# Issuance

Handles all Asset Issuance related functionality

## Hierarchy

* Namespace‹[Asset](https://developers.polymath.network/polymesh-sdk-api-reference/classes/asset)›

  ↳ **Issuance**

## Index

### Properties

* [context](#protected-context)
* [parent](#protected-parent)

### Methods

* [issue](#issue)

## Properties

### `Protected` context

• **context**: *Context*

*Inherited from void*

*Defined in* [*src/api/entities/Namespace.ts:11*](https://github.com/PolymeshAssociation/polymesh-sdk/blob/46845947/src/api/entities/Namespace.ts#L11)

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### `Protected` parent

• **parent**: [*Asset*](https://developers.polymath.network/polymesh-sdk-api-reference/classes/asset)

*Inherited from void*

*Defined in* [*src/api/entities/Namespace.ts:9*](https://github.com/PolymeshAssociation/polymesh-sdk/blob/46845947/src/api/entities/Namespace.ts#L9)

## Methods

### issue

▸ **issue**(`args`: object, `opts?`: [ProcedureOpts](https://github.com/PolymeshAssociation/polymesh-sdk/blob/docs/v14/docs/interfaces/procedureopts.md)): *Promise‹*[*TransactionQueue*](https://developers.polymath.network/polymesh-sdk-api-reference/classes/transactionqueue)*‹*[*Asset*](https://developers.polymath.network/polymesh-sdk-api-reference/classes/asset)*››*

*Defined in* [*src/api/entities/Asset/Issuance.ts:35*](https://github.com/PolymeshAssociation/polymesh-sdk/blob/46845947/src/api/entities/Asset/Issuance.ts#L35)

Issue a certain amount of Asset tokens to the caller's default portfolio

**`note`** this method is of type [ProcedureMethod](https://github.com/PolymeshAssociation/polymesh-sdk/blob/docs/v14/docs/interfaces/proceduremethod.md), which means you can call [issue.checkAuthorization](https://github.com/PolymeshAssociation/polymesh-sdk/blob/docs/v14/docs/interfaces/proceduremethod.md#checkauthorization) on it to see whether the signing Account and Identity have the required roles and permissions to run it

**Parameters:**

▪ **args**: *object*

| Name     | Type      | Description                         |
| -------- | --------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `amount` | BigNumber | amount of Asset tokens to be issued |

▪`Optional` **opts**: [*ProcedureOpts*](https://github.com/PolymeshAssociation/polymesh-sdk/blob/docs/v14/docs/interfaces/procedureopts.md)

**Returns:** *Promise‹*[*TransactionQueue*](https://developers.polymath.network/polymesh-sdk-api-reference/classes/transactionqueue)*‹*[*Asset*](https://developers.polymath.network/polymesh-sdk-api-reference/classes/asset)*››*