Account management via CLI

The Python SDK comes with a command line client (CLI) that can be used among other things to generate, store, inspect and load accounts

Generate a new account

The command to generate a new (non HD) account is:

$ aecli account create KEYSTORE_FILENAME.json

the command will ask for a password and will store the account in the file named KEYSTORE_FILENAME.json; here an example:

➜ aecli account create  BOB.json
Enter the account password []:
<account>
  Address ___________________________________________ ak_2P44NhGFT7fP1TFpZ62FwabWP9djg5sDwFNDVVpiGgd3p4yA7X
  Path ______________________________________________ /howto/BOB.json
</account>

Print the secret key of an account

Warning

The secret key is printed in “clear text”, by printing it on the terminal or saving it unencrypted you expose your account

the command to print the public and secret key of an account saved in a keystore file is:

$ aecli account address --secret-key KEYSTORE_FILENAME.json

Example:

➜ aecli account address BOB.json --secret-key
Enter the account password:
!Warning! this will print your secret key on the screen, are you sure? [y/N]: y
<account>
  Address ___________________________________________ ak_2P44NhGFT7fP1TFpZ62FwabWP9djg5sDwFNDVVpiGgd3p4yA7X
  Secretkey _________________________________________ c226bf650f30740287f77a715............f49ddff758971112fb5cfb0e66975a8f
</account>