drift-protocol

Drift Protocol SDK Development Guide

A comprehensive guide for building Solana applications with the Drift Protocol SDK - the leading perpetual futures and spot trading protocol on Solana.

Overview

Drift Protocol is a decentralized exchange on Solana offering:

• Perpetual Futures: Up to 20x leverage on crypto assets
• Spot Trading: Borrow/lend and margin trading
• Cross-Collateral: Use multiple assets as collateral
• Vaults: Delegated trading pools
• Jupiter Integration: Direct spot swaps

Quick Start

Installation

npm install @drift-labs/sdk @solana/web3.js @coral-xyz/anchor

For Python:

pip install driftpy

Basic Setup (TypeScript)

import { Connection, Keypair } from '@solana/web3.js';
import { Wallet } from '@coral-xyz/anchor';
import {
  DriftClient,
  initialize,
  DriftEnv,
  BulkAccountLoader
} from '@drift-labs/sdk';

// 1. Setup connection and wallet
const connection = new Connection('https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com');
const keypair = Keypair.fromSecretKey(/* your secret key */);
const wallet = new Wallet(keypair);

// 2. Initialize SDK
const sdkConfig = initialize({ env: 'mainnet-beta' as DriftEnv });

// 3. Create DriftClient
const driftClient = new DriftClient({
  connection,
  wallet,
  env: 'mainnet-beta',
  accountSubscription: {
    type: 'polling',
    accountLoader: new BulkAccountLoader(connection, 'confirmed', 1000),
  },
});

// 4. Subscribe to updates
await driftClient.subscribe();

// 5. Check if user account exists
const user = driftClient.getUser();
const userExists = await user.exists();

if (!userExists) {
  // Initialize user account (costs ~0.035 SOL rent)
  await driftClient.initializeUserAccount();
}

Basic Setup (Python)

import asyncio
from solana.rpc.async_api import AsyncClient
from solders.keypair import Keypair
from driftpy.drift_client import DriftClient
from driftpy.account_subscription_config import AccountSubscriptionConfig
from anchorpy import Wallet

async def main():
    connection = AsyncClient("https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com")
    keypair = Keypair.from_bytes(secret_key_bytes)
    wallet = Wallet(keypair)

    drift_client = DriftClient(
        connection,
        wallet,
        "mainnet",
        account_subscription=AccountSubscriptionConfig("polling"),
    )

    await drift_client.subscribe()

    user = drift_client.get_user()
    if not await user.exists():
        await drift_client.initialize_user_account()

asyncio.run(main())