hardcode our fork of urfave/cli because go is stupid.

fixes https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak/issues/26
only look for private key in environment variable if --sec is not given.
2025-12-09 00:58:50 +00:00 · 2024-07-23 15:23:13 -03:00 · 2024-07-23 15:21:14 -03:00 · 2024-07-23 15:18:09 -03:00 · 2024-07-17 13:16:40 -03:00 · 2024-07-16 13:26:54 -03:00
17 changed files with 614 additions and 201 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,11 +77,102 @@ publishing to wss://relayable.org... success.
 invalid .id, expected 05bd99d54cb835f427e0092c4275ee44c7ff51219eff417c19f70c9e2c53ad5a, got 05bd99d54cb835f327e0092c4275ee44c7ff51219eff417c19f70c9e2c53ad5a
 ```

-### fetch all quoted events by a given pubkey in their last 100 notes
+### fetch all quoted events by a given pubkey in their last 10 notes of 2023
 ```shell
-nak req -l 100 -k 1 -a 2edbcea694d164629854a52583458fd6d965b161e3c48b57d3aff01940558884 relay.damus.io | jq -r '.content | match("nostr:((note1|nevent1)[a-z0-9]+)";"g") | .captures[0].string' | nak decode | jq -cr '{ids: [.id]}' | nak req relay.damus.io
+~> nak req -l 10 -k 1 --until 'December 31 2023' -a 2edbcea694d164629854a52583458fd6d965b161e3c48b57d3aff01940558884 relay.damus.io | jq -r '.content | match("nostr:((note1|nevent1)[a-z0-9]+)";"g") | .captures[0].string' | nak decode | jq -cr '{ids: [.id]}' | nak req relay.damus.io
+connecting to relay.damus.io...
+ok.
+{"kind":1,"id":"0000000a5109c9747e3847282fcaef3d221d1be5e864ced7b2099d416a18d15a","pubkey":"7bdef7be22dd8e59f4600e044aa53a1cf975a9dc7d27df5833bc77db784a5805","created_at":1703869609,"tags":[["nonce","12912720851599460299","25"]],"content":"https://image.nostr.build/5eb40d3cae799bc572763b8f8bee95643344fa392d280efcb0fd28a935879e2a.png\n\nNostr is not dying.\nIt is just a physiological and healthy slowdown on the part of all those who have made this possible in such a short time, sharing extraordinary enthusiasm. This is necessary to regain a little energy, it will allow some things to be cleaned up and more focused goals to be set.\n\nIt is like the caterpillar that is about to become a butterfly, it has to stop moving, acting, doing all the time; it has to do one last silent work and rest, letting time go by. And then a new phase of life can begin.\n\nWe have an amazing 2024 ahead.\nThank you all, who have given so much and believe in Nostr.\n\nPS: an interesting cue suggested by this image, you cannot have both silk and butterfly, you have to choose: a precious and sophisticated ornament, or the living, colorful beauty of freedom.","sig":"16fe157fb13dba2474d510db5253edc409b465515371015a91b26b8f39e5aa873453bc366947c37463c49466f5fceb7dea0485432f979a03471c8f76b73e553c"}
+{"kind":1,"id":"ac0cc72dfee39f41d94568f574e7b613d3979facbd7b477a16b52eb763db4b6e","pubkey":"2250f69694c2a43929e77e5de0f6a61ae5e37a1ee6d6a3baef1706ed9901248b","created_at":1703873865,"tags":[["r","https://zine.wavlake.com/2023-year-in-review/"]],"content":"It's been an incredible year for us here at Wavlake and we wanted to take a moment to look back and see how far we've come since launch. Read more.. https://zine.wavlake.com/2023-year-in-review/","sig":"189e354f67f48f3046fd762c83f9bf3a776d502d514e2839a1b459c30107a02453304ef695cdc7d254724041feec3800806b21eb76259df87144aaef821ace5b"}
+{"kind":1,"id":"6215766c5aadfaf51488134682f7d28f237218b5405da2fc11d1fefe1ebf8154","pubkey":"4ce6abbd68dab6e9fdf6e8e9912a8e12f9b539e078c634c55a9bff2994a514dd","created_at":1703879775,"tags":[["imeta","url https://video.nostr.build/7b4e7c326fa4fcba58a40914ce9db4f060bd917878f2194f6d139948b085ebb9.mp4","blurhash eHD,QG_4ogMu_3to%O-:MwM_IWRjx^-pIUoe-;t7%Nt7%gV?M{WBxu","dim 480x268"],["t","zaps"],["t","powakili23"],["p","4f82bced42584a6acfced2a657b5acabc4f90d75a95ed3ff888f3b04b8928630"],["p","ce75bae2349804caa5f4de8ae8f775bb558135f412441d9e32f88e4226c5d165"],["p","94bd495b78f8f6e5aff8ebc90e052d3a409d1f9d82e43ab56ca2cafb81b18ddf"],["p","50ff5b7ebeac1cc0d03dc878be8a59f1b63d45a7d5e60ade4b6f6f31eca25954"],["p","f300cf2bdf9808ed229dfa468260753a0b179935bdb87612b6d4f5b9fe3fc7cf"],["r","https://geyser.fund/entry/2636"],["r","https://video.nostr.build/7b4e7c326fa4fcba58a40914ce9db4f060bd917878f2194f6d139948b085ebb9.mp4"]],"content":"POWA - HQ UPDATE - DEC 2023\nTLDR: plan to open January 2024, 1 million Sats to go to reach milestone. #zaps go to fund this project. ⚡️powa@geyser.fund\n\nHello,\n\nFirst and foremost, I’d like to thank you for the incredible support shown for this project. It’s been an absolute honor to oversee this Proof of Work initiative.\n\nI am thrilled to announce that we are right on track for the grand opening in January 2024.\n\nCurrently, we're just over 1 million Sats away from reaching our target for this phase.\n\nPlease take a moment to enjoy the video and stay tuned for further updates about POWA. \n\nMan Like Who?\nMan Like Kweks!\n🇹🇿⚡️💜🏔️\n#powakili23\nnostr:npub1f7ptem2ztp9x4n7w62n90ddv40z0jrt4490d8lug3uasfwyjsccqkknerm nostr:npub1ee6m4c35nqzv4f05m69w3am4hd2czd05zfzpm83jlz8yyfk969js78tfcv nostr:npub1jj75jkmclrmwttlca0ysupfd8fqf68uastjr4dtv5t90hqd33h0s4gcksp nostr:npub12rl4kl474swvp5paeputazje7xmr63d86hnq4hjtdahnrm9zt92qgq500s nostr:npub17vqv727lnqyw6g5alfrgycr48g930xf4hku8vy4k6n6mnl3lcl8sglecc5 \n\nhttps://geyser.fund/entry/2636 https://video.nostr.build/7b4e7c326fa4fcba58a40914ce9db4f060bd917878f2194f6d139948b085ebb9.mp4 ","sig":"97d13c17d91c319f343cc770222d6d4a0a714d0e7e4ef43373adaf215a4c077f0bdf12bac488c74dbd4d55718d46c17a617b93c8660736b70bcd61a8820ece67"}
+...
 ```

-## Contributing to this repository
+### sign an event collaboratively with multiple parties using musig2
+```shell
+~> nak event --sec 1234 -k 1 -c 'hello from a combined key' --musig 2
+the following code should be saved secretly until the next step an included with --musig-nonce-secret:
+QebOT03ERmV7km22CqEqBPFmzAkgxQzGGbR7Si8yIZCBrd1N9A3LKwGLO71kbgXZ9EYFKpjiwun4u0mj5Tq6vwM3pK7x+EI8oHbkt9majKv/QN24Ix8qnwEIHxXX+mXBug==
+
+the next signer and they should call this on their side:
+nak event --sec <insert-secret-key> --musig 2 -k 1 -ts 1720821287 -c 'hello from a combined key' --musig-pubkey 0337a4aef1f8423ca076e4b7d99a8cabff40ddb8231f2a9f01081f15d7fa65c1ba --musig-nonce 0285af37c6c43638cda2c773098e867c749ddf1e9d096b78686c5d000603935ad3025c4a1e042eb6b0dcfd864d1e072d2ce8da06f2c0dcf13fd7d1fcef0dd26dbc92
+```
+
+demo videos with [2](https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8pmmae89agph80928l6gjm0wymechqazv80jwqrqy4cgk08epjaczyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze674zkzz), [3](https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrp320drqcnmnam6jvmdd4lgdvh2ay0xrdesrvy6q9qqdfsk7r55qzyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze6c32d4m) and [4](https://njump.me/nevent1qqsre84xe6qpagf2w2xjtjwc95j4dd5ccue68gxl8grkd6t6hjhaj5qzyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze6t8t7ak) parties.
