docstrings for many functions.

connection.go

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ import (
 	ws "github.com/coder/websocket"
 )
 
+// Connection represents a websocket connection to a Nostr relay.
 type Connection struct {
 	conn *ws.Conn
 }
 
+// NewConnection creates a new websocket connection to a Nostr relay.
 func NewConnection(ctx context.Context, url string, requestHeader http.Header, tlsConfig *tls.Config) (*Connection, error) {
 	c, _, err := ws.Dial(ctx, url, getConnectionOptions(requestHeader, tlsConfig))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ func NewConnection(ctx context.Context, url string, requestHeader http.Header, t
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// WriteMessage writes arbitrary bytes to the websocket connection.
 func (c *Connection) WriteMessage(ctx context.Context, data []byte) error {
 	if err := c.conn.Write(ctx, ws.MessageText, data); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write message: %w", err)
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ func (c *Connection) WriteMessage(ctx context.Context, data []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ReadMessage reads arbitrary bytes from the websocket connection into the provided buffer.
 func (c *Connection) ReadMessage(ctx context.Context, buf io.Writer) error {
 	_, reader, err := c.conn.Reader(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -48,10 +52,12 @@ func (c *Connection) ReadMessage(ctx context.Context, buf io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Close closes the websocket connection.
 func (c *Connection) Close() error {
 	return c.conn.Close(ws.StatusNormalClosure, "")
 }
 
+// Ping sends a ping message to the websocket connection.
 func (c *Connection) Ping(ctx context.Context) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, time.Millisecond*800, errors.New("ping took too long"))
 	defer cancel()

envelopes.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var (
 	UnknownLabel = errors.New("unknown envelope label")
 )
 
+// ParseMessageSIMD parses a message using the experimental simdjson-go library.
 func ParseMessageSIMD(message []byte, reuse *simdjson.ParsedJson) (Envelope, error) {
 	parsed, err := simdjson.Parse(message, reuse)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func ParseMessageSIMD(message []byte, reuse *simdjson.ParsedJson) (Envelope, err
 	return v, err
 }
 
+// ParseMessage parses a message into an Envelope.
 func ParseMessage(message []byte) Envelope {
 	firstComma := bytes.Index(message, []byte{','})
 	if firstComma == -1 {
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ func ParseMessage(message []byte) Envelope {
 	return v
 }
 
+// Envelope is the interface for all nostr message envelopes.
 type Envelope interface {
 	Label() string
 	UnmarshalJSON([]byte) error
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ type Envelope interface {
 	String() string
 }
 
+// EnvelopeSIMD extends Envelope with SIMD unmarshaling capability.
 type EnvelopeSIMD interface {
 	Envelope
 	UnmarshalSIMD(simdjson.Iter) error
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ var (
 	_ Envelope = (*AuthEnvelope)(nil)
 )
 
+// EventEnvelope represents an EVENT message.
 type EventEnvelope struct {
 	SubscriptionID *string
 	Event
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ func (v EventEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// ReqEnvelope represents a REQ message.
 type ReqEnvelope struct {
 	SubscriptionID string
 	Filters
@@ -268,6 +274,7 @@ func (v ReqEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// CountEnvelope represents a COUNT message.
 type CountEnvelope struct {
 	SubscriptionID string
 	Filters
@@ -392,6 +399,7 @@ func (v CountEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// NoticeEnvelope represents a NOTICE message.
 type NoticeEnvelope string
 
 func (_ NoticeEnvelope) Label() string { return "NOTICE" }
@@ -426,6 +434,7 @@ func (v NoticeEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// EOSEEnvelope represents an EOSE (End of Stored Events) message.
 type EOSEEnvelope string
 
 func (_ EOSEEnvelope) Label() string { return "EOSE" }
@@ -460,6 +469,7 @@ func (v EOSEEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// CloseEnvelope represents a CLOSE message.
 type CloseEnvelope string
 
 func (_ CloseEnvelope) Label() string { return "CLOSE" }
@@ -496,6 +506,7 @@ func (v CloseEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// ClosedEnvelope represents a CLOSED message.
 type ClosedEnvelope struct {
 	SubscriptionID string
 	Reason         string
@@ -539,6 +550,7 @@ func (v ClosedEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// OKEnvelope represents an OK message.
 type OKEnvelope struct {
 	EventID string
 	OK      bool
@@ -597,6 +609,7 @@ func (v OKEnvelope) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return w.BuildBytes()
 }
 
+// AuthEnvelope represents an AUTH message.
 type AuthEnvelope struct {
 	Challenge *string
 	Event     Event

event.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
 )
 
+// Event represents a Nostr event.
 type Event struct {
 	ID        string
 	PubKey    string
@@ -18,19 +19,18 @@ type Event struct {
 	Sig       string
 }
 
-// Event Stringer interface, just returns the raw JSON as a string.
 func (evt Event) String() string {
 	j, _ := easyjson.Marshal(evt)
 	return string(j)
 }
 
-// GetID serializes and returns the event ID as a string.
+// GetID computes the event ID abd returns it as a hex string.
 func (evt *Event) GetID() string {
 	h := sha256.Sum256(evt.Serialize())
 	return hex.EncodeToString(h[:])
 }
 
-// CheckID checks if the implied ID matches the given ID
+// CheckID checks if the implied ID matches the given ID more efficiently.
 func (evt *Event) CheckID() bool {
 	ser := evt.Serialize()
 	h := sha256.Sum256(ser)
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ func (evt *Event) CheckID() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// Serialize outputs a byte array that can be hashed/signed to identify/authenticate.
+// Serialize outputs a byte array that can be hashed to produce the canonical event "id".
-// JSON encoding as defined in RFC4627.
 func (evt *Event) Serialize() []byte {
 	// the serialization process is just putting everything into a JSON array
 	// so the order is kept. See NIP-01

keyer.go

@@ -1,20 +1,38 @@
 package nostr
 
-import "context"
+import (
+	"context"
+)
 
+// Keyer is an interface for signing events and performing cryptographic operations.
+// It abstracts away the details of key management, allowing for different implementations
+// such as in-memory keys, hardware wallets, or remote signing services (bunker).
 type Keyer interface {
+	// Signer provides event signing capabilities
 	Signer
+
+	// Cipher provides encryption and decryption capabilities (NIP-44)
 	Cipher
 }
 
