For this you need to use our Hardhat plugin.

Once installed, you can access the Unlock plugin directly from the Hardhat Runtime Environment anywhere you need it (tasks, scripts, tests, etc).

import { unlock } from "hardhat";

// deploy the Unlock contract
await unlock.deployUnlock();

// deploy the template
await unlock.deployPublicLock();

// deploy the entire protocol (localhost only)
await unlock.deployProtocol();

// create a lock
const lockArgs = {
  expirationDuration: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7, // 7 days
  currencyContractAddress: null, // null for ETH or erc20 address
  keyPrice: "100000000", // in wei
  maxNumberOfKeys: 10,
  name: "A Demo Lock",
};
await unlock.createLock(lockArgs);

Command Line Interface

The plugin also comes with a few CLI commands to help you get things started.

To get the complete list of available commands

 yarn hardhat

Deploy and configure the Unlock contracts

yarn hardhat unlock:deploy --network localhost

Display info about an existing lock

yarn hardhat lock:info --lock-address 0xe7cb5e2e538fec1492b66f180fac6d4106991250 --network mainnet

LOCK
  - name: 'Raffle Ronin'
  - address: 0xe7cb5e2e538fec1492b66f180fac6d4106991250
  - price: 0.05 ETH
  - duration: 82 years, 1 month, 2 weeks, 5 days, 1 hour, 30 minutes
  - keys: 23 / ∞
  - currency: ETH
  - balance: 0.15
  - symbol: UDT
  - version: 8
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