+
+### generate a private key
+```shell
+~> nak key generate                                                                              18:59
+7b94e287b1fafa694ded1619b27de7effd3646104a158e187ff4edc56bc6148d
+```
+
+### encrypt key with NIP-49
+```shell
+~> nak key encrypt 7b94e287b1fafa694ded1619b27de7effd3646104a158e187ff4edc56bc6148d mypassword
+ncryptsec1qggx54cg270zy9y8krwmfz29jyypsuxken2fkk99gr52qhje968n6mwkrfstqaqhq9eq94pnzl4nff437l4lp4ur2cs4f9um8738s35l2esx2tas48thtfhrk5kq94pf9j2tpk54yuermra0xu6hl5ls
+```
+
+### decrypt key with NIP-49
+```shell
+~> nak key decrypt ncryptsec1qggx54cg270zy9y8krwmfz29jyypsuxken2fkk99gr52qhje968n6mwkrfstqaqhq9eq94pnzl4nff437l4lp4ur2cs4f9um8738s35l2esx2tas48thtfhrk5kq94pf9j2tpk54yuermra0xu6hl5ls mypassword
+7b94e287b1fafa694ded1619b27de7effd3646104a158e187ff4edc56bc6148d
+~>
+~> nak key decrypt ncryptsec1qggx54cg270zy9y8krwmfz29jyypsuxken2fkk99gr52qhje968n6mwkrfstqaqhq9eq94pnzl4nff437l4lp4ur2cs4f9um8738s35l2esx2tas48thtfhrk5kq94pf9j2tpk54yuermra0xu6hl5ls
+type the password to decrypt your secret key: **********
+7b94e287b1fafa694ded1619b27de7effd3646104a158e187ff4edc56bc6148d
+```
+
+### get a public key from a private key
+```shell
+~> nak key public 7b94e287b1fafa694ded1619b27de7effd3646104a158e187ff4edc56bc6148d
+985d66d2644dfa7676e26046914470d66ebc7fa783a3f57f139fde32d0d631d7
+```
+
+### sign an event using a remote NIP-46 bunker
+```shell
+~> nak event --connect 'bunker://a9e0f110f636f3191644110c19a33448daf09d7cda9708a769e91b7e91340208?relay=wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.damus.io&relay=wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.nsecbunker.com&relay=wss%3A%2F%2Fnos.lol&secret=TWfGbjQCLxUf' -c 'hello from bunker'
+```
+
+### sign an event using a NIP-49 encrypted key
+```shell
+~> nak event --sec ncryptsec1qggx54cg270zy9y8krwmfz29jyypsuxken2fkk99gr52qhje968n6mwkrfstqaqhq9eq94pnzl4nff437l4lp4ur2cs4f9um8738s35l2esx2tas48thtfhrk5kq94pf9j2tpk54yuermra0xu6hl5ls -c 'hello from encrypted key'
+type the password to decrypt your secret key: **********
+{"kind":1,"id":"8aa5c931fb1da507f14801de6a1814b7f0baae984dc502b9889f347f5aa3cc4e","pubkey":"985d66d2644dfa7676e26046914470d66ebc7fa783a3f57f139fde32d0d631d7","created_at":1720822280,"tags":[],"content":"hello from encrypted key","sig":"9d1c9e56e87f787cc5b6191ec47690ce59fa4bef105b56297484253953e18fb930f6683f007e84a9ce9dc9a25b20c191c510629156dcd24bd16e15d302d20944"}
+```
+
+### talk to a relay's NIP-86 management API
+```shell
+nak relay allowpubkey --sec ncryptsec1qggx54cg270zy9y8krwmfz29jyypsuxken2fkk99gr52qhje968n6mwkrfstqaqhq9eq94pnzl4nff437l4lp4ur2cs4f9um8738s35l2esx2tas48thtfhrk5kq94pf9j2tpk54yuermra0xu6hl5ls --pubkey a9e0f110f636f3191644110c19a33448daf09d7cda9708a769e91b7e91340208 pyramid.fiatjaf.com
+type the password to decrypt your secret key: **********
+calling 'allowpubkey' on https://pyramid.fiatjaf.com...
+{
+  "result": null,
+  "error": "failed to add to whitelist: pubkey 985d66d2644dfa7676e26046914470d66ebc7fa783a3f57f139fde32d0d631d7 doesn't have permission to invite"
+}
+```
+
+### start a bunker locally
+```shell
+~> nak bunker --sec ncryptsec1qggrp80ptf0s7kyl0r38ktzg60fem85m89uz7um6rjn4pnep2nnvcgqm8h7q36c76z9sypatdh4fmw6etfxu99mv5cxkw4ymcsryw0zz7evyuplsgvnj5yysf449lq94klzvnahsw2lzxflvcq4qpf5q -k 3fbf7fbb2a2111e205f74aca0166e29e421729c9a07bc45aa85d39535b47c9ed relay.damus.io nos.lol relay.nsecbunker.com
+connecting to relay.damus.io... ok.
+connecting to nos.lol... ok.
+connecting to relay.nsecbunker.com... ok.
+type the password to decrypt your secret key: ***
+listening at [wss://relay.damus.io wss://nos.lol wss://relay.nsecbunker.com]:
+  pubkey: f59911b561c37c90b01e9e5c2557307380835c83399756f4d62d8167227e420a
+  npub: npub17kv3rdtpcd7fpvq7newz24eswwqgxhyr8xt4daxk9kqkwgn7gg9q4gy8vf
+  authorized keys:
+    - 3fbf7fbb2a2111e205f74aca0166e29e421729c9a07bc45aa85d39535b47c9ed
+  to restart: nak bunker --sec ncryptsec1qggrp80ptf0s7kyl0r38ktzg60fem85m89uz7um6rjn4pnep2nnvcgqm8h7q36c76z9sypatdh4fmw6etfxu99mv5cxkw4ymcsryw0zz7evyuplsgvnj5yysf449lq94klzvnahsw2lzxflvcq4qpf5q -k 3fbf7fbb2a2111e205f74aca0166e29e421729c9a07bc45aa85d39535b47c9ed relay.damus.io nos.lol relay.nsecbunker.com
+  bunker: bunker://f59911b561c37c90b01e9e5c2557307380835c83399756f4d62d8167227e420a?relay=wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.damus.io&relay=wss%3A%2F%2Fnos.lol&relay=wss%3A%2F%2Frelay.nsecbunker.com&secret=XuuiMbcLwuwL
+```
+
+### generate a NIP-70 protected event with a date set to two weeks ago and some multi-value tags
+```shell
+~> nak event --ts 'two weeks ago' -t '-' -t 'e=f59911b561c37c90b01e9e5c2557307380835c83399756f4d62d8167227e420a;wss://relay.whatever.com;root;a9e0f110f636f3191644110c19a33448daf09d7cda9708a769e91b7e91340208' -t 'p=a9e0f110f636f3191644110c19a33448daf09d7cda9708a769e91b7e91340208;wss://p-relay.com' -c 'I know the future'
+{"kind":1,"id":"f030fccd90c783858dfcee204af94826cf0f1c85d6fc85a0087e9e5172419393","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","created_at":1719677535,"tags":[["-"],["e","f59911b561c37c90b01e9e5c2557307380835c83399756f4d62d8167227e420a","wss://relay.whatever.com","root","a9e0f110f636f3191644110c19a33448daf09d7cda9708a769e91b7e91340208"],["p","a9e0f110f636f3191644110c19a33448daf09d7cda9708a769e91b7e91340208","wss://p-relay.com"]],"content":"I know the future","sig":"8b36a74e29df8bc12bed66896820da6940d4d9409721b3ed2e910c838833a178cb45fd5bb1c6eb6adc66ab2808bfac9f6644a2c55a6570bb2ad90f221c9c7551"}
+```
+
+## contributing to this repository

 Use NIP-34 to send your patches to `naddr1qqpkucttqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfnsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvsq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7q3q80cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsxpqqqpmej2wctpn`.
--- a/bunker.go
+++ b/bunker.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip46"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var bunker = &cli.Command{
 		qs := url.Values{}
 		relayURLs := make([]string, 0, c.Args().Len())
 		if relayUrls := c.Args().Slice(); len(relayUrls) > 0 {
-			_, relays := connectToAllRelays(ctx, relayUrls)
+			_, relays := connectToAllRelays(ctx, relayUrls, false)
 			if len(relays) == 0 {
 				log("failed to connect to any of the given relays.\n")
 				os.Exit(3)
--- a/count.go
+++ b/count.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var count = &cli.Command{
--- a/decode.go
+++ b/decode.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
 	sdk "github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var decode = &cli.Command{
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var decode = &cli.Command{
 					decodeResult.HexResult.PrivateKey = hex.EncodeToString(b)
 					decodeResult.HexResult.PublicKey = hex.EncodeToString(b)
 				} else {
-					lineProcessingError(ctx, "hex string with invalid number of bytes: %d", len(b))
+					ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "hex string with invalid number of bytes: %d", len(b))
 					continue
 				}
 			} else if evp := sdk.InputToEventPointer(input); evp != nil {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var decode = &cli.Command{
 				decodeResult.PrivateKey.PrivateKey = value.(string)
 				decodeResult.PrivateKey.PublicKey, _ = nostr.GetPublicKey(value.(string))
 			} else {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "couldn't decode input '%s': %s", input, err)
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "couldn't decode input '%s': %s", input, err)
 				continue
 			}

--- a/encode.go
+++ b/encode.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var encode = &cli.Command{
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				for target := range getStdinLinesOrArguments(c.Args()) {
 					if ok := nostr.IsValidPublicKey(target); !ok {
-						lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid public key: %s", target)
+						ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid public key: %s", target)
 						continue
 					}

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				for target := range getStdinLinesOrArguments(c.Args()) {
 					if ok := nostr.IsValid32ByteHex(target); !ok {
-						lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid private key: %s", target)
+						ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid private key: %s", target)
 						continue
 					}

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				for target := range getStdinLinesOrArguments(c.Args()) {
 					if ok := nostr.IsValid32ByteHex(target); !ok {
-						lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid public key: %s", target)
+						ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid public key: %s", target)
 						continue
 					}

