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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import sys
+import os
+import logging
+import uuid
+import json
+import argparse
+
+# external imports
+import celery
+import confini
+import redis
+from xdg.BaseDirectory import xdg_config_home
+from chainlib.eth.address import to_checksum_address
+
+# local imports
+from cic_eth.api import Api
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
+logg = logging.getLogger('create_account_script')
+logging.getLogger('confini').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+logging.getLogger('gnupg').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+default_config_dir = os.environ.get('CONFINI_DIR', '/usr/local/etc/cic')
+
+argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+argparser.add_argument('--no-register', dest='no_register', action='store_true', help='Do not register new account in on-chain accounts index')
+argparser.add_argument('-c', type=str, default=default_config_dir, help='config file')
+argparser.add_argument('-i', '--chain-spec', dest='i', type=str, help='chain spec')
+argparser.add_argument('--token-symbol', dest='token_symbol', type=str, help='Symbol of token to transfer')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-host', dest='redis_host', type=str, help='redis host to use for task submission')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-port', dest='redis_port', type=int, help='redis host to use for task submission')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-db', dest='redis_db', type=int, help='redis db to use for task submission and callback')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-host-callback', dest='redis_host_callback', default='localhost', type=str, help='redis host to use for callback')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-port-callback', dest='redis_port_callback', default=6379, type=int, help='redis port to use for callback')
+argparser.add_argument('--timeout', default=20.0, type=float, help='Callback timeout')
+argparser.add_argument('-q', type=str, default='cic-eth', help='Task queue')
+argparser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='Be verbose')
+argparser.add_argument('-vv', action='store_true', help='Be more verbose')
+argparser.add_argument('sender', type=str, help='Transaction sender')
+argparser.add_argument('recipient', type=str, help='Transaction recipient')
+argparser.add_argument('value', type=int, help='Transaction value with decimals')
+args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+if args.vv:
+    logg.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+if args.v:
+    logg.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+config_dir = args.c
+config = confini.Config(config_dir, os.environ.get('CONFINI_ENV_PREFIX'))
+config.process()
+args_override = {
+        'CIC_CHAIN_SPEC': getattr(args, 'i'),
+        'REDIS_HOST': getattr(args, 'redis_host'),
+        'REDIS_PORT': getattr(args, 'redis_port'),
+        'REDIS_DB': getattr(args, 'redis_db'),
+        }
+config.dict_override(args_override, 'cli')
+config.add(to_checksum_address(args.sender), '_SENDER', True)
+config.add(to_checksum_address(args.recipient), '_RECIPIENT', True)
+config.add(args.value, '_VALUE', True)
+config.add(args.token_symbol, '_SYMBOL', True)
+if config.get('_SYMBOL') == None:
+    raise ValueError('gas transfers not yet supported; token symbol required')
+celery_app = celery.Celery(broker=config.get('CELERY_BROKER_URL'), backend=config.get('CELERY_RESULT_URL'))
+
+
+def main():
+    redis_host = config.get('REDIS_HOST')
+    redis_port = config.get('REDIS_PORT')
+    redis_db = config.get('REDIS_DB')
+    redis_channel = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    r = redis.Redis(redis_host, redis_port, redis_db)
+
+    ps = r.pubsub()
+    ps.subscribe(redis_channel)
+    ps.get_message()
+
+    api = Api(
+            config.get('CIC_CHAIN_SPEC'),
+            queue=args.q,
+            callback_param='{}:{}:{}:{}'.format(args.redis_host_callback, args.redis_port_callback, redis_db, redis_channel),
+            callback_task='cic_eth.callbacks.redis.redis',
+            callback_queue=args.q,
+            )
+
+    #register = not args.no_register
+    #logg.debug('register {}'.format(register))
+    #t = api.create_account(register=register)
+    t = api.transfer(config.get('_SENDER'), config.get('_RECIPIENT'), config.get('_VALUE'), config.get('_SYMBOL'))
+
+    ps.get_message()
+    o = ps.get_message(timeout=args.timeout)
+    m = json.loads(o['data'])
+    print(m['result'])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()