support multiline stdin on decode, encode and fetch, and improve the helpers.

decode.go

@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ var decode = &cli.Command{
 	},
 	ArgsUsage: "<npub | nprofile | nip05 | nevent | naddr | nsec>",
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-		args := c.Args()
+		for input := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
-		if args.Len() != 1 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid number of arguments, need just one")
-		}
-		input := args.First()
 			if strings.HasPrefix(input, "nostr:") {
 				input = input[6:]
 			}
@@ -54,7 +50,8 @@ var decode = &cli.Command{
 					decodeResult.HexResult.PrivateKey = hex.EncodeToString(b)
 					decodeResult.HexResult.PublicKey = hex.EncodeToString(b)
 				} else {
-				return fmt.Errorf("hex string with invalid number of bytes: %d", len(b))
+					lineProcessingError(c, "hex string with invalid number of bytes: %d", len(b))
+					continue
 				}
 			} else if evp := sdk.InputToEventPointer(input); evp != nil {
 				decodeResult = DecodeResult{EventPointer: evp}
@@ -67,10 +64,15 @@ var decode = &cli.Command{
 				decodeResult.PrivateKey.PrivateKey = value.(string)
 				decodeResult.PrivateKey.PublicKey, _ = nostr.GetPublicKey(value.(string))
 			} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("couldn't decode input")
+				lineProcessingError(c, "couldn't decode input '%s': %s", input, err)
+				continue
 			}
 
 			fmt.Println(decodeResult.JSON())
+
+		}
+
+		exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
 		return nil
 	},
 }

encode.go

@@ -28,36 +28,44 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 	Subcommands: []*cli.Command{
 		{
 			Name:  "npub",
-			Usage: "encode a hex private key into bech32 'npub' format",
+			Usage: "encode a hex public key into bech32 'npub' format",
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-				target := getStdinOrFirstArgument(c)
+				for target := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
 					if err := validate32BytesHex(target); err != nil {
-					return err
+						lineProcessingError(c, "invalid public key: %s", target, err)
+						continue
 					}
 
 					if npub, err := nip19.EncodePublicKey(target); err == nil {
 						fmt.Println(npub)
-					return nil
 					} else {
 						return err
 					}
+				}
+
+				exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:  "nsec",
 			Usage: "encode a hex private key into bech32 'nsec' format",
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-				target := getStdinOrFirstArgument(c)
+				for target := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
 					if err := validate32BytesHex(target); err != nil {
-					return err
+						lineProcessingError(c, "invalid private key: %s", target, err)
+						continue
 					}
 
 					if npub, err := nip19.EncodePrivateKey(target); err == nil {
 						fmt.Println(npub)
-					return nil
 					} else {
 						return err
 					}
+				}
+
+				exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -71,9 +79,10 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 				},
 			},
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-				target := getStdinOrFirstArgument(c)
+				for target := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
 					if err := validate32BytesHex(target); err != nil {
-					return err
+						lineProcessingError(c, "invalid public key: %s", target, err)
+						continue
 					}
 
 					relays := c.StringSlice("relay")
@@ -83,10 +92,13 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 
 					if npub, err := nip19.EncodeProfile(target, relays); err == nil {
 						fmt.Println(npub)
-					return nil
 					} else {
 						return err
 					}
+				}
+
+				exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -104,9 +116,10 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 				},
 			},
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-				target := getStdinOrFirstArgument(c)
+				for target := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
 					if err := validate32BytesHex(target); err != nil {
-					return err
+						lineProcessingError(c, "invalid event id: %s", target, err)
+						continue
 					}
 
 					author := c.String("author")
@@ -123,10 +136,13 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 
 					if npub, err := nip19.EncodeEvent(target, relays, author); err == nil {
 						fmt.Println(npub)
-					return nil
 					} else {
 						return err
 					}
+				}
+
+				exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -136,7 +152,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 				&cli.StringFlag{
 					Name:     "identifier",
 					Aliases:  []string{"d"},
-					Usage:    "the \"d\" tag identifier of this replaceable event",
+					Usage:    "the \"d\" tag identifier of this replaceable event -- can also be read from stdin",
 					Required: true,
 				},
 				&cli.StringFlag{
@@ -158,6 +174,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 				},
 			},
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+				for d := range getStdinLinesOrBlank() {
 					pubkey := c.String("pubkey")
 					if err := validate32BytesHex(pubkey); err != nil {
 						return err
@@ -168,9 +185,12 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 						return fmt.Errorf("kind must be between 30000 and 39999, as per NIP-16, got %d", kind)
 					}
 