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				for target := range getStdinLinesOrArguments(c.Args()) {
 					if ok := nostr.IsValid32ByteHex(target); !ok {
-						lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid event id: %s", target)
+						ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid event id: %s", target)
 						continue
 					}

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 					if d == "" {
 						d = c.String("identifier")
 						if d == "" {
-							lineProcessingError(ctx, "\"d\" tag identifier can't be empty")
+							ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "\"d\" tag identifier can't be empty")
 							continue
 						}
 					}
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ var encode = &cli.Command{
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 				for target := range getStdinLinesOrArguments(c.Args()) {
 					if ok := nostr.IsValid32ByteHex(target); !ok {
-						lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid event id: %s", target)
+						ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid event id: %s", target)
 						continue
 					}

--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nson"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )

@@ -90,11 +88,7 @@ example:
 			Name:  "nevent",
 			Usage: "print the nevent code (to stderr) after the event is published",
 		},
-		&cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:  "nson",
-			Usage: "encode the event using NSON",
-		},
-		&cli.IntFlag{
+		&cli.UintFlag{
 			Name:        "kind",
 			Aliases:     []string{"k"},
 			Usage:       "event kind",
@@ -131,12 +125,12 @@ example:
 			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag d=<value>",
 			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
 		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
+		&NaturalTimeFlag{
 			Name:        "created-at",
 			Aliases:     []string{"time", "ts"},
 			Usage:       "unix timestamp value for the created_at field",
 			DefaultText: "now",
-			Value:       "",
+			Value:       nostr.Now(),
 			Category:    CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
 		},
 	},
@@ -145,7 +139,7 @@ example:
 		// try to connect to the relays here
 		var relays []*nostr.Relay
 		if relayUrls := c.Args().Slice(); len(relayUrls) > 0 {
-			_, relays = connectToAllRelays(ctx, relayUrls)
+			_, relays = connectToAllRelays(ctx, relayUrls, false)
 			if len(relays) == 0 {
 				log("failed to connect to any of the given relays.\n")
 				os.Exit(3)
@@ -176,13 +170,13 @@ example:

 			if stdinEvent != "" {
 				if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinEvent), &evt); err != nil {
-					lineProcessingError(ctx, "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.Int("kind"); slices.Contains(c.FlagNames(), "kind") {
+			if kind := c.Uint("kind"); slices.Contains(c.FlagNames(), "kind") {
 				evt.Kind = int(kind)
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			} else if !kindWasSupplied {
@@ -230,16 +224,8 @@ example:
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			}

-			if createdAt := c.String("created-at"); createdAt != "" {
-				ts := time.Now()
-				if createdAt != "now" {
-					if v, err := strconv.ParseInt(createdAt, 10, 64); err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse timestamp '%s': %w", createdAt, err)
-					} else {
-						ts = time.Unix(v, 0)
-					}
-				}
-				evt.CreatedAt = nostr.Timestamp(ts.Unix())
+			if c.IsSet("created-at") {
+				evt.CreatedAt = getNaturalDate(c, "created-at")
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			} else if evt.CreatedAt == 0 {
 				evt.CreatedAt = nostr.Now()
@@ -276,8 +262,6 @@ example:
 			if c.Bool("envelope") {
 				j, _ := json.Marshal(nostr.EventEnvelope{Event: evt})
 				result = string(j)
-			} else if c.Bool("nson") {
-				result, _ = nson.Marshal(&evt)
 			} else {
 				j, _ := easyjson.Marshal(&evt)
 				result = string(j)
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -1,36 +1,44 @@
 package main

-import "os"
+import (
+	"context"
+)
+
+// these tests are tricky because commands and flags are declared as globals and values set in one call may persist
+// to the next. for example, if in the first test we set --limit 2 then doesn't specify --limit in the second then
+// it will still return true for cmd.IsSet("limit") and then we will set .LimitZero = true
+
+var ctx = context.Background()

 func ExampleEventBasic() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "event", "--ts", "1699485669"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "event", "--ts", "1699485669"})
 	// Output:
 	// {"kind":1,"id":"36d88cf5fcc449f2390a424907023eda7a74278120eebab8d02797cd92e7e29c","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","created_at":1699485669,"tags":[],"content":"hello from the nostr army knife","sig":"68e71a192e8abcf8582a222434ac823ecc50607450ebe8cc4c145eb047794cc382dc3f888ce879d2f404f5ba6085a47601360a0fa2dd4b50d317bd0c6197c2c2"}
 }

 // (for some reason there can only be one test dealing with stdin in the suite otherwise it halts)
-func ExampleEventParsingFromStdin() {
-	prevStdin := os.Stdin
-	defer func() { os.Stdin = prevStdin }()
-	r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
-	os.Stdin = r
-	w.WriteString("{\"content\":\"hello world\"}\n{\"content\":\"hello sun\"}\n")
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "event", "-t", "t=spam", "--ts", "1699485669"})
-	// Output:
-	// {"id":"bda134f9077c11973afe6aa5a1cc6f5bcea01c40d318b8f91dcb8e50507cfa52","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","created_at":1699485669,"kind":1,"tags":[["t","spam"]],"content":"hello world","sig":"7552454bb8e7944230142634e3e34ac7468bad9b21ed6909da572c611018dff1d14d0792e98b5806f6330edc51e09efa6d0b66a9694dc34606c70f4e580e7493"}
-	// {"id":"879c36ec73acca288825b53585389581d3836e7f0fe4d46e5eba237ca56d6af5","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","created_at":1699485669,"kind":1,"tags":[["t","spam"]],"content":"hello sun","sig":"6c7e6b13ebdf931d26acfdd00bec2ec1140ddaf8d1ed61453543a14e729a460fe36c40c488ccb194a0e1ab9511cb6c36741485f501bdb93c39ca4c51bc59cbd4"}
-}
+// func ExampleEventParsingFromStdin() {
+// 	prevStdin := os.Stdin
+// 	defer func() { os.Stdin = prevStdin }()
+// 	r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
+// 	os.Stdin = r
+// 	w.WriteString("{\"content\":\"hello world\"}\n{\"content\":\"hello sun\"}\n")
+// 	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "event", "-t", "t=spam", "--ts", "1699485669"})
+// 	// Output:
+// 	// {"id":"bda134f9077c11973afe6aa5a1cc6f5bcea01c40d318b8f91dcb8e50507cfa52","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","created_at":1699485669,"kind":1,"tags":[["t","spam"]],"content":"hello world","sig":"7552454bb8e7944230142634e3e34ac7468bad9b21ed6909da572c611018dff1d14d0792e98b5806f6330edc51e09efa6d0b66a9694dc34606c70f4e580e7493"}
+// 	// {"id":"879c36ec73acca288825b53585389581d3836e7f0fe4d46e5eba237ca56d6af5","pubkey":"79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798","created_at":1699485669,"kind":1,"tags":[["t","spam"]],"content":"hello sun","sig":"6c7e6b13ebdf931d26acfdd00bec2ec1140ddaf8d1ed61453543a14e729a460fe36c40c488ccb194a0e1ab9511cb6c36741485f501bdb93c39ca4c51bc59cbd4"}
+// }

 func ExampleEventComplex() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "event", "--ts", "1699485669", "-k", "11", "-c", "skjdbaskd", "--sec", "17", "-t", "t=spam", "-e", "36d88cf5fcc449f2390a424907023eda7a74278120eebab8d02797cd92e7e29c", "-t", "r=https://abc.def?name=foobar;nothing"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "event", "--ts", "1699485669", "-k", "11", "-c", "skjdbaskd", "--sec", "17", "-t", "t=spam", "-e", "36d88cf5fcc449f2390a424907023eda7a74278120eebab8d02797cd92e7e29c", "-t", "r=https://abc.def?name=foobar;nothing"})
 	// Output:
-	// {"id":"19aba166dcf354bf5ef64f4afe69ada1eb851495001ee05e07d393ee8c8ea179","pubkey":"2fa2104d6b38d11b0230010559879124e42ab8dfeff5ff29dc9cdadd4ecacc3f","created_at":1699485669,"kind":11,"tags":[["t","spam"],["r","https://abc.def?name=foobar","nothing"],["e","36d88cf5fcc449f2390a424907023eda7a74278120eebab8d02797cd92e7e29c"]],"content":"skjdbaskd","sig":"cf452def4a68341c897c3fc96fa34dc6895a5b8cc266d4c041bcdf758ec992ec5adb8b0179e98552aaaf9450526a26d7e62e413b15b1c57e0cfc8db6b29215d7"}
+	// {"kind":11,"id":"19aba166dcf354bf5ef64f4afe69ada1eb851495001ee05e07d393ee8c8ea179","pubkey":"2fa2104d6b38d11b0230010559879124e42ab8dfeff5ff29dc9cdadd4ecacc3f","created_at":1699485669,"tags":[["t","spam"],["r","https://abc.def?name=foobar","nothing"],["e","36d88cf5fcc449f2390a424907023eda7a74278120eebab8d02797cd92e7e29c"]],"content":"skjdbaskd","sig":"cf452def4a68341c897c3fc96fa34dc6895a5b8cc266d4c041bcdf758ec992ec5adb8b0179e98552aaaf9450526a26d7e62e413b15b1c57e0cfc8db6b29215d7"}
