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+import { Arguments } from 'yargs';
+import assert from 'assert';
+import Long from 'long';
+
+import { Account, DENOM, Registry } from '@cerc-io/registry-sdk';
+
+import { getConfig, getConnectionInfo, getGasAndFees, getGasPrice, txOutput } from '../../../util';
+import { MsgCreateAuctionResponse } from '@cerc-io/registry-sdk/dist/proto/cerc/auction/v1/tx';
+
+export const command = 'create';
+
+export const desc = 'Create auction.';
+
+export const builder = {
+  kind: {
+    type: 'string'
+  },
+  'commits-duration': {
+    type: 'number'
+  },
+  'reveals-duration': {
+    type: 'number'
+  },
+  'commit-fee': {
+    type: 'string'
+  },
+  'reveal-fee': {
+    type: 'string'
+  },
+  'minimum-bid': {
+    type: 'string'
+  },
+  'max-price': {
+    type: 'string'
+  },
+  'num-providers': {
+    type: 'string'
+  }
+};
+
+export const handler = async (argv: Arguments) => {
+  const { config } = argv;
+
+  const kind = argv.kind as string;
+  const commitsDuration = {
+    seconds: Long.fromNumber(argv.commitsDuration as number),
+    nanos: 0
+  };
+  const revealsDuration = {
+    seconds: Long.fromNumber(argv.revealsDuration as number),
+    nanos: 0
+  };
+  const commitFee = {
+    denom: DENOM,
+    amount: argv.commitFee as string
+  };
+  const revealFee = {
+    denom: DENOM,
+    amount: argv.revealFee as string
+  };
+  const minimumBid = {
+    denom: DENOM,
+    amount: argv.minimumBid as string
+  };
+  const maxPrice = {
+    denom: DENOM,
+    amount: argv.maxPrice as string
+  };
+  const numProviders = argv.numProviders as number;
+
+  assert(kind, 'Invalid auction kind.');
+  assert(commitsDuration, 'Invalid commits duration.');
+  assert(revealsDuration, 'Invalid reveals duration.');
+  assert(commitFee, 'Invalid commit fee.');
+  assert(revealFee, 'Invalid reveal fee.');
+
+  const { services: { registry: registryConfig } } = getConfig(config as string);
+  const { rpcEndpoint, gqlEndpoint, privateKey, chainId } = getConnectionInfo(argv, registryConfig);
+  assert(rpcEndpoint, 'Invalid registry RPC endpoint.');
+  assert(gqlEndpoint, 'Invalid registry GQL endpoint.');
+  assert(privateKey, 'Invalid Transaction Key.');
+  assert(chainId, 'Invalid registry Chain ID.');
+
+  const account = new Account(Buffer.from(privateKey, 'hex'));
+  await account.init();
+  const signer = account.address;
+
+  const gasPrice = getGasPrice(argv, registryConfig);
+  const registry = new Registry(gqlEndpoint, rpcEndpoint, { chainId, gasPrice });
+
+  const fee = getGasAndFees(argv, registryConfig);
+
+  let result: MsgCreateAuctionResponse;
+  if (kind === 'vickrey') {
+    result = await registry.createAuction({ commitsDuration, revealsDuration, commitFee, revealFee, minimumBid, signer }, privateKey, fee);
+  } else {
+    result = await registry.createProviderAuction({ commitsDuration, revealsDuration, commitFee, revealFee, signer, maxPrice, numProviders }, privateKey, fee);
+  }
+  const jsonString = `{"auctionId":"${result.auction?.id}"}`;
+
+  txOutput(result, jsonString, argv.output, argv.verbose);
+};