Cannot transfer tez

Question

I am using the node: https://babylonnet.tezos.org.ua

I am using taquito node module to test a faucet account:

taquito.Tezos.setProvider({rpc:'https://babylonnet.tezos.org.ua'})
taquito.Tezos.importKey(email,password,mnemonic.join(" "),secret)
taquito.Tezos.contract.transfer({to:address,amount:amount})  
.then(op=>{console.log(op.confirmation)})
.then(block=>{console.log(block)})
.catch(error=>{console.log(JSON.stringify(error))})

The output is:

{
  "message": "Http error response: (400) Failed to parsed an argument in    path. After \"chains/main/blocks/head/context/contracts/balance\", the value \"Cannot parse contract id\" is not acceptable for type \"contract_id\"",
  "status": 400,
  "statusText": "Bad Request",
  "body": "Failed to parsed an argument in path. After \"chains/main/blocks/head/context/contracts/balance\", the value \"Cannot parse contract id\" is not acceptable for type \"contract_id\"",
  "name": "HttpResponse"
}

How do i successfully send tez?

Answer 1

You have an error in your code because you are not sending an address to the RPC-URL. The error says this:

Failed to parsed an argument in path. After "chains/main/blocks/head/context/contracts/balance"

But the correct path should be this, as example:

chains/main/blocks/head/context/contracts/tz1YH2LE6p7Sj16vF6irfHX92QV45XAZYHnX/balance

So you are missing a key piece of information when fetching the balance, which is the address itself. Check the variable 'address' and make sure it is populated.