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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# script to gather and store all telemetry from peers reachable from the local daemon
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import os
+import argparse
+import json
+
+default_port=8301
+default_prog='coda'
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Get telemetry data from all Mina nodes reachable from localhost daemon')
+parser.add_argument('--daemon-port',
+                    help='daemon port on localhost (default: ' + str(default_port) + ')')
+parser.add_argument('--executable',
+                    help='Mina program on localhost (default: ' + str(default_prog) + ')')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+if args.daemon_port is None :
+    daemon_port = str(default_port)
+else :
+    daemon_port = args.daemon_port
+
+if args.executable is None :
+    prog = default_prog
+else :
+    prog = args.executable
+
+# map from peer IDs to telemetry data
+telemetries = dict ()
+
+# the peer ids we've already queried
+seen_peer_ids = set ()
+
+def add_telemetries (output) :
+
+    lines = output.decode ('utf-8').split ('\n')
+
+    # set of peers to query on next round
+    peer_ids_to_query = set ()
+
+    # populate map from responses
+    for line in lines :
+        if line == '' :
+            continue
+
+        telem = json.loads (line)
+
+        try :
+
+            telemetries[telem['node_peer_id']] = telem
+
+            for peer in telem['peers'] :
+                peer_id = peer['peer_id']
+                peer_ids_to_query.add (peer_id)
+                # don't consider this peer_id again
+                # the query to this peer may not succeed, though
+                seen_peer_ids.add (peer_id)
+
+        except :
+
+            print ('Error in telemetry response: ' + line)
+
+    return peer_ids_to_query
+
+# get telemetry data from peers known to daemon
+output = subprocess.check_output([prog, 'advanced', 'telemetry', '-daemon-peers', '-daemon-port', daemon_port])
+
+peer_ids_to_query = add_telemetries (output)
+
+done = False
+
+# calculate fixpoint: add telemetries from peer ids until we see no new peer ids
+while not done :
+
+    done = True
+
+    formatted_peer_ids = ''
+
+    for peer_id in peer_ids_to_query :
+
+        if peer_id in seen_peer_ids :
+            continue
+        else :
+            done = False
+            if peer_id_count == 0 :
+                formatted_peer_ids = peer_id
+            else :
+                formatted_peer_ids = peer_id + ',' + formatted_peer_ids
+
+    if done :
+        break
+
+    output = subprocess.check_output([prog, 'advanced', 'telemetry', '-peer-ids', formatted_peer_ids, '-daemon-port', daemon_port])
+    peer_ids_to_query = add_telemetries (output)
+
+
+
+print ('{ "peer_ids_queried": ' + str(len(seen_peer_ids)) + ',')
+print ('  "telemetries": [')
+
+num_telemetries=len(telemetries)
+count = 0
+
+for telem in telemetries.values () :
+    s = str(telem).replace("'",'"')
+    if count < num_telemetries - 1:
+        print ('  ' + s + ',')
+    else :
+        print ('  ' + s)
+    count += 1
+
+print ('  ]}')