Examples

Listed here and in gill's open source repository, you can find a collection of example scripts and code snippets that demonstrate how to accomplish various common tasks for Solana developers.

github.com/gillsdk/gill/tree/master/examples

Get started with the basics

Inside of the gill repository, you can find the get-started directory that contains gill examples scripts on the following:

intro.ts

A brief introduction to the gill library. Demonstrating and explaining the commonly used tasks involved to interact with the Solana blockchain, including:

• load a keypair signer from the local filesystem
• create an rpc connection to the blockchain
• creating basic instructions (like the memo instruction)
• getting the latest blockhash
• building a complete transaction
• signing the transaction with the loaded local keypair signer
• getting the signature of a transaction (even before it is sent)
• logging Solana Explorer links
• sending and confirming a transaction

These are all the most basic tasks required for any application sending transaction to the Solana blockchain.

airdrop.ts

Demonstrates how to create a client connection to the Solana blockchain on a test cluster (e.g. devnet, testnet, or localnet) and request airdrops of testing SOL tokens to a wallet address.

tokens.ts

Demonstrates how to use gill's "transaction builders" to create a brand new Solana token (with onchain metadata) and then mint tokens to another user's wallet:

• load a keypair signer from the local filesystem
• create an rpc connection to the blockchain
• getting the latest blockhash
• build an optimized transaction to create a token
• sign, send, and confirm that "create token" transaction
• build an optimized transaction to mint
• sign, send, and confirm that "mint tokens" transaction

reference-keys.ts

This script demonstrates the process to add a reference key into a transaction.

Adding reference keys to transactions allows developers to be able track the completion of transactions given to users, without knowing the signature ahead of time. Then, perform any desired logic after detection of the reference keyed transaction landing onchain.

Most notably utilized within SolanaPay and Blinks.

See also: the gill docs for Reference Keys for more information.

Comparison between @solana/kit and gill

You can find comparison scripts that demonstrates some of the differences between gill and @solana/kit (formerly known as "web3.js v2").

Both scripts accomplish the same task: send an optimized transaction to the Solana blockchain.

• Using gill - basic.ts
• Using web3js v2 - basic-compare.ts