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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import argparse
+import getpass
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import json
+import sys
+import urllib2
+import yaml
+
+
+def request_registration(user, password, server_location, shared_secret):
+    mac = hmac.new(
+        key=shared_secret,
+        msg=user,
+        digestmod=hashlib.sha1,
+    ).hexdigest()
+
+    data = {
+        "username": user,
+        "password": password,
+        "mac": mac,
+    }
+
+    server_location = server_location.rstrip("/")
+
+    print "Sending registration request..."
+
+    req = urllib2.Request(
+        "%s/_matrix/client/v2_alpha/register" % (server_location,),
+        data=json.dumps(data),
+        headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+    )
+    try:
+        if sys.version_info[:3] >= (2, 7, 9):
+            # As of version 2.7.9, urllib2 now checks SSL certs
+            import ssl
+            f = urllib2.urlopen(req, context=ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23))
+        else:
+            f = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+        f.read()
+        f.close()
+        print "Success."
+    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+        print "ERROR! Received %d %s" % (e.code, e.reason,)
+        if 400 <= e.code < 500:
+            if e.info().type == "application/json":
+                resp = json.load(e)
+                if "error" in resp:
+                    print resp["error"]
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def register_new_user(user, password, server_location, shared_secret):
+    if not user:
+        try:
+            default_user = getpass.getuser()
+        except:
+            default_user = None
+
+        if default_user:
+            user = raw_input("New user localpart [%s]: " % (default_user,))
+            if not user:
+                user = default_user
+        else:
+            user = raw_input("New user localpart: ")
+
+    if not user:
+        print "Invalid user name"
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if not password:
+        password = getpass.getpass("Password: ")
+
+        if not password:
+            print "Password cannot be blank."
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        confirm_password = getpass.getpass("Confirm password: ")
+
+        if password != confirm_password:
+            print "Passwords do not match"
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    request_registration(user, password, server_location, shared_secret)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Used to register new users with a given home server when"
+                    " registration has been disabled. The home server must be"
+                    " configured with the 'registration_shared_secret' option"
+                    " set.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-u", "--user",
+        default=None,
+        help="Local part of the new user. Will prompt if omitted.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p", "--password",
+        default=None,
+        help="New password for user. Will prompt if omitted.",
+    )
+
+    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-c", "--config",
+        type=argparse.FileType('r'),
+        help="Path to server config file. Used to read in shared secret.",
+    )
+
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-k", "--shared-secret",
+        help="Shared secret as defined in server config file.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "server_url",
+        default="https://localhost:8448",
+        nargs='?',
+        help="URL to use to talk to the home server. Defaults to "
+             " 'https://localhost:8448'.",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if "config" in args and args.config:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(args.config)
+        secret = config.get("registration_shared_secret", None)
+        if not secret:
+            print "No 'registration_shared_secret' defined in config."
+            sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        secret = args.shared_secret
+
+    register_new_user(args.user, args.password, args.server_url, secret)