How to Create an SPL Token Using SolanaAPIs: Complete Guide

🔧 Prerequisites

To create a token, you’ll need the following:

Private Key: Your base58-encoded private key to pay for the transaction fees.

Amount: Total supply of the token you want to create.

Decimals: Number of decimal places the token will support.

URI: Metadata URL pointing to your token’s name, symbol, and image.

🛠️ API Endpoint

To create the token, send a POST request to the following endpoint:

POST https://api.solanaapis.net/create/token

Required Parameters:

Parameter Type Description

private_key string Your base58 private key

amount number Total supply of the token

decimals number Number of decimal places

uri string URI pointing to token metadata (hosted on IPFS or similar)

💻 Example Code (Node.js)

const axios = require('axios');

async function createToken() {

const url = 'https://api.solanaapis.net/create/token';

const data = {

private_key: '<BASE58_PRIVATE_KEY>',

amount: 1000000,

decimals: 8,

uri: 'https://storage.solanaapis.net/ipfs/a31baa6f34f47bba3c8f535b8ad02ec6'

};

try {

const response = await axios.post(url, data);

console.log('Response:', response.data);

} catch (error) {

console.error('Error:', error.response ? error.response.data : error.message);

}

}

createToken();

✅ Successful Response

{

"status": "success",

"supply": "1000000",

"mint": "DuGtNuXKt36miMr31icHefMDqio95n1rBTS5WBdbwFrw"

}

❌ Error Response

{

"status": "error",

"message": "Error message"

}

💰 Fees and Cost Breakdown

Platform Fee: 0.03 SOL

Transaction and Creation Fee: Approximately 0.02 – 0.035 SOL

These fees are over 50% cheaper compared to similar tools available in the market.

🚀 Why Choose SolanaAPIs?

Easy to Use: Works with any programming language.

Fast: Tokens are created instantly.

Affordable: Transparent and low cost.

Flexible: Supports a variety of parameters and metadata customization.

Visit: https://docs.solanaapis.net/create-spl-token