curl: assume POST when there is data and no method is specified.

curl.go

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+)
+
+var curlFlags []string
+
+var curl = &cli.Command{
+	Name:        "curl",
+	Usage:       "calls curl but with a nip98 header",
+	Description: "accepts all flags and arguments exactly as they would be passed to curl.",
+	Flags:       defaultKeyFlags,
+	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+		kr, _, err := gatherKeyerFromArguments(ctx, c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// cowboy parsing of curl flags to get the data we need for nip98
+		var url string
+		var method string
+		var presumedMethod string
+
+		curlBodyBuildingFlags := []string{
+			"-d",
+			"--data",
+			"--data-binary",
+			"--data-ascii",
+			"--data-raw",
+			"--data-urlencode",
+			"-F",
+			"--form",
+			"--form-string",
+			"--form-escape",
+			"--upload-file",
+		}
+
+		nextIsMethod := false
+		for _, f := range curlFlags {
+			if nextIsMethod {
+				method = f
+				method, _ = strings.CutPrefix(method, `"`)
+				method, _ = strings.CutSuffix(method, `"`)
+				method = strings.ToUpper(method)
+			} else if strings.HasPrefix(f, "https://") || strings.HasPrefix(f, "http://") {
+				url = f
+			} else if f == "--request" || f == "-X" {
+				nextIsMethod = true
+				continue
+			} else if slices.Contains(curlBodyBuildingFlags, f) ||
+				slices.ContainsFunc(curlBodyBuildingFlags, func(s string) bool {
+					return strings.HasPrefix(f, s)
+				}) {
+				presumedMethod = "POST"
+			}
+			nextIsMethod = false
+		}
+
+		if url == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("can't create nip98 event: target url is empty")
+		}
+
+		if method == "" {
+			if presumedMethod != "" {
+				method = presumedMethod
+			} else {
+				method = "GET"
+			}
+		}
+
+		// make and sign event
+		evt := nostr.Event{
+			Kind:      27235,
+			CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+			Tags: nostr.Tags{
+				{"u", url},
+				{"method", method},
+			},
+		}
+		if err := kr.SignEvent(ctx, &evt); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// the first 2 indexes of curlFlags were reserved for this
+		curlFlags[0] = "-H"
+		curlFlags[1] = fmt.Sprintf("Authorization: Nostr %s", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(evt.String())))
+
+		// call curl
+		cmd := exec.Command("curl", curlFlags...)
+		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+		cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+		cmd.Run()
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+func realCurl() error {
+	curlFlags = make([]string, 2, max(len(os.Args)-4, 2))
+	keyFlags := make([]string, 0, 5)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(os.Args[2:]); i++ {
+		arg := os.Args[i+2]
+		if slices.ContainsFunc(defaultKeyFlags, func(f cli.Flag) bool {
+			bareArg, _ := strings.CutPrefix(arg, "-")
+			bareArg, _ = strings.CutPrefix(bareArg, "-")
+			return slices.Contains(f.Names(), bareArg)
+		}) {
+			keyFlags = append(keyFlags, arg)
+			if arg != "--prompt-sec" {
+				i++
+				val := os.Args[i+2]
+				keyFlags = append(keyFlags, val)
+			}
+		} else {
+			curlFlags = append(curlFlags, arg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return curl.Run(context.Background(), keyFlags)
+}

event.go

@@ -154,21 +154,20 @@ example:
 
 		doAuth := c.Bool("auth")
 
-		// then process input and generate events
+		// then process input and generate events:
-		for stdinEvent := range getStdinLinesOrBlank() {
-			evt := nostr.Event{
-				Tags: make(nostr.Tags, 0, 3),
-			}
 
-			kindWasSupplied := false
+		// will reuse this
+		var evt nostr.Event
+
+		// this is called when we have a valid json from stdin
+		handleEvent := func(stdinEvent string) error {
+			evt.Content = ""
+
+			kindWasSupplied := strings.Contains(stdinEvent, `"kind"`)
 			mustRehashAndResign := false
 
