Connecting to Solana

This example shows how to connect to a Solana environment and check the connection status.

Code

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Solana Cookbook - Connecting to a Solana Environment
"""

import asyncio
from solana.rpc.async_api import AsyncClient

async def main():
    async with AsyncClient("https://api.devnet.solana.com") as client:
        res = await client.is_connected()
    print(res)  # True

asyncio.run(main())

Explanation

1. Import required modules: We import asyncio for async operations and AsyncClient from solana.rpc.async_api
2. Create async client: Initialize an async client with the Solana devnet RPC endpoint
3. Check connection: Use is_connected() to verify the connection status
4. Print result: The result should be True if connected successfully

Usage

Run this script to test your connection to the Solana devnet:

python connecting_to_solana.py

Network Endpoints

• Devnet: https://api.devnet.solana.com
• Testnet: https://api.testnet.solana.com
• Mainnet: https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com