Transfer NFT minted via Metaplex(candy machine)

Question

Does the minted NFT from Metaplex(candy machine) automatically generate the Token Account (as I am planning to transfer it to other owner via Javascript). Also, i am using the function getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount to create a token account but my problem is it needs keypair and I dont know where to locate if I a only have a wallet address? Here is my code:

   // wallet address of the owner of NFT but I want to get the keypair here since it is the one that is required for getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount
    const fromWallet = owner_wallet;
    // Public Key of buyer
    const toWallet = buyer_wallet;
   // NFT mint address
   let mint = mint_address;
   //connection
   const connection = use_connection;

   // Get the token account of the toWallet address, and if it does not exist, create it
        const toTokenAccount = await getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount(connection, fromWallet, mint, toWallet);

  // Get the token account of the fromWallet address, and if it does not exist, create it (my problem here is 2nd parameter is looking for keypair but i can only provide a wallet address
  const fromTokenAccount = await getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount(
        connection,
        fromWallet,
        mint,
        fromWallet.publicKey
    );

  const signature = await transfer(
        connection,
        fromWallet,
        fromTokenAccount.address,
        toTokenAccount.address,
        fromWallet.publicKey,
        0
    );
    console.log(`finished transfer with ${signature}`);

Mark Sackerberg Mark Sackerberg · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-24T14:34:05

Does the minted NFT from Metaplex(candy machine) automatically generate the Token Account --> Yes
(as I am planning to transfer it to other owner via Javascript) --> you need / should create a new token account and not just transfer the ownership of the token account
Also, i am using the function getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount to create a token account but my problem is it needs keypair and I dont know where to locate if I a only have a wallet address? --> You need to use the wallet / keypair of the wallet that is the current holder of the NFT.

This question is not related to candy machine but to transferring NFTs. Have a look here to learn how to transfer tokens: https://solanacookbook.com/references/basic-transactions.html#how-to-send-spl-tokens

Transfer NFT minted via Metaplex(candy machine)

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