nostril

A C cli tool for creating nostr events
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      2 # nostril
      3 
      4 A cli util for creating nostr events
      5 
      6 ## Dependenices
      7 
      8 `libsecp256k1` is the only dependency
      9 
     10 ## Usage
     11 
     12     usage: nostril [OPTIONS] --content <content>
     13     
     14       OPTIONS
     15     
     16           --dm <hex pubkey>               make an encrypted dm to said pubkey. sets kind and tags.
     17           --envelope                      wrap in ["EVENT",...] for easy relaying
     18           --kind <number>                 set kind
     19           --created-at <unix timestamp>   set a specific created-at time
     20           --sec <hex seckey>              set the secret key for signing, otherwise one will be randomly generated
     21           --pow <difficulty>              number of leading 0 bits of the id to mine
     22           --tag <key> <value>             add a tag
     23           -e <event_id>                   shorthand for --tag e <event_id>
     24           -p <pubkey>                     shorthand for --tag p <pubkey>
     25 
     26 ## Examples
     27 
     28 Generate an event:
     29 
     30     $ ./nostril --sec <key> "this is a message"
     31     {
     32       "id": "b5c18a4aa21231a77b09748a5e623d9c2f853aed09653934b80a10b66a7225fa",
     33       "pubkey": "fd3fdb0d0d8d6f9a7667b53211de8ae3c5246b79bdaf64ebac849d5148b5615f",
     34       "created_at": 1649948031,
     35       "kind": 1,
     36       "tags": [],
     37       "content": "testing something again",
     38       "sig": "5122b2fc0d9a1f1ca134e4ab6fc1c9e5795e2d558cf24e3c7d8c4a35f889130eebcbd604602092a89c8a48469e88753e08dabb472610ac628ec9db3aa6c24672"
     39     }
     40 
     41 Wrap event to send to a relay:
     42 
     43     $ ./nostril --envelope --sec <key> "hello"
     44     [
     45       "EVENT",
     46       {
     47         "id": "ed378d3fdda785c091e9311c6e6eeb075db349a163c5e38de95946f6013a8001",
     48         "pubkey": "fd3fdb0d0d8d6f9a7667b53211de8ae3c5246b79bdaf64ebac849d5148b5615f",
     49         "created_at": 1649948103,
     50         "kind": 1,
     51         "tags": [],
     52         "content": "hello",
     53         "sig": "9d9a49bbc66d4782030b24c71416965e790214d02a54ab132d960c2b02def0371c3d93e5a60a285c55e99721599d1332450731e2c6bb1114b96b591c6967f872"
     54       }
     55     ]
     56 
     57 Send to a relay:
     58 
     59     $ ./nostril --envelope --sec <key> "this is a message" | websocat wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net
     60 
     61 Send a nip04 DM:
     62 
     63     $ ./nostril --envelope --dm <pubkey> --sec <key> "this is a secret" | websocat wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net
     64