 }

 func ExampleEncode() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "encode", "npub", "a6a67ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f8179822"})
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "encode", "nprofile", "-r", "wss://example.com", "a6a67ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f8179822"})
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "encode", "nprofile", "-r", "wss://example.com", "a6a67ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f8179822", "a5592173975ded9f836a9572ea8b11a7e16ceb66464d66d50b27163f7f039d2c"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "encode", "npub", "a6a67ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f8179822"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "encode", "nprofile", "-r", "wss://example.com", "a6a67ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f8179822"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "encode", "nprofile", "-r", "wss://example.com", "a6a67ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f8179822", "a5592173975ded9f836a9572ea8b11a7e16ceb66464d66d50b27163f7f039d2c"})
 	// npub156n8a7wuhwk9tgrzjh8gwzc8q2dlekedec5djk0js9d3d7qhnq3qjpdq28
 	// nprofile1qqs2dfn7l8wthtz45p3ftn58pvrs9xlumvkuu2xet8egzkcklqtesgspz9mhxue69uhk27rpd4cxcefwvdhk6fl5jug
 	// nprofile1qqs2dfn7l8wthtz45p3ftn58pvrs9xlumvkuu2xet8egzkcklqtesgspz9mhxue69uhk27rpd4cxcefwvdhk6fl5jug
@@ -38,7 +46,7 @@ func ExampleEncode() {
 }

 func ExampleDecode() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "decode", "naddr1qqyrgcmyxe3kvefhqyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqgs9kqvr4dkruv3t7n2pc6e6a7v9v2s5fprmwjv4gde8c4fe5y29v0srqsqqql9ngrt6tu", "nevent1qyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8wetnw3jhymnzw33jucm0d5hszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyqllp5v5j0nxr74fptqxkhvfv0h3uj870qpk3ln8a58agyxl3fka296ewr8"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "decode", "naddr1qqyrgcmyxe3kvefhqyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqgs9kqvr4dkruv3t7n2pc6e6a7v9v2s5fprmwjv4gde8c4fe5y29v0srqsqqql9ngrt6tu", "nevent1qyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8wetnw3jhymnzw33jucm0d5hszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyqllp5v5j0nxr74fptqxkhvfv0h3uj870qpk3ln8a58agyxl3fka296ewr8"})
 	// Output:
 	// {
 	//   "pubkey": "5b0183ab6c3e322bf4d41c6b3aef98562a144847b7499543727c5539a114563e",
@@ -60,76 +68,51 @@ func ExampleDecode() {
 }

 func ExampleReq() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "req", "-k", "1", "-l", "18", "-a", "2fa2104d6b38d11b0230010559879124e42ab8dfeff5ff29dc9cdadd4ecacc3f", "-e", "aec4de6d051a7c2b6ca2d087903d42051a31e07fb742f1240970084822de10a6"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "req", "-k", "1", "-l", "18", "-a", "2fa2104d6b38d11b0230010559879124e42ab8dfeff5ff29dc9cdadd4ecacc3f", "-e", "aec4de6d051a7c2b6ca2d087903d42051a31e07fb742f1240970084822de10a6"})
 	// Output:
 	// ["REQ","nak",{"kinds":[1],"authors":["2fa2104d6b38d11b0230010559879124e42ab8dfeff5ff29dc9cdadd4ecacc3f"],"limit":18,"#e":["aec4de6d051a7c2b6ca2d087903d42051a31e07fb742f1240970084822de10a6"]}]
 }

-func ExampleReqIdFromRelay() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "req", "-i", "3ff0d19493e661faa90ac06b5d8963ef1e48fe780368fe67ed0fd410df8a6dd5", "wss://nostr.wine"})
-	// Output:
-	// {"id":"3ff0d19493e661faa90ac06b5d8963ef1e48fe780368fe67ed0fd410df8a6dd5","pubkey":"3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d","created_at":1710759386,"kind":1,"tags":[],"content":"Nostr was coopted by our the corporate overlords. It is now featured in https://www.iana.org/assignments/well-known-uris/well-known-uris.xhtml.","sig":"faaec167cca4de50b562b7702e8854e2023f0ccd5f36d1b95b6eac20d352206342d6987e9516d283068c768e94dbe8858e2990c3e05405e707fb6fb771ef92f9"}
-}
-
 func ExampleMultipleFetch() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "fetch", "naddr1qqyrgcmyxe3kvefhqyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqgs9kqvr4dkruv3t7n2pc6e6a7v9v2s5fprmwjv4gde8c4fe5y29v0srqsqqql9ngrt6tu", "nevent1qyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8wetnw3jhymnzw33jucm0d5hszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyqllp5v5j0nxr74fptqxkhvfv0h3uj870qpk3ln8a58agyxl3fka296ewr8"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "fetch", "naddr1qqyrgcmyxe3kvefhqyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqgs9kqvr4dkruv3t7n2pc6e6a7v9v2s5fprmwjv4gde8c4fe5y29v0srqsqqql9ngrt6tu", "nevent1qyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8wetnw3jhymnzw33jucm0d5hszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyqllp5v5j0nxr74fptqxkhvfv0h3uj870qpk3ln8a58agyxl3fka296ewr8"})
 	// Output:
-	// {"id":"9ae5014573fc75ced00b343868d2cd9343ebcbbae50591c6fa8ae1cd99568f05","pubkey":"5b0183ab6c3e322bf4d41c6b3aef98562a144847b7499543727c5539a114563e","created_at":1707764605,"kind":31923,"tags":[["d","4cd6cfe7"],["name","Nostr PHX Presents Culture Shock"],["description","Nostr PHX presents Culture Shock the first Value 4 Value Cultural Event in Downtown Phoenix. We will showcase the power of Nostr + Bitcoin / Lightning with a full day of education, food, drinks, conversation, vendors and best of all, a live convert which will stream globally for the world to zap. "],["start","1708185600"],["end","1708228800"],["start_tzid","America/Phoenix"],["p","5b0183ab6c3e322bf4d41c6b3aef98562a144847b7499543727c5539a114563e","","host"],["location","Hello Merch, 850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA","Hello Merch","850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA"],["address","Hello Merch, 850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA","Hello Merch","850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA"],["g","9tbq1rzn"],["image","https://flockstr.s3.amazonaws.com/event/15vSaiscDhVH1KBXhA0i8"],["about","Nostr PHX presents Culture Shock : the first Value 4 Value Cultural Event in Downtown Phoenix. We will showcase the power of Nostr + Bitcoin / Lightning with a full day of education, conversation, food and goods which will be capped off with a live concert streamed globally for the world to boost \u0026 zap. \n\nWe strive to source local vendors, local artists, local partnerships. Please reach out to us if you are interested in participating in this historic event. "],["calendar","31924:5b0183ab6c3e322bf4d41c6b3aef98562a144847b7499543727c5539a114563e:1f238c94"]],"content":"Nostr PHX presents Culture Shock : the first Value 4 Value Cultural Event in Downtown Phoenix. We will showcase the power of Nostr + Bitcoin / Lightning with a full day of education, conversation, food and goods which will be capped off with a live concert streamed globally for the world to boost \u0026 zap. \n\nWe strive to source local vendors, local artists, local partnerships. Please reach out to us if you are interested in participating in this historic event. ","sig":"f676629d1414d96b464644de6babde0c96bd21ef9b41ba69ad886a1d13a942b855b715b22ccf38bc07fead18d3bdeee82d9e3825cf6f003fb5ff1766d95c70a0"}
-	// {"id":"3ff0d19493e661faa90ac06b5d8963ef1e48fe780368fe67ed0fd410df8a6dd5","pubkey":"3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d","created_at":1710759386,"kind":1,"tags":[],"content":"Nostr was coopted by our the corporate overlords. It is now featured in https://www.iana.org/assignments/well-known-uris/well-known-uris.xhtml.","sig":"faaec167cca4de50b562b7702e8854e2023f0ccd5f36d1b95b6eac20d352206342d6987e9516d283068c768e94dbe8858e2990c3e05405e707fb6fb771ef92f9"}
+	// {"kind":31923,"id":"9ae5014573fc75ced00b343868d2cd9343ebcbbae50591c6fa8ae1cd99568f05","pubkey":"5b0183ab6c3e322bf4d41c6b3aef98562a144847b7499543727c5539a114563e","created_at":1707764605,"tags":[["d","4cd6cfe7"],["name","Nostr PHX Presents Culture Shock"],["description","Nostr PHX presents Culture Shock the first Value 4 Value Cultural Event in Downtown Phoenix. We will showcase the power of Nostr + Bitcoin / Lightning with a full day of education, food, drinks, conversation, vendors and best of all, a live convert which will stream globally for the world to zap. "],["start","1708185600"],["end","1708228800"],["start_tzid","America/Phoenix"],["p","5b0183ab6c3e322bf4d41c6b3aef98562a144847b7499543727c5539a114563e","","host"],["location","Hello Merch, 850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA","Hello Merch","850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA"],["address","Hello Merch, 850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA","Hello Merch","850 W Lincoln St, Phoenix, AZ 85007, USA"],["g","9tbq1rzn"],["image","https://flockstr.s3.amazonaws.com/event/15vSaiscDhVH1KBXhA0i8"],["about","Nostr PHX presents Culture Shock : the first Value 4 Value Cultural Event in Downtown Phoenix. We will showcase the power of Nostr + Bitcoin / Lightning with a full day of education, conversation, food and goods which will be capped off with a live concert streamed globally for the world to boost \u0026 zap. \n\nWe strive to source local vendors, local artists, local partnerships. Please reach out to us if you are interested in participating in this historic event. "],["calendar","31924:5b0183ab6c3e322bf4d41c6b3aef98562a144847b7499543727c5539a114563e:1f238c94"]],"content":"Nostr PHX presents Culture Shock : the first Value 4 Value Cultural Event in Downtown Phoenix. We will showcase the power of Nostr + Bitcoin / Lightning with a full day of education, conversation, food and goods which will be capped off with a live concert streamed globally for the world to boost \u0026 zap. \n\nWe strive to source local vendors, local artists, local partnerships. Please reach out to us if you are interested in participating in this historic event. ","sig":"f676629d1414d96b464644de6babde0c96bd21ef9b41ba69ad886a1d13a942b855b715b22ccf38bc07fead18d3bdeee82d9e3825cf6f003fb5ff1766d95c70a0"}
