISSUER_A_SEED=s████████████████████████████
ISSUER_B_SEED=s████████████████████████████
ALICE_SEED=s████████████████████████████
BOB_SEED=s████████████████████████████
CHARLIE_SEED=s████████████████████████████
DANIEL_SEED=s████████████████████████████

Note: It will not be visible by default in Finder or other file managers.

Creating wallets.js

Create a file called wallets.js in the root of the project and write the following source.

Create a script that generates account information from the .env defined above and exports it as an object.

import { Wallet } from 'xrpl';
import { config } from 'dotenv';

config(); // Load dotenv settings

export const wallets = {
  issuerA: Wallet.fromSeed(process.env.ISSUER_A_SEED),
  issuerB: Wallet.fromSeed(process.env.ISSUER_B_SEED),
  alice: Wallet.fromSeed(process.env.ALICE_SEED),
  bob: Wallet.fromSeed(process.env.BOB_SEED),
  charlie: Wallet.fromSeed(process.env.CHARLIE_SEED),
  daniel: Wallet.fromSeed(process.env.DANIEL_SEED),
};

Usage

You can use it as follows.

import { Client} from 'xrpl';
import { wallets } from './wallets.js';

const client = new Client('wss://s.altnet.rippletest.net:51233');

async function main() {
  try {
    await client.connect();

    const { issuerA, issuerB, alice, bob, charlie, daniel } = wallets;

    ...
  }
}

By doing this, you can call common account information across files with little effort.

I believe this will help you progress efficiently with your learning, and you can also apply this to your own product ideas.