-// A Signer provides basic public key signing methods.
+// Signer is an interface for signing events.
 type Signer interface {
-	GetPublicKey(context.Context) (string, error)
+	// SignEvent signs the provided event, setting its ID, PubKey, and Sig fields.
-	SignEvent(context.Context, *Event) error
+	// The context can be used for operations that may require user interaction or
+	// network access, such as with remote signers.
+	SignEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *Event) error
+
+	// GetPublicKey returns the public key associated with this signer.
+	GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
 }
 
-// A Cipher provides NIP-44 encryption and decryption methods.
+// Cipher is an interface for encrypting and decrypting messages with NIP-44
 type Cipher interface {
+	// Encrypt encrypts a plaintext message for a recipient.
+	// Returns the encrypted message as a base64-encoded string.
 	Encrypt(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, recipientPublicKey string) (base64ciphertext string, err error)
+
+	// Decrypt decrypts a base64-encoded ciphertext from a sender.
+	// Returns the decrypted plaintext.
 	Decrypt(ctx context.Context, base64ciphertext string, senderPublicKey string) (plaintext string, err error)
 }

keyer/bunker.go

@@ -9,15 +9,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip46"
 )
 
-// BunkerSigner is a signer that asks a bunker using NIP-46 every time it needs to do an operation.
+// BunkerSigner is a signer that delegates operations to a remote bunker using NIP-46.
+// It communicates with the bunker for all cryptographic operations rather than
+// handling the private key locally.
 type BunkerSigner struct {
 	bunker *nip46.BunkerClient
 }
 
+// NewBunkerSignerFromBunkerClient creates a new BunkerSigner from an existing BunkerClient.
 func NewBunkerSignerFromBunkerClient(bc *nip46.BunkerClient) BunkerSigner {
 	return BunkerSigner{bc}
 }
 
+// GetPublicKey retrieves the public key from the remote bunker.
+// It uses a timeout to prevent hanging indefinitely.
 func (bs BunkerSigner) GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, time.Second*30, errors.New("get_public_key took too long"))
 	defer cancel()
@@ -28,16 +33,20 @@ func (bs BunkerSigner) GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return pk, nil
 }
 
+// SignEvent sends the event to the remote bunker for signing.
+// It uses a timeout to prevent hanging indefinitely.
 func (bs BunkerSigner) SignEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, time.Second*30, errors.New("sign_event took too long"))
 	defer cancel()
 	return bs.bunker.SignEvent(ctx, evt)
 }
 
+// Encrypt encrypts a plaintext message for a recipient using the remote bunker.
 func (bs BunkerSigner) Encrypt(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, recipient string) (string, error) {
 	return bs.bunker.NIP44Encrypt(ctx, recipient, plaintext)
 }
 
+// Decrypt decrypts a base64-encoded ciphertext from a sender using the remote bunker.
 func (bs BunkerSigner) Decrypt(ctx context.Context, base64ciphertext string, sender string) (plaintext string, err error) {
 	return bs.bunker.NIP44Encrypt(ctx, sender, base64ciphertext)
 }

keyer/encrypted.go

@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip49"
 )
 
-// EncryptedKeySigner is a signer that must always ask the user for a password before every operation.
+// EncryptedKeySigner is a signer that must ask the user for a password before every operation.
+// It stores the private key in encrypted form (NIP-49) and uses a callback to request the password
+// when needed for operations.
 type EncryptedKeySigner struct {
 	ncryptsec string
 	pk        string
 	callback  func(context.Context) string
 }
 
+// GetPublicKey returns the public key associated with this signer.
+// If the public key is not cached, it will decrypt the private key using the password
+// callback to derive the public key.
 func (es *EncryptedKeySigner) GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	if es.pk != "" {
 		return es.pk, nil
@@ -33,6 +38,8 @@ func (es *EncryptedKeySigner) GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
 	return pk, nil
 }
 
+// SignEvent signs the provided event by first decrypting the private key
+// using the password callback, then signing the event with the decrypted key.
 func (es *EncryptedKeySigner) SignEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) error {
 	password := es.callback(ctx)
 	sk, err := nip49.Decrypt(es.ncryptsec, password)
@@ -43,6 +50,8 @@ func (es *EncryptedKeySigner) SignEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) e
 	return evt.Sign(sk)
 }
 
+// Encrypt encrypts a plaintext message for a recipient using NIP-44.
+// It first decrypts the private key using the password callback.
 func (es EncryptedKeySigner) Encrypt(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, recipient string) (c64 string, err error) {
 	password := es.callback(ctx)
 	sk, err := nip49.Decrypt(es.ncryptsec, password)
@@ -56,6 +65,8 @@ func (es EncryptedKeySigner) Encrypt(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, reci
 	return nip44.Encrypt(plaintext, ck)
 }
 
+// Decrypt decrypts a base64-encoded ciphertext from a sender using NIP-44.
+// It first decrypts the private key using the password callback.
 func (es EncryptedKeySigner) Decrypt(ctx context.Context, base64ciphertext string, sender string) (plaintext string, err error) {
 	password := es.callback(ctx)
 	sk, err := nip49.Decrypt(es.ncryptsec, password)

keyer/lib.go

@@ -22,19 +22,37 @@ var (
 	_ nostr.Keyer = (*ManualSigner)(nil)
 )
 
+// SignerOptions contains configuration options for creating a new signer.
 type SignerOptions struct {
+	// BunkerClientSecretKey is the secret key used for the bunker client
 	BunkerClientSecretKey string
+
+	// BunkerSignTimeout is the timeout duration for bunker signing operations
 	BunkerSignTimeout time.Duration
+
+	// BunkerAuthHandler is called when authentication is needed for bunker operations
 	BunkerAuthHandler func(string)
 
-	// if a PasswordHandler is provided the key will be stored encrypted and this function will be called
+	// PasswordHandler is called when an operation needs access to the encrypted key.
+	// If provided, the key will be stored encrypted and this function will be called
 	// every time an operation needs access to the key so the user can be prompted.
 	PasswordHandler func(context.Context) string
 
-	// if instead a Password is provided along with a ncryptsec, then the key will be decrypted and stored in plaintext.
+	// Password is used along with ncryptsec to decrypt the key.
+	// If provided, the key will be decrypted and stored in plaintext.
 	Password string
 }
 
