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Minting NFT on Near Protocol

We will learn how to use this NFT-kit to mint our first NFT on Near Protocol

Near Wallet Creation

We will need a Near wallet in order to mint our NFT , creating a wallet is very easy! Here are a few easy steps to get you started

Step 1: Go to testnet.mynearwallet.com and “Create Account”

Click on “Get Started”

Step 2: Choose a Security Method

To protect your account, you’ll have to select an option to secure your NEAR wallet.

Choose from the three security methods mentioned to start your wallet initialization — Secure Passphrase / Ledger Hardware Wallet / Email

Step 3: Fund Your NEAR Wallet

Setup NFT-Kit

Before we can start with configuring our NFT collection, we need to clone and run the NFT-Kits REST API on our machine.

Installation & Running the Project

Make sure you have a JDK 16 build environment including Gradle installed on your machine

Make sure you have a Node.js and the npm installed on your machine.

Clone the project

2. Change the folder

3. Put the needed by the file under the path: js/.envof the project

4. Run the following command:

5. Open new terminal under the path: waltid-nftkit

6. Make the rest of the

7. Build the project

8. Run the executable

In build/distributions/ you have two archives, a .tar, and a .zip.

Extract the one that is built for your system and run it.

Now we can visit the REST API at the endpoint displayed in the terminal after running the project. In the next section, we will be configuring our NFT collection and deploy the Smart Contract on Near Protocol blockchain

Create Sub-account

Your account can create direct sub accounts of itself, for example, user.near can create sub.user.near.

Create a sub-account

Sub accounts on near help with the organisation of your project , it separates the smart contract address from your main account.

Smart Contract ( Collection )

Before we can mint an NFT, we need to define the collection, of which the NFT will be a part, via the deployment of a smart contract.

Deploying the Contract

Before you mint a new NFT, you need to have an already deployed smart contract or deploy a new one. For this tutorial, we will deploy a new smart contract.

We will deploy the smart contract on the Near testnet. We need to provide the owner and the metadata of smart contract.

Example 1 : Default Contract metadata

Example 2 : Custom Contract metadata

Minting your first NFT

Now, you're able to mint your first NFT. We will use the deployed smart contract in the previous section to mint a new NFT. We also need to provide the token id and the recipient account for the NFT.