+	// {"kind":1,"id":"3ff0d19493e661faa90ac06b5d8963ef1e48fe780368fe67ed0fd410df8a6dd5","pubkey":"3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d","created_at":1710759386,"tags":[],"content":"Nostr was coopted by our the corporate overlords. It is now featured in https://www.iana.org/assignments/well-known-uris/well-known-uris.xhtml.","sig":"faaec167cca4de50b562b7702e8854e2023f0ccd5f36d1b95b6eac20d352206342d6987e9516d283068c768e94dbe8858e2990c3e05405e707fb6fb771ef92f9"}
 }

 func ExampleKeyPublic() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "key", "public", "3ff0d19493e661faa90ac06b5d8963ef1e48fe780368fe67ed0fd410df8a6dd5", "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "key", "public", "3ff0d19493e661faa90ac06b5d8963ef1e48fe780368fe67ed0fd410df8a6dd5", "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d"})
 	// Output:
 	// 70f7120d065870513a6bddb61c8d400ad1e43449b1900ffdb5551e4c421375c8
 	// 718d756f60cf5179ef35b39dc6db3ff58f04c0734f81f6d4410f0b047ddf9029
 }

 func ExampleKeyDecrypt() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "key", "decrypt", "ncryptsec1qggfep0m5ythsegkmwfrhhx2zx5gazyhdygvlngcds4wsgdpzfy6nr0exy0pdk0ydwrqyhndt2trtwcgwwag0ja3aqclzptfxxqvprdyaz3qfrmazpecx2ff6dph5mfdjnh5sw8sgecul32eru6xet34", "banana"})
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "key", "decrypt", "ncryptsec1qgg2gx2a7hxpsse2zulrv7m8qwccvl3mh8e9k8vtz3wpyrwuuclaq73gz7ddt5kpa93qyfhfjakguuf8uhw90jn6mszh7kqeh9mxzlyw8hy75fluzx4h75frwmu2yngsq7hx7w32d0vdyxyns5g6rqft", "banana"})
 	// Output:
-	// nsec180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsgyumg0
+	// 718d756f60cf5179ef35b39dc6db3ff58f04c0734f81f6d4410f0b047ddf9029
 }

-func ExampleRelay() {
-	app.Run([]string{"nak", "relay", "relay.nos.social", "pyramid.fiatjaf.com"})
+func ExampleReqIdFromRelay() {
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "req", "-i", "20a6606ed548fe7107533cf3416ce1aa5e957c315c2a40249e12bd9873dca7da", "--limit", "1", "nos.lol"})
 	// Output:
-	// {
-	//   "name": "nos.social strfry relay",
-	//   "description": "This is a strfry instance handled by nos.social",
-	//   "pubkey": "89ef92b9ebe6dc1e4ea398f6477f227e95429627b0a33dc89b640e137b256be5",
-	//   "contact": "https://nos.social",
-	//   "supported_nips": [
-	//     1,
-	//     2,
-	//     4,
-	//     9,
-	//     11,
-	//     12,
-	//     16,
-	//     20,
-	//     22,
-	//     28,
-	//     33,
-	//     40
-	//   ],
-	//   "software": "git+https://github.com/hoytech/strfry.git",
-	//   "version": "0.9.4",
-	//   "icon": ""
-	// }
-	// {
-	//   "name": "the fiatjaf pyramid",
-	//   "description": "a relay just for the coolest of the coolest",
-	//   "pubkey": "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d",
-	//   "contact": "",
-	//   "supported_nips": [],
-	//   "software": "https://github.com/fiatjaf/khatru",
-	//   "version": "n/a",
-	//   "limitation": {
-	//     "auth_required": false,
-	//     "payment_required": false,
-	//     "restricted_writes": true
-	//   },
-	//   "icon": "https://clipart-library.com/images_k/pyramid-transparent/pyramid-transparent-19.png"
-	// }
+	// {"kind":1,"id":"20a6606ed548fe7107533cf3416ce1aa5e957c315c2a40249e12bd9873dca7da","pubkey":"dd664d5e4016433a8cd69f005ae1480804351789b59de5af06276de65633d319","created_at":1720972243,"tags":[["e","bdb2210fe6d9c4b141f08b5d9d1147cd8e1dc1d82f552a889ab171894249d21d","","root"],["e","c2e45f09e7d62ed12afe2b8b1bcf6be823b560a53ef06905365a78979a1b9ee3","","reply"],["p","036533caa872376946d4e4fdea4c1a0441eda38ca2d9d9417bb36006cbaabf58","","mention"]],"content":"Yeah, so bizarre, but I guess most people are meant to be serfs.","sig":"9ea7488415c250d0ac8fcb2219f211cb369dddf2a75c0f63d2db773c6dc1ef9dd9679b8941c0e7551744ea386afebad2024be8ce3ac418d4f47c95e7491af38e"}
+}
+
+func ExampleReqWithFlagsAfter1() {
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "req", "nos.lol", "-i", "20a6606ed548fe7107533cf3416ce1aa5e957c315c2a40249e12bd9873dca7da", "--limit", "1"})
+	// Output:
+	// {"kind":1,"id":"20a6606ed548fe7107533cf3416ce1aa5e957c315c2a40249e12bd9873dca7da","pubkey":"dd664d5e4016433a8cd69f005ae1480804351789b59de5af06276de65633d319","created_at":1720972243,"tags":[["e","bdb2210fe6d9c4b141f08b5d9d1147cd8e1dc1d82f552a889ab171894249d21d","","root"],["e","c2e45f09e7d62ed12afe2b8b1bcf6be823b560a53ef06905365a78979a1b9ee3","","reply"],["p","036533caa872376946d4e4fdea4c1a0441eda38ca2d9d9417bb36006cbaabf58","","mention"]],"content":"Yeah, so bizarre, but I guess most people are meant to be serfs.","sig":"9ea7488415c250d0ac8fcb2219f211cb369dddf2a75c0f63d2db773c6dc1ef9dd9679b8941c0e7551744ea386afebad2024be8ce3ac418d4f47c95e7491af38e"}
+}
+
+func ExampleReqWithFlagsAfter2() {
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "req", "-e", "893d4c10f1c230240812c6bdf9ad877eed1e29e87029d153820c24680bb183b1", "nostr.mom", "--author", "2a7dcf382bcc96a393ada5c975f500393b3f7be6e466bff220aa161ad6b15eb6", "--limit", "1", "-k", "7"})
+	// Output:
+	// {"kind":7,"id":"9b4868b068ea34ae51092807586c4541b3569d9efc23862aea48ef13de275857","pubkey":"2a7dcf382bcc96a393ada5c975f500393b3f7be6e466bff220aa161ad6b15eb6","created_at":1720987327,"tags":[["e","893d4c10f1c230240812c6bdf9ad877eed1e29e87029d153820c24680bb183b1"],["p","1e978baae414eee990dba992871549ad4a099b9d6f7e71c8059b254ea024dddc"],["k","1"]],"content":"❤️","sig":"7eddd112c642ecdb031330dadc021790642b3c10ecc64158ba3ae63edd798b26afb9b5a3bba72835ce171719a724de1472f65c9b3339b6bead0ce2846f93dfc9"}
+}
+
+func ExampleReqWithFlagsAfter3() {
+	app.Run(ctx, []string{"nak", "req", "--limit", "1", "pyramid.fiatjaf.com", "-a", "3f770d65d3a764a9c5cb503ae123e62ec7598ad035d836e2a810f3877a745b24", "-qp", "3f770d65d3a764a9c5cb503ae123e62ec7598ad035d836e2a810f3877a745b24", "-e", "9f3c1121c96edf17d84b9194f74d66d012b28c4e25b3ef190582c76b8546a188"})
+	// Output:
+	// {"kind":1,"id":"101572c80ebdc963dab8440f6307387a3023b6d90f7e495d6c5ee1ef77045a67","pubkey":"3f770d65d3a764a9c5cb503ae123e62ec7598ad035d836e2a810f3877a745b24","created_at":1720987305,"tags":[["e","ceacdc29fa7a0b51640b30d2424e188215460617db5ba5bb52d3fbf0094eebb3","","root"],["e","9f3c1121c96edf17d84b9194f74d66d012b28c4e25b3ef190582c76b8546a188","","reply"],["p","3f770d65d3a764a9c5cb503ae123e62ec7598ad035d836e2a810f3877a745b24"],["p","6b96c3eb36c6cd457d906bbaafe7b36cacfb8bcc4ab235be6eab3b71c6669251"]],"content":"Nope. I grew up playing in the woods. Never once saw a bear in the woods. If I did, I'd probably shiy my pants, then scream at it like I was a crazy person with my arms above my head to make me seem huge.","sig":"b098820b4a5635865cada9f9a5813be2bc6dd7180e16e590cf30e07916d8ed6ed98ab38b64f3bfba12d88d37335f229f7ef8c084bc48132e936c664a54d3e650"}
 }
--- a/fetch.go
+++ b/fetch.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
 	sdk "github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var fetch = &cli.Command{
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var fetch = &cli.Command{

 			prefix, value, err := nip19.Decode(code)
 			if err != nil {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to decode: %s", err)
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to decode: %s", err)
 				continue
 			}

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var fetch = &cli.Command{
 			}

 			if len(relays) == 0 {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "no relay hints found")
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "no relay hints found")
 				continue
 			}

--- a/flags.go
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
+)
+
+type NaturalTimeFlag = cli.FlagBase[nostr.Timestamp, struct{}, naturalTimeValue]
+
+// wrap to satisfy golang's flag interface.