+// New creates a new Keyer implementation based on the input string format.
+// It supports various input formats:
+// - ncryptsec: Creates an EncryptedKeySigner or KeySigner depending on options
+// - NIP-46 bunker URL or NIP-05 identifier: Creates a BunkerSigner
+// - nsec: Creates a KeySigner
+// - hex private key: Creates a KeySigner
+//
+// The context is used for operations that may require network access.
+// The pool is used for relay connections when needed.
+// Options are used for additional pieces required for EncryptedKeySigner and BunkerSigner.
 func New(ctx context.Context, pool *nostr.SimplePool, input string, opts *SignerOptions) (nostr.Keyer, error) {
 	if opts == nil {
 		opts = &SignerOptions{}

keyer/manual.go

@@ -6,28 +6,40 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 )
 
-// ManualSigner is a signer that doesn't really do anything, it just calls the functions given to it.
+// ManualSigner is a signer that delegates all operations to user-provided functions.
-// It can be used when an app for some reason wants to ask the user to manually provide a signed event
+// It can be used when an app wants to ask the user or some custom server to manually provide a
-// by copy-and-paste, for example.
+// signed event or an encrypted or decrypted payload by copy-and-paste, for example, or when the
+// app wants to implement custom signing logic.
 type ManualSigner struct {
+	// ManualGetPublicKey is called when the public key is needed
 	ManualGetPublicKey func(context.Context) (string, error)
+
+	// ManualSignEvent is called when an event needs to be signed
 	ManualSignEvent func(context.Context, *nostr.Event) error
+
+	// ManualEncrypt is called when a message needs to be encrypted
 	ManualEncrypt func(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, recipientPublicKey string) (base64ciphertext string, err error)
+
+	// ManualDecrypt is called when a message needs to be decrypted
 	ManualDecrypt func(ctx context.Context, base64ciphertext string, senderPublicKey string) (plaintext string, err error)
 }
 
+// SignEvent delegates event signing to the ManualSignEvent function.
 func (ms ManualSigner) SignEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) error {
 	return ms.ManualSignEvent(ctx, evt)
 }
 
+// GetPublicKey delegates public key retrieval to the ManualGetPublicKey function.
 func (ms ManualSigner) GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return ms.ManualGetPublicKey(ctx)
 }
 
+// Encrypt delegates encryption to the ManualEncrypt function.
 func (ms ManualSigner) Encrypt(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, recipient string) (c64 string, err error) {
 	return ms.ManualEncrypt(ctx, plaintext, recipient)
 }
 
+// Decrypt delegates decryption to the ManualDecrypt function.
 func (ms ManualSigner) Decrypt(ctx context.Context, base64ciphertext string, sender string) (plaintext string, err error) {
 	return ms.ManualDecrypt(ctx, base64ciphertext, sender)
 }

keyer/plain.go

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3"
 )
 
-// Keysigner is a signer that holds the private key in memory and can do all the operations instantly and easily.
+// KeySigner is a signer that holds the private key in memory and can perform
+// all operations instantly and easily.
 type KeySigner struct {
 	sk string
 	pk string
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ type KeySigner struct {
 	conversationKeys *xsync.MapOf[string, [32]byte]
 }
 
+// NewPlainKeySigner creates a new KeySigner from a private key.
+// Returns an error if the private key is invalid.
 func NewPlainKeySigner(sec string) (KeySigner, error) {
 	pk, err := nostr.GetPublicKey(sec)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -24,9 +27,15 @@ func NewPlainKeySigner(sec string) (KeySigner, error) {
 	return KeySigner{sec, pk, xsync.NewMapOf[string, [32]byte]()}, nil
 }
 
+// SignEvent signs the provided event with the signer's private key.
+// It sets the event's ID, PubKey, and Sig fields.
 func (ks KeySigner) SignEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) error { return evt.Sign(ks.sk) }
+
+// GetPublicKey returns the public key associated with this signer.
 func (ks KeySigner) GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context) (string, error)      { return ks.pk, nil }
 
+// Encrypt encrypts a plaintext message for a recipient using NIP-44.
+// It caches conversation keys for efficiency in repeated operations.
 func (ks KeySigner) Encrypt(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, recipient string) (string, error) {
 	ck, ok := ks.conversationKeys.Load(recipient)
 	if !ok {
@@ -40,6 +49,8 @@ func (ks KeySigner) Encrypt(ctx context.Context, plaintext string, recipient str
 	return nip44.Encrypt(plaintext, ck)
 }
 
+// Decrypt decrypts a base64-encoded ciphertext from a sender using NIP-44.
+// It caches conversation keys for efficiency in repeated operations.
 func (ks KeySigner) Decrypt(ctx context.Context, base64ciphertext string, sender string) (string, error) {
 	ck, ok := ks.conversationKeys.Load(sender)
 	if !ok {

pointers.go

@@ -6,9 +6,18 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Pointer is an interface for different types of Nostr pointers.
+//
+// In this context, a "pointer" is a reference to an event or profile potentially including
+// relays and other metadata that might help find it.
 type Pointer interface {
+	// AsTagReference returns the pointer as a string as it would be seen in the value of a tag (i.e. the tag's second item).
 	AsTagReference() string
+
+	// AsTag converts the pointer with all the information available to a tag that can be included in events.
 	AsTag() Tag
+
+	// AsFilter converts the pointer to a Filter that can be used to query for it on relays.
 	AsFilter() Filter
 	MatchesEvent(Event) bool
 }
@@ -19,11 +28,13 @@ var (
 	_ Pointer = (*EntityPointer)(nil)
 )
 
+// ProfilePointer represents a pointer to a Nostr profile.
 type ProfilePointer struct {
 	PublicKey string   `json:"pubkey"`
 	Relays    []string `json:"relays,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// ProfilePointerFromTag creates a ProfilePointer from a "p" tag (but it doesn't have to be necessarily a "p" tag, could be something else).
 func ProfilePointerFromTag(refTag Tag) (ProfilePointer, error) {
 	pk := (refTag)[1]
 	if !IsValidPublicKey(pk) {
@@ -41,6 +52,7 @@ func ProfilePointerFromTag(refTag Tag) (ProfilePointer, error) {
 	return pointer, nil
 }
 
