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.TH "nostril" "1" "1980-01-01"
.PP
.SH NAME
.PP
nostril - generate nostr events
.PP
.SH SYNPOSIS
.PP
\fBnostril\fR [OPTIONS.\&.\&.\&]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBnostril\fR is a tool that creates and signs nostr events.\&
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB--content\fR
.RS 4
The text contents of the note
.PP
.RE
\fB--dm\fR <hex pubkey>
.RS 4
Create a direct message.\& This will create a kind-4 note with the
contents encrypted>
.PP
.RE
\fB--envelope\fR
.RS 4
Wrap the event with `["EVENT", .\&.\&.\& ]` for easy relaying
.PP
.RE
\fB--kind\fR <number>
.RS 4
Set the kind of the note
.PP
.RE
\fB--created-at\fR <unix timestamp>
.RS 4
Set the created at.\& Optional, this is set automatically.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB--sec\fR <hex seckey>
.RS 4
Set the secret key for signing, otherwise one will be randomly generated.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB--mine-pubkey\fR
.RS 4
Mine a pubkey.\& This may or may not be cryptographically dubious.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB--pow\fR <difficulty>
.RS 4
Number of leading 0 bits of the id the mine for proof-of-work.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB--tag\fR <key> <value>
.RS 4
Add a tag with a single value
.PP
.RE
\fB--tagn\fR <N> <value * N .\&.\&.\&>
.RS 4
Add a tag with 0 or more elements
.PP
.RE
\fB-t\fR
.RS 4
Shorthand for --tag t <hashtag>
.PP
.RE
\fB-p\fR
.RS 4
Shorthand for --tag p <hex pubkey>
.PP
.RE
\fB-e\fR
.RS 4
Shorthand for --tag e <note id>
.PP
.PP
.RE
.SH Examples
.PP
\fBGenerate an event\fR
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
$ \&./nostril --sec <key> --content "this is a message"
{
	"id": "da9c36bb8206e748cf136af2a43613a5ee113cb5906a09a8d3df5386039d53ab",
	"pubkey": "4f6fa8547cf2888415522918175ea0bc0eb473287c5bd7cc459ca440bdf87d97",
	"created_at": 1660750302,
	"kind": 1,
	"tags": [],
	"content": "this is a message",
	"sig": "3e4d7d93522e54f201a22944d4d37eb4505ef1cf91c278a3f7d312b772a6c6509d1e11f146d5a003265ae10411a20057bade2365501872d2f2f24219730eed87"
}
.fi
.RE
.PP
\fBWrap event to send to a relay\fR
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
$ \&./nostril --envelope --sec <key> --content "hello"
[ "EVENT",
{
	"id": "ed378d3fdda785c091e9311c6e6eeb075db349a163c5e38de95946f6013a8001",
	"pubkey": "fd3fdb0d0d8d6f9a7667b53211de8ae3c5246b79bdaf64ebac849d5148b5615f",
	"created_at": 1649948103,
	"kind": 1,
	"tags": [],
	"content": "hello",
	"sig": "9d9a49bbc66d4782030b24c71416965e790214d02a54ab132d960c2b02def0371c3d93e5a60a285c55e99721599d1332450731e2c6bb1114b96b591c6967f872"
} ]
.fi
.RE
.PP
\fBSend to a relay\fR
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
nostril --envelope --sec <key> --content "this is a message" | websocat wss://relay\&.damus\&.io
.fi
.RE
.PP
\fBSend a nip04 DM\fR
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
nostril --envelope --dm <pubkey> --sec <key> --content "this is a secret" | websocat wss://relay\&.damus\&.io
.fi
.RE
.PP
\fBMine a pubkey\fR
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
nostril --mine-pubkey --pow <difficulty>
.fi
.RE
.PP
\fBReply to an event.\& nip10 compliant, includes the `thread_id`\fR
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
\&./nostril --envelope --sec <key> --content "this is reply message" --tag e <thread_id> --tag e <note_id> | websocat wss://relay\&.damus\&.io
.fi
.RE