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+"""Deploys accounts index, registering arbitrary number of writers
+
+.. moduleauthor:: Louis Holbrook <dev@holbrook.no>
+.. pgp:: 0826EDA1702D1E87C6E2875121D2E7BB88C2A746 
+
+"""
+
+# standard imports
+import json
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+# third-party imports
+import web3
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
+logg = logging.getLogger()
+
+logging.getLogger('web3').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+logging.getLogger('urllib3').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+argparser.add_argument('-p', '--provider', dest='p', default='http://localhost:8545', type=str, help='Web3 provider url (http only)')
+argparser.add_argument('-w', '--writer', dest='w', action='append', type=str, help='Writer to add')
+argparser.add_argument('-a', '--account', dest='a', action='append', type=str, help='Account to add')
+argparser.add_argument('-k', '--keep-sender', dest='k', action='store_true', help='If set, sender will be kept as writer')
+argparser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='Be verbose')
+args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+if args.v:
+    logg.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    w3 = web3.Web3(web3.Web3.HTTPProvider(args.p))
+
+    f = open('registry.bin', 'r')
+    bytecode = f.read()
+    f.close()
+
+    f = open('registry.abi.json', 'r')
+    abi = json.load(f)
+    f.close()
+
+    w3.eth.defaultAccount = w3.eth.accounts[0]
+
+    c = w3.eth.contract(abi=abi, bytecode=bytecode)
+    tx_hash = c.constructor().transact({'from': w3.eth.accounts[0]})
+
+    rcpt = w3.eth.getTransactionReceipt(tx_hash)
+
+    address = rcpt.contractAddress
+    c = w3.eth.contract(abi=abi, address=address)
+
+    logg.debug('adding sender to write list')
+    c.functions.addWriter(w3.eth.accounts[0]).transact()
+    
+    if args.w != None:
+        for w in args.w:
+            logg.info('adding {} to write list'.format(w))
+            c.functions.addWriter(w).transact()
+
+    if args.a != None:
+        for a in args.a:
+            logg.info('adding {} to accounts index'.format(a))
+            c.functions.add(a).transact()
+
+    if not args.k:
+        logg.debug('deleting sender for write list')
+        c.functions.deleteWriter(w3.eth.accounts[0]).transact()
+
+    print(address)
+
+#    fail = False
+#    try:
+#        c.functions.add(w3.eth.accounts[2]).transact({'from': w3.eth.accounts[1]})
+#    except:
+#        fail = True
+#    assert fail
+#
+#    c.functions.addWriter(w3.eth.accounts[1]).transact({'from': w3.eth.accounts[0]})
+#    c.functions.add(w3.eth.accounts[2]).transact({'from': w3.eth.accounts[1]})
+#    c.functions.add(w3.eth.accounts[3]).transact({'from': w3.eth.accounts[1]})
+#
+#    assert c.functions.count().call() == 3
+#    assert c.functions.accountsIndex(w3.eth.accounts[3]).call() == 2
+#    assert c.functions.accounts(2).call() == w3.eth.accounts[3]
+#
+#    fail = False
+#    try:
+#        c.functions.add(w3.eth.accounts[3]).transact({'from': w3.eth.accounts[1]})
+#    except:
+#        fail = True
+#    assert fail