Use NFT Express with Your Own Smart Contract

Tatum NFT Express automatically uses Tatum’s smart contract, in its standard mode, to allow you to mint NFTs without cryptocurrencies. 

However, you can also use NFT Express with your own Smart contract by including a minter role. This guide explains how to use NFT Express to mint NFTs on the following blockchains.

• BNB Chain

• Celo

• Ethereum

• Harmony

• Klaytn

• Polygon

Prerequisites

Tatum paid plan

To mint NFTs, you need an API key with a paid Tatum plan. Visit the Tatum Dashboard to sign up for one.

For details about Tatum’s plans pricing and allowances, visit Pricing & Plans.

Minter role in your smart contract

To mint NFTs without crypto your smart contract MUST include a minter role. You can use any other compatible role system where the Tatum address is allowed to mint on. Add Tatum’s address as a minter role to your NFT smart contract.

Tatum JavaScript SDK (optional)

While you can use API calls directly, you can also install Tatum’s JavaScript SDK.

You must enter the API key in the environment variables in your IDE or into the header of the direct API request.

To use JavaScript, download and install the Tatum JavaScript SDK.

Mint NFTs without crypto with your smart contract

Once you have ensured that all prerequisites are met, use the Mint an NFT API call:

Request example:

curl --location --request POST 'https://api-us-west1.tatum.io/v3/nft/mint/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: your_api_key_here' \
--data-raw '{
   "to": "0x4a08bf00f83e6ada9a243dbf04a51aae10f1526b",
   "url": "ipfs://bafkreibiqkirqhb3c7evrezmbhrzeupky7exycgeqmqrylxlkngwcy2oe4",
   "minter": "0x49678AAB11E001eb3cB2cBD9aA96b36DC2461A94",
   "contractAddress":"0xd3owv7qkfi7bg73dqn5ip56lgd6vhsbiqee7f7qk",
   "tokenId": "123123123",
   "chain": "MATIC"
}'

Example using Polygon (MATIC).

Required parameters

• chain - The blockchain on which the NFT will be minted.
• to - The recipient’s address to which the NFT will be sent.

• URL - The URL of the metadata (image, audio, video, etc.) to be included in the NFT. For more information how to upload metadata to IPFS for free using Tatum, see Store Metadata to IPFS and Include It in an NFT.

• contractAddress - The address of your smart contract.

• tokenId - A unique ID number of the token being minted.

• minter - Tatum’s minter address on the respective blockchain. You must use Tatum’s minter address to ensure the gas fees are paid from your Tatum credit.

Tatum blockchains and mainnet addresses:

• BSC - 0x49678AAB11E001eb3cB2cBD9aA96b36DC2461A94
• CELO - 0x49678AAB11E001eb3cB2cBD9aA96b36DC2461A94
• ETH - 0x49678AAB11E001eb3cB2cBD9aA96b36DC2461A94
• KLAY - 0x49678AAB11E001eb3cB2cBD9aA96b36DC2461A94
• MATIC - 0x49678AAB11E001eb3cB2cBD9aA96b36DC2461A94
• ONE - 0x49678AAB11E001eb3cB2cBD9aA96b36DC2461A94