+type naturalTimeValue struct {
+	timestamp  *nostr.Timestamp
+	hasBeenSet bool
+}
+
+var _ cli.ValueCreator[nostr.Timestamp, struct{}] = naturalTimeValue{}
+
+// Below functions are to satisfy the ValueCreator interface
+
+func (t naturalTimeValue) Create(val nostr.Timestamp, p *nostr.Timestamp, c struct{}) cli.Value {
+	*p = val
+	return &naturalTimeValue{
+		timestamp: p,
+	}
+}
+
+func (t naturalTimeValue) ToString(b nostr.Timestamp) string {
+	ts := b.Time()
+
+	if ts.IsZero() {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", ts)
+}
+
+// Timestamp constructor(for internal testing only)
+func newTimestamp(timestamp nostr.Timestamp) *naturalTimeValue {
+	return &naturalTimeValue{timestamp: &timestamp}
+}
+
+// Below functions are to satisfy the flag.Value interface
+
+// Parses the string value to timestamp
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) Set(value string) error {
+	var ts time.Time
+	if n, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64); err == nil {
+		// when the input is a raw number, treat it as an exact timestamp
+		ts = time.Unix(n, 0)
+	} else if errors.Is(err, strconv.ErrRange) {
+		// this means a huge number, so we should fail
+		return err
+	} else {
+		// otherwise try to parse it as a human date string in natural language
+		date, err := dateparser.Parse(&dateparser.Configuration{
+			DefaultTimezone: time.Local,
+			CurrentTime:     time.Now(),
+		}, value)
+		ts = date.Time
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if t.timestamp != nil {
+		*t.timestamp = nostr.Timestamp(ts.Unix())
+	}
+
+	t.hasBeenSet = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+// String returns a readable representation of this value (for usage defaults)
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", t.timestamp)
+}
+
+// Value returns the timestamp value stored in the flag
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) Value() *nostr.Timestamp {
+	return t.timestamp
+}
+
+// Get returns the flag structure
+func (t *naturalTimeValue) Get() any {
+	return *t.timestamp
+}
+
+func getNaturalDate(cmd *cli.Command, name string) nostr.Timestamp {
+	return cmd.Value(name).(nostr.Timestamp)
+}
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/fiatjaf/nak

-go 1.21
+go 1.22

-toolchain go1.21.0
+toolchain go1.22.4

 require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.3
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7
-	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.34.0
+	github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3
+	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.34.2
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-sdk v0.0.5
-	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.0.0-alpha9
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240707233637-46b078467d37
 )

 require (
@@ -22,20 +22,26 @@ require (
 	github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10 // indirect
 	github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240723181502-e7dd498b16ae // indirect
 	github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.2.16 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/httphead v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/pool v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/ws v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jalaali/go-jalaali v0.0.0-20210801064154-80525e88d958 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3 v3.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v1.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
-
-replace github.com/urfave/cli/v3 => github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240626022047-0fc2565ea728
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:hyedUtir6IdtD/7lIxGeC
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0 h1:rpfIENRNNilwHwZeG5+P150SMrnNEcHYvcCuK6dPZSg=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:v57UDF4pDQJcEfFUCRop3lJL149eHGSe9Jvczhzjo/0=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/lru v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mxKOwFd7lFjN2GZYsiz/ecgqR6kkYAl+0pz0tEMk218=
+github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0 h1:FqoIKg4uj0G/CrLGuMS9ejnFKa92lxE1dEgBD3pShXg=
+github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:18t0dgGFH006g4eVdDtWfgFZPQEgl10IoEO8YWEq3Og=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 h1:zmkK9Ngbjj+K0yRhTVONQh1p/HknKYSlNT+vZCzyokM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0/go.mod h1:fL2Sau1YI5c0pdGEVCbKQbLXB6edEj1ZgiY4NijnWvE=
-github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240626022047-0fc2565ea728 h1:MgEQQSCPDkpILGlJKCj/Gj0l8XwYFpBKYATPJC14ros=
-github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240626022047-0fc2565ea728/go.mod h1:Z1ItyMma7t6I7zHG9OpbExhHQOSkFf/96n+mAZ9MtVI=
+github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240714232133-bb036558919f h1:SQ5W4q4HfpAPA8e8uPADqs4dhI6VvVwUq00DtlpHIt0=
+github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240714232133-bb036558919f/go.mod h1:Z1ItyMma7t6I7zHG9OpbExhHQOSkFf/96n+mAZ9MtVI=
+github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240723181502-e7dd498b16ae h1:0B/1dU3YECIbPoBIRTQ4c0scZCNz9TVHtQpiODGrTTo=
+github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3 v3.0.0-20240723181502-e7dd498b16ae/go.mod h1:aAWPO4bixZZxPtOnH6K3q4GbQ0jftUNDW9Oa861IRew=
 github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.2.16 h1:NR64mnyUT5nJR8Sj2AwJTd1Hqs5kKJcCFO21ggUkvWg=
 github.com/fiatjaf/eventstore v0.2.16/go.mod h1:rUc1KhVufVmC+HUOiuPweGAcvG6lEOQCkRCn2Xn5VRA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
@@ -65,22 +69,32 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEW
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2 h1:drT/MZpSZJQXo7jftf5fthArShcaMtsal0Zf/dnmp6k=
+github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2/go.mod h1:OS5qyYLDjORXzK4O1adFw9Q5WfhOcMdAKglDkcTxgWQ=
+github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0 h1:A8YM7wIj16SzlKT0SRJc9CD29iiaUzpBLzh5hr0/5p0=
+github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JOYq4oFOuDja+oospuc61YoX+uNEn7Z6uHYTbBzdGc=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
+github.com/jalaali/go-jalaali v0.0.0-20210801064154-80525e88d958 h1:qxLoi6CAcXVzjfvu+KXIXJOAsQB62LXjsfbOaErsVzE=
+github.com/jalaali/go-jalaali v0.0.0-20210801064154-80525e88d958/go.mod h1:Wqfu7mjUHj9WDzSSPI5KfBclTTEnLveRUFr/ujWnTgE=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v0.0.0-20141203071132-1679536dcc89/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=
 github.com/jrick/logrotate v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LNinyqDIJnpAur+b8yyulnQw/wDuN1+BYKlTRt3OuAQ=
 github.com/kkdai/bstream v0.0.0-20161212061736-f391b8402d23/go.mod h1:J+Gs4SYgM6CZQHDETBtE9HaSEkGmuNXF86RwHhHUvq4=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0 h1:6QDX3g6z1YvJ4olPhT1wksUcSa/V0a1B+pJb73fBjyo=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0/go.mod h1:z5UZb/iS3GoOSn0JgWuiw7dxlurVYTu+/jHXqQg881A=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
+github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3 h1:TvrsIvr5uk+3v6poDjaicnAFJ5IgtFHgLiuMY2Eb7Nw=
+github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3/go.mod h1:cMwQRrBUQlK1UI5TIFHEcvpsMbkWrQLXuaPNMFzuYLk=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.34.0 h1:E7tDHFx42gvWwFv1Eysn+NxJqGLmo21x/VEwj2+F21E=
-github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.34.0/go.mod h1:NZQkxl96ggbO8rvDpVjcsojJqKTPwqhP4i82O7K5DJs=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.34.2 h1:9b4qZ29DhQf9xEWN8/7zfDD868r1jFbpjrR3c+BHc+E=
+github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.34.2/go.mod h1:NZQkxl96ggbO8rvDpVjcsojJqKTPwqhP4i82O7K5DJs=
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@@ -98,9 +112,11 @@ github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3 v3.1.0 h1:EewKT7/LNac5SLiEblJeUu8z5eERHrmRLnMQL2d7
 github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:VjzYrABPabuM4KyBh1Ftq6u8nhwY5tBPKP9jpmh0nnA=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
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+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.2.1 h1:J4X2hrGzJvt+wqltuvcSjHQ7ujQxA9gb6PeMs4qlUWs=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.2.1/go.mod h1:wYx2gNRg8/WihJfSDxA1TIL8H+GkfLYm+bIfbblu9VQ=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1 h1:wlYEnwqAHgzmhNUFfw7Xalt2JzQvsMx2Se4PcoFCT/U=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.1/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
@@ -108,20 +124,24 @@ github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JT
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 h1:qjsOFOWWQl+N3RsoF5/ssm1pHmJJwhjlSbZ51I6wMl4=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
+github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v1.3.0 h1:LFhBNzoStM3wMie6rN2slD1cuYH2CGiHpvNL3UtcsMw=
+github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v1.3.0/go.mod h1:AafrCXVvGRJJOImMajgJ2M7rVmWyisVK7sFshbxnVrg=
+github.com/wasilibs/nottinygc v0.4.0 h1:h1TJMihMC4neN6Zq+WKpLxgd9xCFMw7O9ETLwY2exJQ=
+github.com/wasilibs/nottinygc v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oDcIotskuYNMpqMF23l7Z8uzD4TC0WXHK8jetlB3HIo=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20170930174604-9419663f5a44/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 h1:AvwMYaRytfdeVt3u6mLaxYtErKYjxA2OXjJ1HHq6t3A=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 h1:vr/HnozRka3pE4EsMEg1lgkXJkTFJCVUX+S/ZT6wYzM=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842/go.mod h1:XtvwrStGgqGPLc4cjQfWqZHG1YFdYs6swckp8vpsjnc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0 h1:X31++rzVUdKhX5sWmSOFZxx8UW/ldWx55cbf08iNAMA=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0/go.mod h1:0BP7YvVV9gBbVKyeTG0Gyn+gZm94bibOW5BjDEYAOMs=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240707233637-46b078467d37 h1:uLDX+AfeFCct3a2C7uIWBKMJIR3CJMhcgfrUAqjRK6w=
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 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200520004742-59133d7f0dd7/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200813134508-3edf25e44fcc/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.22.0 h1:9sGLhx7iRIHEiX0oAJ3MRZMUCElJgy7Br1nO+AMN3Tc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.22.0/go.mod h1:JKghWKKOSdJwpW2GEx0Ja7fmaKnMsbu+MWVZTokSYmg=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
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@@ -134,13 +154,13 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200519105757-fe76b779f299/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200814200057-3d37ad5750ed/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
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-golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 h1:57P1ETyNKtuIjB4SRd15iJxuhj8Gc416Y78H3qgMh68=
-golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
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 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"

 	"github.com/chzyer/readline"
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip46"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip49"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 const (
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func writeStdinLinesOrNothing(ch chan string) (hasStdinLines bool) {
 		// piped
 		go func() {
 			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
-			scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 16*1024), 256*1024)
+			scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 16*1024*1024), 256*1024*1024)
 			hasEmittedAtLeastOne := false
 			for scanner.Scan() {
 				ch <- strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
@@ -117,13 +118,48 @@ func normalizeAndValidateRelayURLs(wsurls []string) error {
 func connectToAllRelays(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	relayUrls []string,
+	forcePreAuth bool,
 	opts ...nostr.PoolOption,
 ) (*nostr.SimplePool, []*nostr.Relay) {
 	relays := make([]*nostr.Relay, 0, len(relayUrls))
 	pool := nostr.NewSimplePool(ctx, opts...)
