Did you know that the NFT industry generated around $24.7 billion in sales last year(Source)? If you’re a programmer trying to get your hands dirty in this space with little or no Blockchain development experience, this article can be a great start for you. In this article, you’ll learn about how you can mint NFTs programmatically using Alchemy and Pinata Cloud with 0 Solidity knowledge. There are 2 parts to this article:
If you know how to deploy an ERC721 smart contract or have one deployed already, you may directly jump to the 2nd part.
What you’ll need: Metamask wallet with Polygon Mumbai added, NodeJS, npm and the desire to learn something new
Part 1: Deploying an ERC721 smart contract
Step 1: Create an Alchemy account
The first step is to sign up for a free Alchemy account in case you don’t have one already.