diff --git a/pages/api/faucet.ts b/pages/api/faucet.ts
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+// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
+
+interface ErrorResponse {
+  error: string
+}
+
+export interface Faucet {
+  address: string;
+  secret: string;
+  xrp: number;
+  hash: string;
+  code: string;
+}
+
+
+export default async function handler(
+  req: NextApiRequest,
+  res: NextApiResponse<Faucet | ErrorResponse>
+) {
+  if (req.method !== 'POST') {
+    return res.status(405).json({ error: 'Method not allowed!' })
+  }
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch('https://hooks-testnet.xrpl-labs.com/newcreds', { method: 'POST' });
+    const json: Faucet | ErrorResponse = await response.json();
+    if ("error" in json) {
+      return res.status(429).json(json)
+    }
+    return res.status(200).json(json);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Server error' })
+  }
+  return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Not able to create faucet, try again' })
+}