+relayLoop:
 	for _, url := range relayUrls {
 		log("connecting to %s... ", url)
 		if relay, err := pool.EnsureRelay(url); err == nil {
+			if forcePreAuth {
+				log("waiting for auth challenge... ")
+				signer := opts[0].(nostr.WithAuthHandler)
+				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 200)
+			challengeWaitLoop:
+				for {
+					// beginhack
+					// here starts the biggest and ugliest hack of this codebase
+					if err := relay.Auth(ctx, func(authEvent *nostr.Event) error {
+						challengeTag := authEvent.Tags.GetFirst([]string{"challenge", ""})
+						if (*challengeTag)[1] == "" {
+							return fmt.Errorf("auth not received yet *****")
+						}
+						return signer(authEvent)
+					}); err == nil {
+						// auth succeeded
+						break challengeWaitLoop
+					} else {
+						// auth failed
+						if strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "auth not received yet *****") {
+							// it failed because we didn't receive the challenge yet, so keep waiting
+							time.Sleep(time.Second)
+							continue challengeWaitLoop
+						} else {
+							// it failed for some other reason, so skip this relay
+							log(err.Error() + "\n")
+							continue relayLoop
+						}
+					}
+					// endhack
+				}
+			}
+
 			relays = append(relays, relay)
 			log("ok.\n")
 		} else {
@@ -133,9 +169,9 @@ func connectToAllRelays(
 	return pool, relays
 }

-func lineProcessingError(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...any) {
-	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, LINE_PROCESSING_ERROR, true)
+func lineProcessingError(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...any) context.Context {
 	log(msg+"\n", args...)
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, LINE_PROCESSING_ERROR, true)
 }

 func exitIfLineProcessingError(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -159,7 +195,16 @@ func gatherSecretKeyOrBunkerFromArguments(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) (
 		})
 		return "", bunker, err
 	}
+
 	sec := c.String("sec")
+
+	// check in the environment for the secret key
+	if sec == "" {
+		if key, ok := os.LookupEnv("NOSTR_PRIVATE_KEY"); ok {
+			sec = key
+		}
+	}
+
 	if c.Bool("prompt-sec") {
 		if isPiped() {
 			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("can't prompt for a secret key when processing data from a pipe, try again without --prompt-sec")
@@ -174,7 +219,7 @@ func gatherSecretKeyOrBunkerFromArguments(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) (
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt: %w", err)
 		}
-	} else if bsec, err := hex.DecodeString(strings.Repeat("0", 64-len(sec)) + sec); err == nil {
+	} else if bsec, err := hex.DecodeString(leftPadKey(sec)); err == nil {
 		sec = hex.EncodeToString(bsec)
 	} else if prefix, hexvalue, err := nip19.Decode(sec); err != nil {
 		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid nsec: %w", err)
@@ -248,3 +293,7 @@ func randString(n int) string {
 	}
 	return string(b)
 }
+
+func leftPadKey(k string) string {
+	return strings.Repeat("0", 64-len(k)) + k
+}
--- a/key.go
+++ b/key.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip19"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip49"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var key = &cli.Command{
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var public = &cli.Command{
 		for sec := range getSecretKeysFromStdinLinesOrSlice(ctx, c, c.Args().Slice()) {
 			pubkey, err := nostr.GetPublicKey(sec)
 			if err != nil {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to derive public key: %s", err)
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to derive public key: %s", err)
 				continue
 			}
 			stdout(pubkey)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var encrypt = &cli.Command{
 		for sec := range getSecretKeysFromStdinLinesOrSlice(ctx, c, keys) {
 			ncryptsec, err := nip49.Encrypt(sec, password, uint8(c.Int("logn")), 0x02)
 			if err != nil {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to encrypt: %s", err)
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to encrypt: %s", err)
 				continue
 			}
 			stdout(ncryptsec)
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ var decrypt = &cli.Command{
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to decrypt: %s", err)
 			}
-			nsec, _ := nip19.EncodePrivateKey(sec)
-			stdout(nsec)
+			stdout(sec)
 			return nil
 		case 1:
 			if arg := c.Args().Get(0); strings.HasPrefix(arg, "ncryptsec1") {
@@ -133,11 +132,10 @@ var decrypt = &cli.Command{
 				for ncryptsec := range getStdinLinesOrArgumentsFromSlice([]string{ncryptsec}) {
 					sec, err := nip49.Decrypt(ncryptsec, password)
 					if err != nil {
-						lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to decrypt: %s", err)
+						ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to decrypt: %s", err)
 						continue
 					}
-					nsec, _ := nip19.EncodePrivateKey(sec)
-					stdout(nsec)
+					stdout(sec)
 				}
 				return nil
 			}
@@ -264,13 +262,14 @@ func getSecretKeysFromStdinLinesOrSlice(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command, key
 			if strings.HasPrefix(sec, "nsec1") {
 				_, data, err := nip19.Decode(sec)
 				if err != nil {
-					lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid nsec code: %s", err)
+					ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid nsec code: %s", err)
 					continue
 				}
 				sec = data.(string)
 			}
+			sec = leftPadKey(sec)
 			if !nostr.IsValid32ByteHex(sec) {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid hex key")
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid hex key")
 				continue
 			}
 			ch <- sec
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"

-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var app = &cli.Command{
-	Name:                   "nak",
-	Suggest:                true,
-	UseShortOptionHandling: true,
-	Usage:                  "the nostr army knife command-line tool",
+	Name:                     "nak",
+	Suggest:                  true,
+	UseShortOptionHandling:   true,
+	AllowFlagsAfterArguments: true,
+	Usage:                    "the nostr army knife command-line tool",
 	Commands: []*cli.Command{
 		req,
 		count,
@@ -26,9 +27,10 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 	},
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
-			Name:    "quiet",
-			Usage:   "do not print logs and info messages to stderr, use -qq to also not print anything to stdout",
-			Aliases: []string{"q"},
+			Name:       "quiet",
+			Usage:      "do not print logs and info messages to stderr, use -qq to also not print anything to stdout",
+			Aliases:    []string{"q"},
+			Persistent: true,
 			Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command, b bool) error {
 				q := c.Count("quiet")
 				if q >= 1 {
--- a/relay.go
+++ b/relay.go
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"

+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip11"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip86"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var relay = &cli.Command{
@@ -23,7 +31,7 @@ var relay = &cli.Command{

 			info, err := nip11.Fetch(ctx, url)
 			if err != nil {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to fetch '%s' information document: %w", url, err)
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "failed to fetch '%s' information document: %w", url, err)
 				continue
 			}

@@ -32,4 +40,186 @@ var relay = &cli.Command{
 		}
 		return nil
 	},
+	Commands: (func() []*cli.Command {
+		commands := make([]*cli.Command, 0, 12)
+
+		for _, def := range []struct {
+			method string
+			args   []string
+		}{
+			{"allowpubkey", []string{"pubkey", "reason"}},
+			{"banpubkey", []string{"pubkey", "reason"}},
+			{"listallowedpubkeys", nil},
+			{"allowpubkey", []string{"pubkey", "reason"}},
+			{"listallowedpubkeys", nil},
+			{"listeventsneedingmoderation", nil},
+			{"allowevent", []string{"id", "reason"}},
+			{"banevent", []string{"id", "reason"}},
+			{"listbannedevents", nil},
+			{"changerelayname", []string{"name"}},
+			{"changerelaydescription", []string{"description"}},
+			{"changerelayicon", []string{"icon"}},
+			{"allowkind", []string{"kind"}},
+			{"disallowkind", []string{"kind"}},
+			{"listallowedkinds", nil},
+			{"blockip", []string{"ip", "reason"}},
+			{"unblockip", []string{"ip", "reason"}},
+			{"listblockedips", nil},
+		} {
+			def := def
+
+			flags := make([]cli.Flag, len(def.args), len(def.args)+4)
+			for i, argName := range def.args {
+				flags[i] = declareFlag(argName)
+			}
+
+			flags = append(flags,
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:        "sec",
+					Usage:       "secret key to sign the event, as nsec, ncryptsec or hex",
+					DefaultText: "the key '1'",
+					Value:       "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+				},
+				&cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "prompt-sec",
+					Usage: "prompt the user to paste a hex or nsec with which to sign the event",
+				},
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:  "connect",
+					Usage: "sign event using NIP-46, expects a bunker://... URL",
+				},
+				&cli.StringFlag{
+					Name:        "connect-as",
+					Usage:       "private key to when communicating with the bunker given on --connect",
+					DefaultText: "a random key",
+				},
+			)
+
+			cmd := &cli.Command{
+				Name:  def.method,
+				Usage: fmt.Sprintf(`the "%s" relay management RPC call`, def.method),
+				Description: fmt.Sprintf(
+					`the "%s" management RPC call, see https://nips.nostr.com/86 for more information`, def.method),
+				Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+					params := make([]any, len(def.args))
+					for i, argName := range def.args {
+						params[i] = getArgument(c, argName)
+					}
+					req := nip86.Request{Method: def.method, Params: params}
+					reqj, _ := json.Marshal(req)
+
+					relayUrls := c.Args().Slice()
+					if len(relayUrls) == 0 {
+						stdout(string(reqj))
+						return nil
+					}
+
+					sec, bunker, err := gatherSecretKeyOrBunkerFromArguments(ctx, c)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+
+					for _, relayUrl := range relayUrls {
+						httpUrl := "http" + nostr.NormalizeURL(relayUrl)[2:]
+						log("calling '%s' on %s... ", def.method, httpUrl)
+						body := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+						body.Write(reqj)
+						req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", httpUrl, body)
+						if err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %w", err)
+						}
+
+						// Authorization
+						payloadHash := sha256.Sum256(reqj)
+						authEvent := nostr.Event{
+							Kind:      27235,
+							CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+							Tags: nostr.Tags{
+								{"u", httpUrl},
+								{"method", "POST"},
+								{"payload", hex.EncodeToString(payloadHash[:])},
+							},
+						}
+						if bunker != nil {
+							if err := bunker.SignEvent(ctx, &authEvent); err != nil {
+								return fmt.Errorf("failed to sign with bunker: %w", err)
+							}
+						} else if err := authEvent.Sign(sec); err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("error signing with provided key: %w", err)
+						}
+						evtj, _ := json.Marshal(authEvent)
+						req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Nostr "+base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(evtj))
+
+						// Content-Type
+						req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/nostr+json+rpc")
+
+						// make request to relay
+						resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+						if err != nil {
+							log("failed: %s\n", err)
+							continue
+						}
+						b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+						if err != nil {
+							log("failed to read response: %s\n", err)
+							continue
+						}
+						if resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
+							log("failed with status %d\n", resp.StatusCode)
+							bodyPrintable := string(b)
+							if len(bodyPrintable) > 300 {
+								bodyPrintable = bodyPrintable[0:297] + "..."
