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diff --git a/eth/api.go b/eth/api.go
index 02b34541f..2c84cf471 100644
--- a/eth/api.go
+++ b/eth/api.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package eth
import (
"bytes"
+ "encoding/hex"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
@@ -448,6 +449,16 @@ func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) NewAccount(password string) (common.Address, error)
return common.Address{}, err
}
+func (s *PrivateAccountAPI) ImportRawKey(privkey string, password string) (common.Address, error) {
+ hexkey, err := hex.DecodeString(privkey)
+ if err != nil {
+ return common.Address{}, err
+ }
+
+ acc, err := s.am.ImportECDSA(crypto.ToECDSA(hexkey), password)
+ return acc.Address, err
+}
+
// UnlockAccount will unlock the account associated with the given address with
// the given password for duration seconds. If duration is nil it will use a
// default of 300 seconds. It returns an indication if the account was unlocked.