Connect to Moonbase Alpha

Introduction

Moonbase Alpha has two endpoints available for users to connect to: one for HTTPS and one for WSS.

HTTPS DNS

To connect to Moonbase Alpha via HTTPS, simply point your provider to the following RPC DNS:

https://rpc.testnet.moonbeam.network

For the web3.js library, you can create a local Web3 instance and set the provider to connect to Moonbase Alpha (both HTTP and WS are supported):

const Web3 = require('web3'); //Load Web3 library
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//Create local Web3 instance - set Moonbase Alpha as provider
const web3 = new Web3('https://rpc.testnet.moonbeam.network'); 

For the ethers.js library, define the provider by using ethers.providers.StaticJsonRpcProvider(providerURL, {object}) and setting the provider URL to Moonbase Alpha:

const ethers = require('ethers');


const providerURL = 'https://rpc.testnet.moonbeam.network';
// Define Provider
const provider = new ethers.providers.StaticJsonRpcProvider(providerURL, {
    chainId: 1287,
    name: 'moonbase-alphanet'
});

Any Ethereum wallet should be able to generate a valid address for Moonbeam (for example, MetaMask).

WSS DNS

For WebSocket connections, you can use the following DNS:

wss://wss.testnet.moonbeam.network

Chain ID

For the Moonbase Alpha TestNet the chain ID is: 1287.

Get Tokens

To start building on Moonbase Alpha, you can get DEV tokens from our faucet.