nak event

event.go

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+)
+
+const CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS = "EVENT FIELDS"
+
+var event = &cli.Command{
+	Name:  "event",
+	Usage: "generates an encoded event",
+	Description: `example usage (for sending directly to a relay with 'nostcat'):
+		nak event -k 1 -c hello --envelope | nostcat wss://nos.lol`,
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "sec",
+			Usage:       "secret key to sign the event",
+			DefaultText: "the key '1'",
+			Value:       "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "envelope",
+			Usage: "print the event enveloped in a [\"EVENT\", ...] message ready to be sent to a relay",
+		},
+		&cli.IntFlag{
+			Name:        "kind",
+			Aliases:     []string{"k"},
+			Usage:       "event kind",
+			DefaultText: "1",
+			Value:       1,
+			Category:    CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "content",
+			Aliases:     []string{"c"},
+			Usage:       "event content",
+			DefaultText: "hello from the nostr army knife",
+			Value:       "hello from the nostr army knife",
+			Category:    CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
+		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:     "tag",
+			Aliases:  []string{"t"},
+			Usage:    "sets a tag field on the event, takes a value like -t e=<id>",
+			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
+		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:     "e",
+			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag e=<value>",
+			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
+		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:     "p",
+			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag p=<value>",
+			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
+		&cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "created-at",
+			Aliases:     []string{"time", "ts"},
+			Usage:       "unix timestamp value for the created_at field",
+			DefaultText: "now",
+			Value:       "now",
+			Category:    CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
+	},
+	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		evt := nostr.Event{
+			Kind:    c.Int("kind"),
+			Content: c.String("content"),
+			Tags:    make(nostr.Tags, 0, 3),
+		}
+
+		tags := make([][]string, 0, 5)
+		for _, tagFlag := range c.StringSlice("tag") {
+			spl := strings.Split(tagFlag, "=")
+			if len(spl) == 2 && len(spl[0]) == 1 {
+				tags = append(tags, spl)
+			}
+		}
+		for _, etag := range c.StringSlice("e") {
+			tags = append(tags, []string{"e", etag})
+		}
+		for _, ptag := range c.StringSlice("p") {
+			tags = append(tags, []string{"p", ptag})
+		}
+		if len(tags) > 0 {
+			for _, tag := range tags {
+				evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, tag)
+			}
+		}
+
+		createdAt := c.String("created_at")
+		ts := time.Now()
+		if createdAt != "now" {
+			if v, err := strconv.ParseInt(createdAt, 10, 64); err != nil {
+				ts = time.Unix(v, 0)
+			}
+		}
+		evt.CreatedAt = nostr.Timestamp(ts.Unix())
+
+		if err := evt.Sign(c.String("sec")); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error signing with provided key: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		var result string
+		if c.Bool("envelope") {
+			j, _ := json.Marshal([]any{"EVENT", evt})
+			result = string(j)
+		} else {
+			result = evt.String()
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println(result)
+		return nil
+	},
+}

main.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"log"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ func main() {
 		Usage: "the nostr army knife command-line tool",
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			req,
+			event,
 		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to run cli: %s", err)
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }

req.go

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ var req = &cli.Command{
 	Name:  "req",
 	Usage: "generates an encoded REQ message to be sent to a relay",
 	Description: `example usage (with 'nostcat'):
-					nak req -k 1 -a 3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d | nostcat wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net
+		nak req -k 1 -a 3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d | nostcat wss://nos.lol`,
-                `,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
 		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 			Name:     "author",
@@ -43,14 +42,12 @@ var req = &cli.Command{
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
 		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
-			Name:     "event-tag",
+			Name:     "e",
-			Aliases:  []string{"e"},
 			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag e=<value>",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
 		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
-			Name:     "pubkey-tag",
+			Name:     "p",
-			Aliases:  []string{"p"},
 			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag p=<value>",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
@@ -95,12 +92,14 @@ var req = &cli.Command{
 			spl := strings.Split(tagFlag, "=")
 			if len(spl) == 2 && len(spl[0]) == 1 {
 				tags = append(tags, spl)
+			} else {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid --tag '%s'", tagFlag)
 			}
 		}
-		for _, etag := range c.StringSlice("event-tag") {
+		for _, etag := range c.StringSlice("e") {
 			tags = append(tags, []string{"e", etag})
 		}
-		for _, ptag := range c.StringSlice("pubkey-tag") {
+		for _, ptag := range c.StringSlice("p") {
 			tags = append(tags, []string{"p", ptag})
 		}
 		if len(tags) > 0 {