-			if stdinEvent != "" {
+			if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinEvent), &evt); err != nil {
-				if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinEvent), &evt); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid event received from stdin: %s", err)
-					ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid event received from stdin: %s", err)
-					continue
-				}
-				kindWasSupplied = strings.Contains(stdinEvent, `"kind"`)
 			}
 
 			if kind := c.Uint("kind"); slices.Contains(c.FlagNames(), "kind") {
@@ -324,6 +323,14 @@ example:
 					log(nevent + "\n")
 				}
 			}
+
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		for stdinEvent := range getJsonsOrBlank() {
+			if err := handleEvent(stdinEvent); err != nil {
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, err.Error())
+			}
 		}
 
 		exitIfLineProcessingError(ctx)

helpers.go

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"iter"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -43,59 +45,71 @@ func isPiped() bool {
 	return stat.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0
 }
 
-func getStdinLinesOrBlank() chan string {
+func getJsonsOrBlank() iter.Seq[string] {
-	multi := make(chan string)
+	var curr strings.Builder
-	if hasStdinLines := writeStdinLinesOrNothing(multi); !hasStdinLines {
+
-		single := make(chan string, 1)
+	return func(yield func(string) bool) {
-		single <- ""
+		for stdinLine := range getStdinLinesOrBlank() {
-		close(single)
+			// we're look for an event, but it may be in multiple lines, so if json parsing fails
-		return single
+			// we'll try the next line until we're successful
-	} else {
+			curr.WriteString(stdinLine)
-		return multi
+			stdinEvent := curr.String()
+
+			var dummy any
+			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinEvent), &dummy); err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if !yield(stdinEvent) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			curr.Reset()
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-func getStdinLinesOrArguments(args cli.Args) chan string {
+func getStdinLinesOrBlank() iter.Seq[string] {
+	return func(yield func(string) bool) {
+		if hasStdinLines := writeStdinLinesOrNothing(yield); !hasStdinLines {
+			return
+		} else {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getStdinLinesOrArguments(args cli.Args) iter.Seq[string] {
 	return getStdinLinesOrArgumentsFromSlice(args.Slice())
 }
 
-func getStdinLinesOrArgumentsFromSlice(args []string) chan string {
+func getStdinLinesOrArgumentsFromSlice(args []string) iter.Seq[string] {
 	// try the first argument
 	if len(args) > 0 {
-		argsCh := make(chan string, 1)
+		return slices.Values(args)
-		go func() {
-			for _, arg := range args {
-				argsCh <- arg
-			}
-			close(argsCh)
-		}()
-		return argsCh
 	}
 
 	// try the stdin
-	multi := make(chan string)
+	return func(yield func(string) bool) {
-	if !writeStdinLinesOrNothing(multi) {
+		writeStdinLinesOrNothing(yield)
-		close(multi)
 	}
-	return multi
 }
 
-func writeStdinLinesOrNothing(ch chan string) (hasStdinLines bool) {
+func writeStdinLinesOrNothing(yield func(string) bool) (hasStdinLines bool) {
 	if isPiped() {
 		// piped
-		go func() {
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
-			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+		scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 16*1024*1024), 256*1024*1024)
-			scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 16*1024*1024), 256*1024*1024)
+		hasEmittedAtLeastOne := false
-			hasEmittedAtLeastOne := false
+		for scanner.Scan() {
-			for scanner.Scan() {
+			if !yield(strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())) {
-				ch <- strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+				return
-				hasEmittedAtLeastOne = true
 			}
-			if !hasEmittedAtLeastOne {
+			hasEmittedAtLeastOne = true
-				ch <- ""
+		}
-			}
+		if !hasEmittedAtLeastOne {
-			close(ch)
+			yield("")
-		}()
+		}
 		return true
 	} else {
 		// not piped

main.go

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 		outbox,
 		wallet,
 		mcpServer,
+		curl,
 	},
 	Version: version,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
@@ -140,6 +141,16 @@ func main() {
 		Usage: "prints the version",
 	}
 
+	// a megahack to enable this curl command proxy
+	if len(os.Args) > 2 && os.Args[1] == "curl" {
+		if err := realCurl(); err != nil {
+			stdout(err)
+			colors.reset()
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	if err := app.Run(context.Background(), os.Args); err != nil {
 		stdout(err)
 		colors.reset()

req.go

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ example:
 			}()
 		}
 
-		for stdinFilter := range getStdinLinesOrBlank() {
+		for stdinFilter := range getJsonsOrBlank() {
 			filter := nostr.Filter{}
 			if stdinFilter != "" {
 				if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinFilter), &filter); err != nil {