-				d := c.String("identifier")
 					if d == "" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("\"d\" tag identifier can't be empty")
+						d = c.String("identifier")
+						if d == "" {
+							lineProcessingError(c, "\"d\" tag identifier can't be empty")
+							continue
+						}
 					}
 
 					relays := c.StringSlice("relay")
@@ -180,27 +200,34 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 
 					if npub, err := nip19.EncodeEntity(pubkey, kind, d, relays); err == nil {
 						fmt.Println(npub)
-					return nil
 					} else {
 						return err
 					}
+				}
+
+				exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:  "note",
 			Usage: "generate note1 event codes (not recommended)",
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-				target := getStdinOrFirstArgument(c)
+				for target := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
 					if err := validate32BytesHex(target); err != nil {
-					return err
+						lineProcessingError(c, "invalid event id: %s", target, err)
+						continue
 					}
 
-				if npub, err := nip19.EncodeNote(target); err == nil {
+					if note, err := nip19.EncodeNote(target); err == nil {
-					fmt.Println(npub)
+						fmt.Println(note)
-					return nil
 					} else {
 						return err
 					}
+				}
+
+				exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
 	},

fetch.go

@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ var fetch = &cli.Command{
 	},
 	ArgsUsage: "[nip19code]",
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		for code := range getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c) {
 			filter := nostr.Filter{}
-		code := getStdinOrFirstArgument(c)
 
 			prefix, value, err := nip19.Decode(code)
 			if err != nil {
-			return err
+				lineProcessingError(c, "failed to decode: %s", err)
+				continue
 			}
 
 			relays := c.StringSlice("relay")
@@ -78,13 +79,16 @@ var fetch = &cli.Command{
 			}
 
 			if len(relays) == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("no relay hints found")
+				lineProcessingError(c, "no relay hints found")
+				continue
 			}
 
 			for ie := range pool.SubManyEose(c.Context, relays, nostr.Filters{filter}) {
 				fmt.Println(ie.Event)
 			}
+		}
 
+		exitIfLineProcessingError(c)
 		return nil
 	},
 }

helpers.go

@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -18,40 +16,47 @@ const (
 )
 
 func getStdinLinesOrBlank() chan string {
-	ch := make(chan string)
+	multi := make(chan string)
-	go func() {
+	if hasStdinLines := writeStdinLinesOrNothing(multi); !hasStdinLines {
-		if stat, _ := os.Stdin.Stat(); stat.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0 {
+		single := make(chan string, 1)
-			// piped
+		single <- ""
-			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+		close(single)
-			for scanner.Scan() {
+		return single
-				ch <- scanner.Text()
-			}
 	} else {
-			// not piped
+		return multi
-			ch <- ""
 	}
-		close(ch)
-	}()
-	return ch
 }
 
-func getStdinOrFirstArgument(c *cli.Context) string {
+func getStdinLinesOrFirstArgument(c *cli.Context) chan string {
 	// try the first argument
 	target := c.Args().First()
 	if target != "" {
-		return target
+		single := make(chan string, 1)
+		single <- target
+		return single
 	}
 
 	// try the stdin
-	stat, _ := os.Stdin.Stat()
+	multi := make(chan string)
-	if (stat.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == 0 {
+	writeStdinLinesOrNothing(multi)
-		read := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 1000))
+	return multi
-		_, err := io.Copy(read, os.Stdin)
-		if err == nil {
-			return strings.TrimSpace(read.String())
 }
+
+func writeStdinLinesOrNothing(ch chan string) (hasStdinLines bool) {
+	if stat, _ := os.Stdin.Stat(); stat.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0 {
+		// piped
+		go func() {
+			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+			for scanner.Scan() {
+				ch <- strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+			}
+			close(ch)
+		}()
+		return true
+	} else {
+		// not piped
+		return false
 	}
-	return ""
 }
 
 func validateRelayURLs(wsurls []string) error {