+// MatchesEvent checks if the pointer matches an event.
 func (ep ProfilePointer) MatchesEvent(_ Event) bool { return false }
 func (ep ProfilePointer) AsTagReference() string    { return ep.PublicKey }
 func (ep ProfilePointer) AsFilter() Filter          { return Filter{Authors: []string{ep.PublicKey}} }
@@ -52,6 +64,7 @@ func (ep ProfilePointer) AsTag() Tag {
 	return Tag{"p", ep.PublicKey}
 }
 
+// EventPointer represents a pointer to a nostr event.
 type EventPointer struct {
 	ID     string   `json:"id"`
 	Relays []string `json:"relays,omitempty"`
@@ -59,6 +72,7 @@ type EventPointer struct {
 	Kind   int      `json:"kind,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// EventPointerFromTag creates an EventPointer from an "e" tag (but it could be other tag name, it isn't checked).
 func EventPointerFromTag(refTag Tag) (EventPointer, error) {
 	id := (refTag)[1]
 	if !IsValid32ByteHex(id) {
@@ -83,6 +97,7 @@ func (ep EventPointer) MatchesEvent(evt Event) bool { return evt.ID == ep.ID }
 func (ep EventPointer) AsTagReference() string      { return ep.ID }
 func (ep EventPointer) AsFilter() Filter            { return Filter{IDs: []string{ep.ID}} }
 
+// AsTag converts the pointer to a Tag.
 func (ep EventPointer) AsTag() Tag {
 	if len(ep.Relays) > 0 {
 		if ep.Author != "" {
@@ -94,6 +109,7 @@ func (ep EventPointer) AsTag() Tag {
 	return Tag{"e", ep.ID}
 }
 
+// EntityPointer represents a pointer to a nostr entity (addressable event).
 type EntityPointer struct {
 	PublicKey  string   `json:"pubkey"`
 	Kind       int      `json:"kind,omitempty"`
@@ -101,6 +117,7 @@ type EntityPointer struct {
 	Relays     []string `json:"relays,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// EntityPointerFromTag creates an EntityPointer from an "a" tag (but it doesn't check if the tag is really "a", it could be anything).
 func EntityPointerFromTag(refTag Tag) (EntityPointer, error) {
 	spl := strings.SplitN(refTag[1], ":", 3)
 	if len(spl) != 3 {
@@ -129,6 +146,7 @@ func EntityPointerFromTag(refTag Tag) (EntityPointer, error) {
 	return pointer, nil
 }
 
+// MatchesEvent checks if the pointer matches an event.
 func (ep EntityPointer) MatchesEvent(evt Event) bool {
 	return ep.PublicKey == evt.PubKey &&
 		ep.Kind == evt.Kind &&

pool.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const (
 	seenAlreadyDropTick = time.Minute
 )
 
+// SimplePool manages connections to multiple relays, ensures they are reopened when necessary and not duplicated.
 type SimplePool struct {
 	Relays  *xsync.MapOf[string, *Relay]
 	Context context.Context
@@ -37,11 +38,13 @@ type SimplePool struct {
 	relayOptions []RelayOption
 }
 
+// DirectedFilter combines a Filter with a specific relay URL.
 type DirectedFilter struct {
 	Filter
 	Relay string
 }
 
+// RelayEvent represents an event received from a specific relay.
 type RelayEvent struct {
 	*Event
 	Relay *Relay
@@ -49,10 +52,12 @@ type RelayEvent struct {
 
 func (ie RelayEvent) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("[%s] >> %s", ie.Relay.URL, ie.Event) }
 
+// PoolOption is an interface for options that can be applied to a SimplePool.
 type PoolOption interface {
 	ApplyPoolOption(*SimplePool)
 }
 
+// NewSimplePool creates a new SimplePool with the given context and options.
 func NewSimplePool(ctx context.Context, opts ...PoolOption) *SimplePool {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
 
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ func (h WithDuplicateMiddleware) ApplyPoolOption(pool *SimplePool) {
 	pool.duplicateMiddleware = h
 }
 
-// WithQueryMiddleware is a function that will be called with every combination of relay+pubkey+kind queried
+// WithAuthorKindQueryMiddleware is a function that will be called with every combination of relay+pubkey+kind queried
 // in a .SubMany*() call -- when applicable (i.e. when the query contains a pubkey and a kind).
 type WithAuthorKindQueryMiddleware func(relay string, pubkey string, kind int)
 
@@ -155,6 +160,8 @@ var (
 	_ PoolOption = WithRelayOptions(WithRequestHeader(http.Header{}))
 )
 
+// EnsureRelay ensures that a relay connection exists and is active.
+// If the relay is not connected, it attempts to connect.
 func (pool *SimplePool) EnsureRelay(url string) (*Relay, error) {
 	nm := NormalizeURL(url)
 	defer namedLock(nm)()
@@ -199,12 +206,14 @@ func (pool *SimplePool) EnsureRelay(url string) (*Relay, error) {
 	return relay, nil
 }
 
+// PublishResult represents the result of publishing an event to a relay.
 type PublishResult struct {
 	Error    error
 	RelayURL string
 	Relay    *Relay
 }
 
+// PublishMany publishes an event to multiple relays and returns a channel of results emitted as they're received.
 func (pool *SimplePool) PublishMany(ctx context.Context, urls []string, evt Event) chan PublishResult {
 	ch := make(chan PublishResult, len(urls))
 
@@ -247,7 +256,7 @@ func (pool *SimplePool) FetchMany(
 	return pool.SubManyEose(ctx, urls, Filters{filter}, opts...)
 }
 
-// Deprecated: use SubscribeMany instead.
+// Deprecated: SubMany is deprecated: use SubscribeMany instead.
 func (pool *SimplePool) SubMany(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	urls []string,
@@ -447,7 +456,7 @@ func (pool *SimplePool) subMany(
 	return events
 }
 
-// Deprecated: use FetchMany instead.
+// Deprecated: SubManyEose is deprecated: use FetchMany instead.
 func (pool *SimplePool) SubManyEose(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	urls []string,
@@ -562,7 +571,7 @@ func (pool *SimplePool) subManyEoseNonOverwriteCheckDuplicate(
 	return events
 }
 
-// CountMany aggregates count results from multiple relays using HyperLogLog
+// CountMany aggregates count results from multiple relays using NIP-45 HyperLogLog
 func (pool *SimplePool) CountMany(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	urls []string,
@@ -611,6 +620,7 @@ func (pool *SimplePool) QuerySingle(
 	return nil
 }
 
