nips/43.md
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NIP-43
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Relay Access Requests
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`draft` `optional`
This NIP defines a way for clients to request admission to relays enforcing authentication as defined in NIP 42 by
signing an ephemeral event.
## Access Request Event
This NIP defines kind `22243` events which are intended to allow clients to request admission to a relay.
Access requests MUST have a `claim` tag containing an invoice, invite code, or any other arbitrary string.
The event's `created_at` MUST be the current time plus or minus a few minutes to prevent replay attacks.
Clients MAY send a claim at any time, but MUST check for relay support via NIP 11 to avoid non-compliant
relays broadcasting invites to subscribers.
This event should be sent to a relay using the standard `EVENT` verb.
```json
{
"kind": 22243,
"tags": [
["claim", "<invoice id, invite code, or something else>"]
],
...other fields
}
```
## Relay response
Upon receiving a claim, a relay MUST notify the client as to what the status of the claim is using an `OK` message.
Failed claims SHOULD use the same standard `"restricted: "` prefix specified by NIP 42.
Some examples:
```
["OK", <event-id>, false, "restricted: That invoice is expired."]
["OK", <event-id>, false, "restricted: That is an unsupported claim."]
["OK", <event-id>, true, "claim-ignored: You are already a member of this relay."]
["OK", <event-id>, true, "claim-accepted: Welcome to wss://relay.bunk.skunk!"]
```