create_token
Documentation for eth_defi.token.create_token function.
- create_token(web3, deployer, name, symbol, supply, decimals=18)[source]
Deploys a new ERC-20 token on local dev, testnet or mainnet.
Uses ERC20Mock contract for the deployment.
Waits until the transaction has completed
Example:
# Deploys an ERC-20 token where 100,000 tokens are allocated ato the deployer address token = create_token(web3, deployer, "Hentai books token", "HENTAI", 100_000 * 10**18) print(f"Deployed token contract address is {token.address}") print(f"Deployer account {deployer} has {token.functions.balanceOf(user_1).call() / 10**18} tokens")
Find more examples in Tutorials and unit testing source code.
- Parameters
web3 (web3.main.Web3) – Web3 instance
deployer (str) –
Deployer account as 0x address.
Make sure this account has enough ETH or native token to cover the gas cost.
name (str) – Token name
symbol (str) – Token symbol
supply (int) –
Token starting supply as raw units.
E.g.
500 * 10**18
to have 500 tokens minted to the deployer at the start.decimals (int) – How many decimals ERC-20 token values have
- Returns
Instance to a deployed Web3 contract.
- Return type
web3.contract.contract.Contract