+// BatchedSubManyEose performs batched subscriptions to multiple relays with different filters.
 func (pool *SimplePool) BatchedSubManyEose(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	dfs []DirectedFilter,
@@ -648,6 +658,7 @@ func (pool *SimplePool) BatchedSubManyEose(
 	return res
 }
 
+// Close closes the pool with the given reason.
 func (pool *SimplePool) Close(reason string) {
 	pool.cancel(fmt.Errorf("pool closed with reason: '%s'", reason))
 }

relay.go

@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/puzpuzpuz/xsync/v3"
 )
 
-type Status int
-
 var subscriptionIDCounter atomic.Int64
 
+// Relay represents a connection to a Nostr relay.
 type Relay struct {
 	closeMutex sync.Mutex
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ type writeRequest struct {
 	answer chan error
 }
 
-// NewRelay returns a new relay. The relay connection will be closed when the context is canceled.
+// NewRelay returns a new relay. It takes a context that, when canceled, will close the relay connection.
 func NewRelay(ctx context.Context, url string, opts ...RelayOption) *Relay {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
 	r := &Relay{
@@ -73,16 +72,18 @@ func NewRelay(ctx context.Context, url string, opts ...RelayOption) *Relay {
 }
 
 // RelayConnect returns a relay object connected to url.
-// Once successfully connected, cancelling ctx has no effect.
+//
-// To close the connection, call r.Close().
+// The given subscription is only used during the connection phase. Once successfully connected, cancelling ctx has no effect.
+//
+// The ongoing relay connection uses a background context. To close the connection, call r.Close().
+// If you need fine grained long-term connection contexts, use NewRelay() instead.
 func RelayConnect(ctx context.Context, url string, opts ...RelayOption) (*Relay, error) {
 	r := NewRelay(context.Background(), url, opts...)
 	err := r.Connect(ctx)
 	return r, err
 }
 
-// When instantiating relay connections, some options may be passed.
+// RelayOption is the type of the argument passed when instantiating relay connections.
-// RelayOption is the type of the argument passed for that.
 type RelayOption interface {
 	ApplyRelayOption(*Relay)
 }
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ func (r *Relay) String() string {
 }
 
 // Context retrieves the context that is associated with this relay connection.
+// It will be closed when the relay is disconnected.
 func (r *Relay) Context() context.Context { return r.connectionContext }
 
 // IsConnected returns true if the connection to this relay seems to be active.
@@ -132,14 +134,13 @@ func (r *Relay) IsConnected() bool { return r.connectionContext.Err() == nil }
 // Once successfully connected, context expiration has no effect: call r.Close
 // to close the connection.
 //
-// The underlying relay connection will use a background context. If you want to
+// The given context here is only used during the connection phase. The long-living
-// pass a custom context to the underlying relay connection, use NewRelay() and
+// relay connection will be based on the context given to NewRelay().
-// then Relay.Connect().
 func (r *Relay) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return r.ConnectWithTLS(ctx, nil)
 }
 
-// ConnectWithTLS tries to establish a secured websocket connection to r.URL using customized tls.Config (CA's, etc).
+// ConnectWithTLS is like Connect(), but takes a special tls.Config if you need that.
 func (r *Relay) ConnectWithTLS(ctx context.Context, tlsConfig *tls.Config) error {
 	if r.connectionContext == nil || r.Subscriptions == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("relay must be initialized with a call to NewRelay()")
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ func (r *Relay) ConnectWithTLS(ctx context.Context, tlsConfig *tls.Config) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Write queues a message to be sent to the relay.
+// Write queues an arbitrary message to be sent to the relay.
 func (r *Relay) Write(msg []byte) <-chan error {
 	ch := make(chan error)
 	select {
@@ -320,6 +321,9 @@ func (r *Relay) Publish(ctx context.Context, event Event) error {
 }
 
 // Auth sends an "AUTH" command client->relay as in NIP-42 and waits for an OK response.
+//
+// You don't have to build the AUTH event yourself, this function takes a function to which the
+// event that must be signed will be passed, so it's only necessary to sign that.
 func (r *Relay) Auth(ctx context.Context, sign func(event *Event) error) error {
 	authEvent := Event{
 		CreatedAt: Now(),
@@ -337,7 +341,6 @@ func (r *Relay) Auth(ctx context.Context, sign func(event *Event) error) error {
 	return r.publish(ctx, authEvent.ID, &AuthEnvelope{Event: authEvent})
 }
 
-// publish can be used both for EVENT and for AUTH
 func (r *Relay) publish(ctx context.Context, id string, env Envelope) error {
 	var err error
 	var cancel context.CancelFunc
@@ -451,6 +454,9 @@ func (r *Relay) PrepareSubscription(ctx context.Context, filters Filters, opts .
 	return sub
 }
 
+// QueryEvents subscribes to events matching the given filter and returns a channel of events.
+//
+// In most cases it's better to use SimplePool instead of this method.
 func (r *Relay) QueryEvents(ctx context.Context, filter Filter) (chan *Event, error) {
 	sub, err := r.Subscribe(ctx, Filters{filter})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -473,6 +479,10 @@ func (r *Relay) QueryEvents(ctx context.Context, filter Filter) (chan *Event, er
 	return sub.Events, nil
 }
 
+// QuerySync subscribes to events matching the given filter and returns a slice of events.
+// This method blocks until all events are received or the context is canceled.
+//
+// In most cases it's better to use SimplePool instead of this method.
 func (r *Relay) QuerySync(ctx context.Context, filter Filter) ([]*Event, error) {
 	if _, ok := ctx.Deadline(); !ok {
 		// if no timeout is set, force it to 7 seconds
@@ -494,6 +504,7 @@ func (r *Relay) QuerySync(ctx context.Context, filter Filter) ([]*Event, error)
 	return events, nil
 }
 
+// Count sends a "COUNT" command to the relay and returns the count of events matching the filters.
 func (r *Relay) Count(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	filters Filters,
@@ -534,6 +545,7 @@ func (r *Relay) countInternal(ctx context.Context, filters Filters, opts ...Subs
 	}
 }
 
+// Close closes the relay connection.
 func (r *Relay) Close() error {
 	return r.close(errors.New("Close() called"))
 }

sdk/event_relays.go

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 const eventRelayPrefix = byte('r')
 
