added script to create metadata hash for the mech

.gitignore

@@ -54,3 +54,5 @@ local_config.json
 mech.db
 
 /.api_keys.json
+
+.metadata_hash.json

.metadata_hash.json.example

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "name": "Autonolas Mech Quickstart",
+    "description": "The mech executes AI tasks requested on-chain and delivers the results to the requester.",
+    "inputFormat": "ipfs-v0.1",
+    "outputFormat": "ipfs-v0.1",
+    "image": "https://gateway.autonolas.tech/ipfs/bafybeidzpenez565d7vp7jexfrwisa2wijzx6vwcffli57buznyyqkrceq",
+    "tools": [
+        "openai-gpt-4"
+    ]
+}

setup_metadata_hash.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from typing import Tuple
+
+import multibase
+import multicodec
+from aea.helpers.cid import to_v1
+from aea_cli_ipfs.ipfs_utils import IPFSTool
+from utils import (
+    print_title,
+    OPERATE_HOME,
+    MechQuickstartConfig,
+    input_with_default_value,
+    OperateApp,
+)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    """
+    Push the metadata file to IPFS.
+    """
+
+    print_title("Mech Quickstart: Metadata hash setup")
+    print("This script will assist you in setting up the metadata hash for your mech.")
+    print()
+
+    operate = OperateApp(
+        home=OPERATE_HOME,
+    )
+    operate.setup()
+
+    path = OPERATE_HOME / "local_config.json"
+    if path.exists():
+        mech_quickstart_config = MechQuickstartConfig.load(path)
+    else:
+        mech_quickstart_config = MechQuickstartConfig(path)
+
+    metadata_hash_path = input_with_default_value(
+        "Please provide the path to your metadata_hash.json file",
+        "./.metadata_hash.json",
+    )
+
+    response = IPFSTool().client.add(
+        metadata_hash_path, pin=True, recursive=True, wrap_with_directory=False
+    )
+    v1_file_hash = to_v1(response["Hash"])
+    cid_bytes = multibase.decode(v1_file_hash)
+    multihash_bytes = multicodec.remove_prefix(cid_bytes)
+    v1_file_hash_hex = "f01" + multihash_bytes.hex()
+
+    mech_quickstart_config.metadata_hash = v1_file_hash_hex
+    mech_quickstart_config.store()
+
+    print()
+    print_title("Metadata hash successfully generated and stored in config")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

utils.py

@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@
 WARNING_ICON = colored("\u26A0", "yellow")
 OPERATE_HOME = Path.cwd() / ".mech_quickstart"
 DEFAULT_TOOLS_TO_PACKAGE_HASH = None
-DEFAULT_MECH_TO_SUBSCRIPTION = None
-DEFAULT_MECH_TO_CONFIG = None
 DEFAULT_MECH_HASH = "bafybeig544gw6i7ahlwj6d64djlwfltjuznz3p66kmwk4m6bzqtn2bjfbq"
-
+DEFAULT_MECH_METADATA_HASH = "f01701220caa53607238e340da63b296acab232c18a48e954f0af6ff2b835b2d93f1962f0"
 @dataclass
 class MechQuickstartConfig(LocalResource):
     """Local configuration."""
@@ -348,8 +346,27 @@ def get_local_config() -> MechQuickstartConfig:
     load_api_keys(mech_quickstart_config)
 
     if mech_quickstart_config.metadata_hash is None:
-        # TODO: default value is not a good idea here, we need to think of better ways to do this.
-        mech_quickstart_config.metadata_hash = input_with_default_value("Please provide the metadata hash", "f01701220caa53607238e340da63b296acab232c18a48e954f0af6ff2b835b2d93f1962f0")
+        metadata_hash = (
+            input(
+                f"Do you want to update the metadata_hash str(set to {DEFAULT_MECH_METADATA_HASH})? (y/n): "
+            ).lower()
+            == "y"
+        )
+        if metadata_hash:
+            while True:
+                user_input = input(f"Please enter the metadata_hash str: ")
+                if not isinstance(user_input, str):
+                    print("Error: Please enter a valid str.")
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    mech_quickstart_config.metadata_hash = (
+                        user_input
+                    )
+                    break
+        else:
+            mech_quickstart_config.metadata_hash = (
+                DEFAULT_MECH_METADATA_HASH
+            )
 
     if mech_quickstart_config.tools_to_packages_hash is None:
         tools_to_packages_hash = (