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Metamask: How to import locally generated addresses to your Metamask

As a developer working with smart contracts, it is important to securely manage your users’ private keys and addresses. A popular solution for this is the MetaMask browser extension, which allows users to interact with their local Ethereum accounts in the browser. However, when building complex applications such as Connect and Fund contracts using Hardhat and Ethers.js, you will need to import locally generated addresses from your Metamask wallet.

In this article, we will walk you through the process of importing locally generated addresses to your MetaMask using your own local wallet.

Why is this necessary?

When users interact with your contract, they typically pass a unique address (e.g. “0x1234567890abcdef”) as an argument to the function. However, when you generate a new public key for your contract’s functions, you will need to update the address stored in the contract’s memory.

To do this, you will need to import the locally generated addresses from your MetaMask wallet. This will ensure that you can correctly initialize your contract with the correct private key and account information.

Prerequisites

Before we dive into the process, make sure you have:

• Have a local Ethereum node set up (e.g. Metamask, Infura, or Geth)

• Your own local MetaMask wallet

• Ethers.js installed in your project

• Hardhat set up to interact with your Ethereum network

Step 1: Create a new address from your MetaMask wallet

First, you need to create a new address in your Metamask wallet that will be used as the contract’s private key. Here’s how:

• Launch the MetaMask browser extension in your web browser.

• Log in with your MetaMask credentials (or create a new wallet if needed).

• Click “Settings” and navigate to “Wallet”.

• Click “Create New Address” or use the button to generate a new address.

Name your new address something like: “my_new_address”.

Step 2: Set up Ethers.js

Now that you have your MetaMask wallet’s private key (public key) ready, you need to set it up in your Hardhat project. Here’s how:

• Install ethers.js using npm or yarn:

npm install ethers.js

• Import the “ethers” module into your contract code:

import {.ethers } from '@nomiclabs/ethers';

Step 3: Initialize the contract with locally generated addresses

In your contract, create a new function that accepts an address and updates the contract’s store accordingly.

Here is a sample implementation for a simple connect-and-fund contract:

const Ethers = require('@nomiclabs/ethers');
contract('ConnectAndFund', () => {
let privateKey;
let address;
async function init() {
// Import locally generated addresses from MetaMask
privateKey = await ethers.Wallet.fromAccounts(address);
address = privateKey.address;
// Initialize contract with the imported addresses
await new Ethers.Contract(this.constructor, [...contract ABI], this);
}
});

Step 4: Update your Hardhat project

In your hardhat.config.js file, update the ethersjs configuration to include the MetaMask wallet:

module.exports = {
// ... other configurations ...
ethersjs: {
accounts: {
mnemonicFile: './metamask.json',
},
},
};

Step 5: Run your contract

To verify that your contract is working properly, run it on a local Ethereum node using the hardhat run command:

npx hardhat run scripts/connect-and-fund.js --network mainnet --accounts  --private-key 

Replace and with the actual MetaMask wallet credentials you used to initialize.

That’s it!

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