nostril

A C cli tool for creating nostr events
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      8 .TH "nostril" "1" "1980-01-01"
      9 .P
     10 .SH NAME
     11 .P
     12 nostril - generate nostr events
     13 .P
     14 .SH SYNPOSIS
     15 .P
     16 \fBnostril\fR [OPTIONS.\&.\&.\&]
     17 .P
     18 .SH DESCRIPTION
     19 .P
     20 \fBnostril\fR is a tool that creates and signs nostr events.\&
     21 .P
     22 .SH OPTIONS
     23 .P
     24 \fB--content\fR
     25 .RS 4
     26 The text contents of the note
     27 .P
     28 .RE
     29 \fB--dm\fR <hex pubkey>
     30 .RS 4
     31 Create a direct message.\& This will create a kind-4 note with the
     32 contents encrypted>
     33 .P
     34 .RE
     35 \fB--envelope\fR
     36 .RS 4
     37 Wrap the event with `["EVENT", .\&.\&.\& ]` for easy relaying
     38 .P
     39 .RE
     40 \fB--kind\fR <number>
     41 .RS 4
     42 Set the kind of the note
     43 .P
     44 .RE
     45 \fB--created-at\fR <unix timestamp>
     46 .RS 4
     47 Set the created at.\& Optional, this is set automatically.\&
     48 .P
     49 .RE
     50 \fB--mine-pubkey\fR
     51 .RS 4
     52 Mine a pubkey.\& This may or may not be cryptographically dubious.\&
     53 .P
     54 .RE
     55 \fB--pow\fR <difficulty>
     56 .RS 4
     57 Number of leading 0 bits of the id the mine for proof-of-work.\&
     58 .P
     59 .RE
     60 \fB--tag\fR <key> <value>
     61 .RS 4
     62 Add a tag with a single value
     63 .P
     64 .RE
     65 \fB-t\fR
     66 .RS 4
     67 Shorthand for --tag t <hashtag>
     68 .P
     69 .RE
     70 \fB-p\fR
     71 .RS 4
     72 Shorthand for --tag p <hex pubkey>
     73 .P
     74 .RE
     75 \fB-e\fR
     76 .RS 4
     77 Shorthand for --tag e <note id>
     78 .P
     79 .P
     80 .RE
     81 .SH Examples
     82 .P
     83 \fBGenerate an event\fR
     84 .P
     85 .nf
     86 .RS 4
     87 $ \&./nostril --sec <key> --content "this is a message"
     88 {
     89 	"id": "da9c36bb8206e748cf136af2a43613a5ee113cb5906a09a8d3df5386039d53ab",
     90 	"pubkey": "4f6fa8547cf2888415522918175ea0bc0eb473287c5bd7cc459ca440bdf87d97",
     91 	"created_at": 1660750302,
     92 	"kind": 1,
     93 	"tags": [],
     94 	"content": "this is a message",
     95 	"sig": "3e4d7d93522e54f201a22944d4d37eb4505ef1cf91c278a3f7d312b772a6c6509d1e11f146d5a003265ae10411a20057bade2365501872d2f2f24219730eed87"
     96 }
     97 .fi
     98 .RE
     99 .P
    100 \fBWrap event to send to a relay\fR
    101 .P
    102 .nf
    103 .RS 4
    104 $ \&./nostril --envelope --sec <key> --content "hello"
    105 [ "EVENT",
    106 {
    107 	"id": "ed378d3fdda785c091e9311c6e6eeb075db349a163c5e38de95946f6013a8001",
    108 	"pubkey": "fd3fdb0d0d8d6f9a7667b53211de8ae3c5246b79bdaf64ebac849d5148b5615f",
    109 	"created_at": 1649948103,
    110 	"kind": 1,
    111 	"tags": [],
    112 	"content": "hello",
    113 	"sig": "9d9a49bbc66d4782030b24c71416965e790214d02a54ab132d960c2b02def0371c3d93e5a60a285c55e99721599d1332450731e2c6bb1114b96b591c6967f872"
    114 } ]
    115 .fi
    116 .RE
    117 .P
    118 \fBSend to a relay\fR
    119 .P
    120 .nf
    121 .RS 4
    122 nostril --envelope --sec <key> --content "this is a message" | websocat wss://relay\&.damus\&.io
    123 .fi
    124 .RE
    125 .P
    126 \fBSend a nip04 DM\fR
    127 .P
    128 .nf
    129 .RS 4
    130 nostril --envelope --dm <pubkey> --sec <key> --content "this is a secret" | websocat wss://relay\&.damus\&.io
    131 .fi
    132 .RE
    133 .P
    134 \fBMine a pubkey\fR
    135 .P
    136 .nf
    137 .RS 4
    138 nostril --mine-pubkey --pow <difficulty>
    139 .fi
    140 .RE
    141 .P
    142 \fBReply to an event.\& nip10 compliant, includes the `thread_id`\fR
    143 .P
    144 .nf
    145 .RS 4
    146 \&./nostril --envelope --sec <key> --content "this is reply message" --tag e <thread_id> --tag e <note_id> | websocat wss://relay\&.damus\&.io
    147 .fi
    148 .RE