+// makeEventRelayKey creates a key for storing event relay information.
+// It uses the first 8 bytes of the event ID to create a compact key.
 func makeEventRelayKey(eventID []byte) []byte {
 	// format: 'r' + first 8 bytes of event ID
 	key := make([]byte, 9)
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ func makeEventRelayKey(eventID []byte) []byte {
 	return key
 }
 
+// encodeRelayList serializes a list of relay URLs into a compact binary format.
+// Each relay URL is prefixed with its length as a single byte.
 func encodeRelayList(relays []string) []byte {
 	totalSize := 0
 	for _, relay := range relays {
@@ -43,6 +47,8 @@ func encodeRelayList(relays []string) []byte {
 	return buf
 }
 
+// decodeRelayList deserializes a binary-encoded list of relay URLs.
+// It expects each relay URL to be prefixed with its length as a single byte.
 func decodeRelayList(data []byte) []string {
 	relays := make([]string, 0, 6)
 	offset := 0
@@ -67,6 +73,8 @@ func decodeRelayList(data []byte) []string {
 	return relays
 }
 
+// trackEventRelay records that an event was seen on a particular relay.
+// If onlyIfItExists is true, it will only update existing records and not create new ones.
 func (sys *System) trackEventRelay(eventID string, relay string, onlyIfItExists bool) {
 	// decode the event ID hex into bytes
 	idBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(eventID)
@@ -101,7 +109,8 @@ func (sys *System) trackEventRelay(eventID string, relay string, onlyIfItExists
 	})
 }
 
-// GetEventRelays returns all known relay URLs that have been seen to carry the given event.
+// GetEventRelays returns all known relay URLs an event is known to be available on.
+// It is based on information kept on KVStore.
 func (sys *System) GetEventRelays(eventID string) ([]string, error) {
 	// decode the event ID hex into bytes
 	idBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(eventID)

sdk/helpers.go

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 var json = jsoniter.ConfigFastest
 
+// appendUnique adds items to an array only if they don't already exist in the array.
+// Returns the modified array.
 func appendUnique[I comparable](arr []I, item ...I) []I {
 	for _, item := range item {
 		if slices.Contains(arr, item) {
@@ -19,10 +21,19 @@ func appendUnique[I comparable](arr []I, item ...I) []I {
 	return arr
 }
 
+// doThisNotMoreThanOnceAnHour checks if an operation with the given key
+// has been performed in the last hour. If not, it returns true and records
+// the operation to prevent it from running again within the hour.
 func doThisNotMoreThanOnceAnHour(key string) (doItNow bool) {
+	_dtnmtoahLock.Lock()
+	defer _dtnmtoahLock.Unlock()
+
 	if _dtnmtoah == nil {
-		go func() {
+		// this runs only once for the lifetime of this library and
+		// starts a long-running process of checking for expired items
+		// and deleting them from this map every 10 minutes.
 		_dtnmtoah = make(map[string]time.Time)
+		go func() {
 			for {
 				time.Sleep(time.Minute * 10)
 				_dtnmtoahLock.Lock()
@@ -37,9 +48,11 @@ func doThisNotMoreThanOnceAnHour(key string) (doItNow bool) {
 		}()
 	}
 
-	_dtnmtoahLock.Lock()
+	_, hasBeenPerformedInTheLastHour := _dtnmtoah[key]
-	defer _dtnmtoahLock.Unlock()
+	if hasBeenPerformedInTheLastHour {
+		return false
+	}
 
-	_, exists := _dtnmtoah[key]
+	_dtnmtoah[key] = time.Now()
-	return !exists
+	return true
 }

sdk/metadata.go

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/sdk/hints"
 )
 
+// ProfileMetadata represents user profile information from kind 0 events.
+// It contains both the raw event and parsed metadata fields.
 type ProfileMetadata struct {
 	PubKey string       `json:"-"` // must always be set otherwise things will break
 	Event  *nostr.Event `json:"-"` // may be empty if a profile metadata event wasn't found
@@ -29,21 +31,28 @@ type ProfileMetadata struct {
 	nip05LastAttempt time.Time
 }
 
+// Npub returns the NIP-19 npub encoding of the profile's public key.
 func (p ProfileMetadata) Npub() string {
 	v, _ := nip19.EncodePublicKey(p.PubKey)
 	return v
 }
 
+// NpubShort returns a shortened version of the NIP-19 npub encoding,
+// showing only the first 7 and last 5 characters.
 func (p ProfileMetadata) NpubShort() string {
 	npub := p.Npub()
 	return npub[0:7] + "…" + npub[58:]
 }
 
+// Nprofile returns the NIP-19 nprofile encoding of the profile,
+// including relay hints from the user's outbox.
 func (p ProfileMetadata) Nprofile(ctx context.Context, sys *System, nrelays int) string {
 	v, _ := nip19.EncodeProfile(p.PubKey, sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, p.PubKey, 2))
 	return v
 }
 
+// ShortName returns the best available name for display purposes.
+// It tries Name, then DisplayName, and falls back to a shortened npub.
 func (p ProfileMetadata) ShortName() string {
 	if p.Name != "" {
 		return p.Name
@@ -54,6 +63,7 @@ func (p ProfileMetadata) ShortName() string {
 	return p.NpubShort()
 }
 
+// NIP05Valid checks if the profile's NIP-05 identifier is valid.
 func (p *ProfileMetadata) NIP05Valid(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	if p.NIP05 == "" {
 		return false
@@ -74,7 +84,8 @@ func (p *ProfileMetadata) NIP05Valid(ctx context.Context) bool {
 }
 
 // FetchProfileFromInput takes an nprofile, npub, nip05 or hex pubkey and returns a ProfileMetadata,
-// updating the hintsDB in the process with any eventual relay hints
+// updating the hintsDB in the process with any eventual relay hints.
+// Returns an error if the profile reference couldn't be decoded.
 func (sys System) FetchProfileFromInput(ctx context.Context, nip19OrNip05Code string) (ProfileMetadata, error) {
 	p := InputToProfile(ctx, nip19OrNip05Code)
 	if p == nil {
@@ -93,6 +104,7 @@ func (sys System) FetchProfileFromInput(ctx context.Context, nip19OrNip05Code st
 
