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Before working with our code snippets, we recommend creating a wallet account on the test wallet that’s part of the Interledger testnet.

The test wallet lets you create developer keys and wallet accounts, funded with play money, for making Interledger transactions via the Open Payments APIs.

Create an account on the test wallet

  1. Go to wallet.interledger-test.dev.
  2. Click Create account at the bottom-right of the screen.
  3. Enter your e-mail address, a strong password, then confirm the password. Click the arrowhead.
  4. Go to your inbox and look for an e-mail sent by tech@interledger.org with the subject “[Test.Wallet] Verify your account”. Click Confirm my email address.
  5. Click Login to your account at the email verification screen.
  6. Log in with your credentials.
  7. Complete the Know Your Customer (KYC) steps and liveness check. The only real information you need to share is your email address and phone number. All other information can be fictitious. If a photo is required, you can upload anything as long as it’s not blank. A face scan may also be required.

You’re now ready to create a test wallet and add money to it!

Create and fund a wallet account

  1. Click New account on the Interledger Wallet dashboard. Test wallet dashboard screen showing the new account option
  2. Enter any account name, select an asset (currency), then click Create account. Create a new account screen with account name field and asset drop-down menu
  3. Click Close, then click Accounts from the left nav bar.
  4. Select the account you just created.
  5. Click Deposit. Account options screen showing buttons for deposit and add payment pointer
  6. Enter any amount to deposit into the account, then click Deposit. Deposit to account screen with amount field

You now have a funded test wallet!

Add a payment pointer to your wallet account

  1. Select the account from the Test Wallet dashboard.
  2. Click Add payment pointer. Account options screen showing buttons for add payment pointer and deposit
  3. Enter a Payment Pointer name and a Public name of your choosing. Create payment pointer screen with fields for payment pointer name and public name
  4. Click Create. Your account now has a payment pointer.

Obtain a public-private key pair and key ID

Before you can initialize an authenticated Open Payments client, you must obtain a public-private key pair and a key ID.

  1. Click Settings in the left sidebar on the dashboard.
  2. Click the Developer Keys tab.
  3. Expand the menu for your wallet account. Developer keys tab with account expanded, showing the upload key and the generate public and private key buttons
  4. Click Generate public & private key.
  5. Enter any nickname for the key pair, then click Generate keys. A file named private.key automatically downloads to your machine Generate public and private key screen with nickname field Key pair generation success screen
  6. Click Close. Your key ID appears on the screen, along with a Show/Hide option for your public key. Developer keys tab with account expanded, showing the newly generated key id and an option to show the public key

You can now use your keys and payment pointer to initialize an authenticated Open Payments client.