Skip to main content
Version: Canary 🚧

How to Transfer Tokens

You can transfer tokens from one token account to another token account.

import {
clusterApiUrl,
Connection,
PublicKey,
Keypair,
Transaction,
sendAndConfirmTransaction,
} from "@solana/web3.js";
import {
createTransferCheckedInstruction,
TOKEN_PROGRAM_ID,
transferChecked,
} from "@solana/spl-token";
import bs58 from "bs58";

(async () => {
// connection
const connection = new Connection(clusterApiUrl("devnet"), "confirmed");

// 5YNmS1R9nNSCDzb5a7mMJ1dwK9uHeAAF4CmPEwKgVWr8
const feePayer = Keypair.fromSecretKey(
bs58.decode(
"588FU4PktJWfGfxtzpAAXywSNt74AvtroVzGfKkVN1LwRuvHwKGr851uH8czM5qm4iqLbs1kKoMKtMJG4ATR7Ld2",
),
);

// G2FAbFQPFa5qKXCetoFZQEvF9BVvCKbvUZvodpVidnoY
const alice = Keypair.fromSecretKey(
bs58.decode(
"4NMwxzmYj2uvHuq8xoqhY8RXg63KSVJM1DXkpbmkUY7YQWuoyQgFnnzn6yo3CMnqZasnNPNuAT2TLwQsCaKkUddp",
),
);

const mintPubkey = new PublicKey(
"8mAKLjGGmjKTnmcXeyr3pr7iX13xXVjJJiL6RujDbSPV",
);

const tokenAccountXPubkey = new PublicKey(
"2XYiFjmU1pCXmC2QfEAghk6S7UADseupkNQdnRBXszD5",
);
const tokenAccountYPubkey = new PublicKey(
"GMxZfDmpR1b3vdJYXHzdF5noVLQogZuUAsDHHQ3ytPfV",
);

// 1) use build-in function
{
let txhash = await transferChecked(
connection, // connection
feePayer, // payer
tokenAccountXPubkey, // from (should be a token account)
mintPubkey, // mint
tokenAccountYPubkey, // to (should be a token account)
alice, // from's owner
1e8, // amount, if your deciamls is 8, send 10^8 for 1 token
8, // decimals
);
console.log(`txhash: ${txhash}`);
}

// or

// 2) compose by yourself
{
let tx = new Transaction().add(
createTransferCheckedInstruction(
tokenAccountXPubkey, // from (should be a token account)
mintPubkey, // mint
tokenAccountYPubkey, // to (should be a token account)
alice.publicKey, // from's owner
1e8, // amount, if your deciamls is 8, send 10^8 for 1 token
8, // decimals
),
);
console.log(
`txhash: ${await sendAndConfirmTransaction(connection, tx, [
feePayer,
alice /* fee payer + owner */,
])}`,
);
}
})();