 // FetchProfileMetadata fetches metadata for a given user from the local cache, or from the local store,
 // or, failing these, from the target user's defined outbox relays -- then caches the result.
+// It always returns a ProfileMetadata, even if no metadata was found (in which case only the PubKey field is set).
 func (sys *System) FetchProfileMetadata(ctx context.Context, pubkey string) (pm ProfileMetadata) {
 	if v, ok := sys.MetadataCache.Get(pubkey); ok {
 		return v
@@ -160,6 +172,8 @@ func (sys *System) tryFetchMetadataFromNetwork(ctx context.Context, pubkey strin
 	return &pm
 }
 
+// ParseMetadata parses a kind 0 event into a ProfileMetadata struct.
+// Returns an error if the event is not kind 0 or if the content is not valid JSON.
 func ParseMetadata(event *nostr.Event) (meta ProfileMetadata, err error) {
 	if event.Kind != 0 {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("event %s is kind %d, not 0", event.ID, event.Kind)

sdk/specific_event.go

@@ -11,12 +11,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/sdk/hints"
 )
 
+// FetchSpecificEventParameters contains options for fetching specific events.
 type FetchSpecificEventParameters struct {
+	// WithRelays indicates whether to include relay information in the response
+	// (this causes the request to take longer as it will wait for all relays to respond).
 	WithRelays bool
+
+	// SkipLocalStore indicates whether to skip checking the local store for the event
+	// and storing the result in the local store.
 	SkipLocalStore bool
 }
 
-// FetchSpecificEventFromInput tries to get a specific event from a NIP-19 code using whatever means necessary.
+// FetchSpecificEventFromInput tries to get a specific event from a NIP-19 code or event ID.
+// It supports nevent, naddr, and note NIP-19 codes, as well as raw event IDs.
 func (sys *System) FetchSpecificEventFromInput(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	input string,
@@ -47,7 +54,9 @@ func (sys *System) FetchSpecificEventFromInput(
 	return sys.FetchSpecificEvent(ctx, pointer, params)
 }
 
-// FetchSpecificEvent tries to get a specific event from a NIP-19 code using whatever means necessary.
+// FetchSpecificEvent tries to get a specific event using a Pointer (EventPointer or EntityPointer).
+// It first checks the local store, then queries relays associated with the event or author,
+// and finally falls back to general-purpose relays.
 func (sys *System) FetchSpecificEvent(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	pointer nostr.Pointer,

sdk/system.go

@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ import (
 	kvstore_memory "github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/sdk/kvstore/memory"
 )
 
+// System represents the core functionality of the SDK, providing access to
+// various caches, relays, and dataloaders for efficient Nostr operations.
+//
+// Usually an application should have a single global instance of this and use
+// its internal Pool for all its operations.
+//
+// Store, KVStore and Hints are databases that should generally be persisted
+// for any application that is intended to be executed more than once. By
+// default they're set to in-memory stores, but ideally persisteable
+// implementations should be given (some alternatives are provided in subpackages).
 type System struct {
 	KVStore               kvstore.KVStore
 	MetadataCache         cache.Cache32[ProfileMetadata]
@@ -47,22 +57,35 @@ type System struct {
 	addressableLoaders []*dataloader.Loader[string, []*nostr.Event]
 }
 
+// SystemModifier is a function that modifies a System instance.
+// It's used with NewSystem to configure the system during creation.
 type SystemModifier func(sys *System)
 
+// RelayStream provides a rotating list of relay URLs.
+// It's used to distribute requests across multiple relays.
 type RelayStream struct {
 	URLs   []string
 	serial int
 }
 
+// NewRelayStream creates a new RelayStream with the provided URLs.
 func NewRelayStream(urls ...string) *RelayStream {
 	return &RelayStream{URLs: urls, serial: rand.Int()}
 }
 
+// Next returns the next URL in the rotation.
 func (rs *RelayStream) Next() string {
 	rs.serial++
 	return rs.URLs[rs.serial%len(rs.URLs)]
 }
 
+// NewSystem creates a new System with default configuration,
+// which can be customized using the provided modifiers.
+//
+// The list of provided With* modifiers isn't exhaustive and
+// most internal fields of System can be modified after the System
+// creation -- and in many cases one or another of these will have
+// to be modified, so don't be afraid of doing that.
 func NewSystem(mods ...SystemModifier) *System {
 	sys := &System{
 		KVStore:          kvstore_memory.NewStore(),
@@ -123,84 +146,101 @@ func NewSystem(mods ...SystemModifier) *System {
 	return sys
 }
 
+// Close releases resources held by the System.
 func (sys *System) Close() {
 	if sys.KVStore != nil {
 		sys.KVStore.Close()
 	}
+	if sys.Pool != nil {
+		sys.Pool.Close("sdk.System closed")
+	}
 }
 
+// WithHintsDB returns a SystemModifier that sets the HintsDB.
 func WithHintsDB(hdb hints.HintsDB) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.Hints = hdb
 	}
 }
 
+// WithRelayListRelays returns a SystemModifier that sets the RelayListRelays.
 func WithRelayListRelays(list []string) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.RelayListRelays.URLs = list
 	}
 }
 
+// WithMetadataRelays returns a SystemModifier that sets the MetadataRelays.
 func WithMetadataRelays(list []string) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.MetadataRelays.URLs = list
 	}
 }
 
+// WithFollowListRelays returns a SystemModifier that sets the FollowListRelays.
 func WithFollowListRelays(list []string) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.FollowListRelays.URLs = list
 	}
 }
 
+// WithFallbackRelays returns a SystemModifier that sets the FallbackRelays.
 func WithFallbackRelays(list []string) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.FallbackRelays.URLs = list
 	}
 }
 
+// WithJustIDRelays returns a SystemModifier that sets the JustIDRelays.
 func WithJustIDRelays(list []string) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.JustIDRelays.URLs = list
 	}
 }
 
+// WithUserSearchRelays returns a SystemModifier that sets the UserSearchRelays.
 func WithUserSearchRelays(list []string) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.UserSearchRelays.URLs = list
 	}
 }
 
+// WithNoteSearchRelays returns a SystemModifier that sets the NoteSearchRelays.
 func WithNoteSearchRelays(list []string) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.NoteSearchRelays.URLs = list
 	}
 }
 
+// WithStore returns a SystemModifier that sets the Store.
 func WithStore(store eventstore.Store) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.Store = store
 	}
 }
 
+// WithRelayListCache returns a SystemModifier that sets the RelayListCache.
 func WithRelayListCache(cache cache.Cache32[GenericList[Relay]]) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.RelayListCache = cache
 	}
 }
 