+							}
+							log(bodyPrintable)
+							continue
+						}
+						var response nip86.Response
+						if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &response); err != nil {
+							log("bad json response: %s\n", err)
+							bodyPrintable := string(b)
+							if len(bodyPrintable) > 300 {
+								bodyPrintable = bodyPrintable[0:297] + "..."
+							}
+							log(bodyPrintable)
+							continue
+						}
+						resp.Body.Close()
+
+						// print the result
+						log("\n")
+						pretty, _ := json.MarshalIndent(response, "", "  ")
+						stdout(string(pretty))
+					}
+
+					return nil
+				},
+				Flags: flags,
+			}
+
+			commands = append(commands, cmd)
+		}
+
+		return commands
+	})(),
+}
+
+func declareFlag(argName string) cli.Flag {
+	usage := "parameter for this management RPC call, see https://nips.nostr.com/86 for more information."
+	switch argName {
+	case "kind":
+		return &cli.IntFlag{Name: argName, Required: true, Usage: usage}
+	case "reason":
+		return &cli.StringFlag{Name: argName, Usage: usage}
+	default:
+		return &cli.StringFlag{Name: argName, Required: true, Usage: usage}
+	}
+}
+
+func getArgument(c *cli.Command, argName string) any {
+	switch argName {
+	case "kind":
+		return c.Int(argName)
+	default:
+		return c.String(argName)
+	}
 }
--- a/req.go
+++ b/req.go
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 const CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES = "FILTER ATTRIBUTES"
@@ -68,19 +67,19 @@ example:
 			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag d=<value>",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
+		&NaturalTimeFlag{
 			Name:     "since",
 			Aliases:  []string{"s"},
 			Usage:    "only accept events newer than this (unix timestamp)",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
-		&cli.StringFlag{
+		&NaturalTimeFlag{
 			Name:     "until",
 			Aliases:  []string{"u"},
 			Usage:    "only accept events older than this (unix timestamp)",
 			Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 		},
-		&cli.IntFlag{
+		&cli.UintFlag{
 			Name:     "limit",
 			Aliases:  []string{"l"},
 			Usage:    "only accept up to this number of events",
@@ -104,6 +103,11 @@ example:
 			Name:  "auth",
 			Usage: "always perform NIP-42 \"AUTH\" when facing an \"auth-required: \" rejection and try again",
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:    "force-pre-auth",
+			Aliases: []string{"fpa"},
+			Usage:   "after connecting, for a NIP-42 \"AUTH\" message to be received, act on it and only then send the \"REQ\"",
+		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "sec",
 			Usage:       "secret key to sign the AUTH challenge, as hex or nsec",
@@ -127,11 +131,12 @@ example:
 	ArgsUsage: "[relay...]",
 	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
 		var pool *nostr.SimplePool
+
 		relayUrls := c.Args().Slice()
 		if len(relayUrls) > 0 {
 			var relays []*nostr.Relay
-			pool, relays = connectToAllRelays(ctx, relayUrls, nostr.WithAuthHandler(func(evt *nostr.Event) error {
-				if !c.Bool("auth") {
+			pool, relays = connectToAllRelays(ctx, relayUrls, c.Bool("force-pre-auth"), nostr.WithAuthHandler(func(evt *nostr.Event) error {
+				if !c.Bool("auth") && !c.Bool("force-pre-auth") {
 					return fmt.Errorf("auth not authorized")
 				}
 				sec, bunker, err := gatherSecretKeyOrBunkerFromArguments(ctx, c)
@@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ example:
 				} else {
 					pk, _ = nostr.GetPublicKey(sec)
 				}
-				log("performing auth as %s...\n", pk)
+				log("performing auth as %s... ", pk)

 				if bunker != nil {
 					return bunker.SignEvent(ctx, evt)
@@ -176,7 +181,7 @@ example:
 			filter := nostr.Filter{}
 			if stdinFilter != "" {
 				if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinFilter), &filter); err != nil {
-					lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid filter '%s' received from stdin: %s", stdinFilter, err)
+					ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid filter '%s' received from stdin: %s", stdinFilter, err)
 					continue
 				}
 			}
@@ -223,29 +228,17 @@ example:
 				filter.Tags[tag[0]] = append(filter.Tags[tag[0]], tag[1])
 			}

-			if since := c.String("since"); since != "" {
-				if since == "now" {
-					ts := nostr.Now()
-					filter.Since = &ts
-				} else if i, err := strconv.Atoi(since); err == nil {
-					ts := nostr.Timestamp(i)
-					filter.Since = &ts
-				} else {
-					return fmt.Errorf("parse error: Invalid numeric literal %q", since)
-				}
+			if c.IsSet("since") {
+				nts := getNaturalDate(c, "since")
+				filter.Since = &nts
 			}
-			if until := c.String("until"); until != "" {
-				if until == "now" {
-					ts := nostr.Now()
-					filter.Until = &ts
-				} else if i, err := strconv.Atoi(until); err == nil {
-					ts := nostr.Timestamp(i)
-					filter.Until = &ts
-				} else {
-					return fmt.Errorf("parse error: Invalid numeric literal %q", until)
-				}
+
+			if c.IsSet("until") {
+				nts := getNaturalDate(c, "until")
+				filter.Until = &nts
 			}
-			if limit := c.Int("limit"); limit != 0 {
+
+			if limit := c.Uint("limit"); limit != 0 {
 				filter.Limit = int(limit)
 			} else if c.IsSet("limit") || c.Bool("stream") {
 				filter.LimitZero = true
@@ -256,6 +249,7 @@ example:
 				if c.Bool("stream") {
 					fn = pool.SubMany
 				}
+
 				for ie := range fn(ctx, relayUrls, nostr.Filters{filter}) {
 					stdout(ie.Event)
 				}
--- a/verify.go
+++ b/verify.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"

 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
 )

 var verify = &cli.Command{
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ it outputs nothing if the verification is successful.`,
 			evt := nostr.Event{}
 			if stdinEvent != "" {
 				if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinEvent), &evt); err != nil {
-					lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid event: %s", err)
+					ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid event: %s", err)
 					continue
 				}
 			}

 			if evt.GetID() != evt.ID {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid .id, expected %s, got %s", evt.GetID(), evt.ID)
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid .id, expected %s, got %s", evt.GetID(), evt.ID)
 				continue
 			}

 			if ok, err := evt.CheckSignature(); !ok {
-				lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid signature: %s", err)
+				ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid signature: %s", err)
 				continue
 			}
 		}
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
fiatjaf	220fe84f1b	hardcode our fork of urfave/cli because go is stupid. fixes https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak/issues/26	2024-07-23 15:23:13 -03:00
fiatjaf	48c0e342e3	only look for private key in environment variable if --sec is not given.	2024-07-23 15:21:14 -03:00
jeremyd	ec2e214c02	Allow setting private key via ENV variable	2024-07-23 15:18:09 -03:00
fiatjaf	9f62d4679f	increase stdin line limit.	2024-07-17 13:16:40 -03:00
fiatjaf	809865ca0c	relay management: adhere to NIP-98 stupidity.	2024-07-16 13:26:54 -03:00
fiatjaf	813ab3b6ac	test flags after args.	2024-07-14 20:34:44 -03:00
fiatjaf	09ed2a040a	make tests work again.	2024-07-14 16:18:34 -03:00
fiatjaf	7846960c4e	use latest fixed version of urfave/cli fork with reorder flags fixed.	2024-07-14 12:46:13 -03:00
fiatjaf	ce6bb0aa22	natural time examples.	2024-07-13 13:17:20 -03:00
fiatjaf	49ce12ffc2	use natural date parser thing for req "since", "until" and event "ts".	2024-07-13 13:07:49 -03:00
fiatjaf	a5013c513d	disallow negative kinds and limits.	2024-07-13 13:07:49 -03:00
fiatjaf	8f51fe757b	remove nson. it's not being used by anyone and didn't gain enough traction, and also now I think I have a more efficient way of encoding this, so using that new scheme in the future will be better than this.	2024-07-13 13:06:51 -03:00
fiatjaf	30ca5776c5	global -q is persistent.	2024-07-13 09:42:43 -03:00
fiatjaf	e18e8c00e7	add 9 new examples to readme.	2024-07-12 19:17:22 -03:00
fiatjaf	bca4362ca5	fix inconsistency in nak key decrypt output: print hex always.	2024-07-12 19:15:13 -03:00
fiatjaf	54c4be10bd	fix and improve flag reordering for subcommands.	2024-07-12 18:51:07 -03:00
fiatjaf	27f925c05e	left pad keys on `nak key` too so `nak key public 02` works, for example.	2024-07-12 14:04:14 -03:00
fiatjaf	79cb63a1b4	add all other relay management rpc methods.	2024-07-12 13:57:58 -03:00
fiatjaf	5ee0036128	implement nip86 client: making management RPC calls to relays.	2024-07-11 15:34:15 -03:00
fiatjaf	316d94166e	fix lineProcessingError() -- it wasn't returning a ctx so it was a noop.	2024-07-11 15:33:44 -03:00
fiatjaf	2ca6bb0940	update tests so they can run again (but they're not working).	2024-07-10 14:48:18 -03:00
fiatjaf	ac00c5065f	nak req: --force-pre-auth flag.	2024-07-10 14:48:02 -03:00