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MetaMask: Importing Locally Generated Addresses into MetaMask

As a developer working with smart contracts, it is essential to securely manage your users’ private keys and addresses. One popular solution for this is the MetaMask browser extension, which allows users to interact with their local Ethereum accounts within the browser. However, if you are building complex applications such as connection and funding 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 into MetaMask using your own local wallet.

Why is it needed?

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

To achieve this, you need to import the locally generated addresses from your MetaMask wallet. This ensures that the contract is properly initialized with the correct private key and account information.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure you have:

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

• Your own local MetaMask wallet

• Ethers.js installed in your project

• A hardhat set up to interact with the 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 you will use as the private key for the contract. Here’s how:

• Launch the MetaMask browser extension in your web browser.

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

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

• Click “Create New Address” or create a new address using the button.

Name the new address, for example: “my_new_address”.

Step 2: Configure Ethers.js

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

• Install ethers.js using npm or yarn:

npm install ethers.js

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

const Ethers = request('@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 the contract with the imported addresses
await new Ethers.Contract(this.constructor, [...contract ABI], this);
}
});

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

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

Replace and` with the actual MetaMask wallet credentials used for initialization.

That’s it!