+// WithFollowListCache returns a SystemModifier that sets the FollowListCache.
 func WithFollowListCache(cache cache.Cache32[GenericList[ProfileRef]]) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.FollowListCache = cache
 	}
 }
 
+// WithMetadataCache returns a SystemModifier that sets the MetadataCache.
 func WithMetadataCache(cache cache.Cache32[ProfileMetadata]) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		sys.MetadataCache = cache
 	}
 }
 
+// WithKVStore returns a SystemModifier that sets the KVStore.
 func WithKVStore(store kvstore.KVStore) SystemModifier {
 	return func(sys *System) {
 		if sys.KVStore != nil {

sdk/utils.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	_dtnmtoah     map[string]time.Time
+	_dtnmtoah     map[string]time.Time = make(map[string]time.Time)
 	_dtnmtoahLock sync.Mutex
 )
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ func IsVirtualRelay(url string) bool {
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(url, "wss://feeds.nostr.band") ||
 		strings.HasPrefix(url, "wss://filter.nostr.wine") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(url, "ws://localhost") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(url, "ws://127.0.0.1") ||
 		strings.HasPrefix(url, "wss://cache") {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ func IsVirtualRelay(url string) bool {
 }
 
 // PerQueryLimitInBatch tries to make an educated guess for the batch size given the total filter limit and
-// the number of abstract queries we'll be conducting at the same time
+// the number of abstract queries we'll be conducting at the same time.
 func PerQueryLimitInBatch(totalFilterLimit int, numberOfQueries int) int {
 	if numberOfQueries == 1 || totalFilterLimit*numberOfQueries < 50 {
 		return totalFilterLimit

signature.go

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2/schnorr"
 )
 
-// CheckSignature checks if the signature is valid for the id
+// CheckSignature checks if the event signature is valid for the given event.
-// (which is a hash of the serialized event content).
+// It won't look at the ID field, instead it will recompute the id from the entire event body.
-// returns an error if the signature itself is invalid.
+// If the signature is invalid bool will be false and err will be set.
 func (evt Event) CheckSignature() (bool, error) {
 	// read and check pubkey
 	pk, err := hex.DecodeString(evt.PubKey)
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ func (evt Event) CheckSignature() (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // Sign signs an event with a given privateKey.
+// It sets the event's ID, PubKey, and Sig fields.
+// Returns an error if the private key is invalid or if signing fails.
 func (evt *Event) Sign(secretKey string) error {
 	s, err := hex.DecodeString(secretKey)
 	if err != nil {

signature_libsecp256k1.go

@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2/schnorr"
 )
 
-// CheckSignature checks if the signature is valid for the id
-// (which is a hash of the serialized event content).
-// returns an error if the signature itself is invalid.
 func (evt Event) CheckSignature() (bool, error) {
 	var pk [32]byte
 	_, err := hex.Decode(pk[:], []byte(evt.PubKey))
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@ func (evt Event) CheckSignature() (bool, error) {
 	return res == 1, nil
 }
 
-// Sign signs an event with a given privateKey.
 func (evt *Event) Sign(secretKey string, signOpts ...schnorr.SignOption) error {
 	sk, err := hex.DecodeString(secretKey)
 	if err != nil {

subscription.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
+// Subscription represents a subscription to a relay.
 type Subscription struct {
 	counter int64
 	id      string
@@ -46,13 +47,7 @@ type Subscription struct {
 	storedwg sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
-type EventMessage struct {
+// SubscriptionOption is the type of the argument passed when instantiating relay connections.
-	Event Event
-	Relay string
-}
-
-// When instantiating relay connections, some options may be passed.
-// SubscriptionOption is the type of the argument passed for that.
 // Some examples are WithLabel.
 type SubscriptionOption interface {
 	IsSubscriptionOption()
@@ -85,6 +80,7 @@ func (sub *Subscription) start() {
 	sub.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
+// GetID returns the subscription ID.
 func (sub *Subscription) GetID() string { return sub.id }
 
 func (sub *Subscription) dispatchEvent(evt *Event) {
@@ -121,6 +117,7 @@ func (sub *Subscription) dispatchEose() {
 	}
 }
 
+// handleClosed handles the CLOSED message from a relay.
 func (sub *Subscription) handleClosed(reason string) {
 	go func() {
 		sub.ClosedReason <- reason
@@ -135,6 +132,7 @@ func (sub *Subscription) Unsub() {
 	sub.unsub(errors.New("Unsub() called"))
 }
 
+// unsub is the internal implementation of Unsub.
 func (sub *Subscription) unsub(err error) {
 	// cancel the context (if it's not canceled already)
 	sub.cancel(err)

utils.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// IsValidRelayURL checks if a URL is a valid relay URL (ws:// or wss://).
 func IsValidRelayURL(u string) bool {
 	parsed, err := url.Parse(u)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ func IsValidRelayURL(u string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// IsValid32ByteHex checks if a string is a valid 32-byte hex string.
 func IsValid32ByteHex(thing string) bool {
 	if !isLowerHex(thing) {
 		return false
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ func IsValid32ByteHex(thing string) bool {
 	return err == nil
 }
 
+// CompareEvent is meant to to be used with slices.Sort
 func CompareEvent(a, b Event) int {
 	if a.CreatedAt == b.CreatedAt {
 		return strings.Compare(a.ID, b.ID)
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ func CompareEvent(a, b Event) int {
 	return cmp.Compare(a.CreatedAt, b.CreatedAt)
 }
 
+// CompareEventReverse is meant to to be used with slices.Sort
 func CompareEventReverse(b, a Event) int {
 	if a.CreatedAt == b.CreatedAt {
 		return strings.Compare(a.ID, b.ID)
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ func CompareEventReverse(b, a Event) int {
 	return cmp.Compare(a.CreatedAt, b.CreatedAt)
 }
 
+// CompareEventPtr is meant to to be used with slices.Sort
 func CompareEventPtr(a, b *Event) int {
 	if a == nil {
 		if b == nil {
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ func CompareEventPtr(a, b *Event) int {
 	return cmp.Compare(a.CreatedAt, b.CreatedAt)
 }
 
+// CompareEventPtrReverse is meant to to be used with slices.Sort
 func CompareEventPtrReverse(b, a *Event) int {
 	if a == nil {
 		if b == nil {