breaking pointer mess

- ExternalPointer (?)
- nip27, nip22 and nip10 functions to return pointers
- get rid of sdk/thread helpers that were just a thin layer over nip10 and nip22

nip10/nip10.go

@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ func GetImmediateParent(tags nostr.Tags) *nostr.EventPointer {
 
 		if len(tag) >= 4 {
 			if tag[3] == "reply" {
-				return &tag
+				parent = tag
+				break
 			}
-			if tag[3] == "root" {
+			if tag[3] == "parent" {
 				// will be used as our first fallback
-				root = &tag
+				parent = tag
 				continue
 			}
 			if tag[3] == "mention" {
@@ -49,15 +50,23 @@ func GetImmediateParent(tags nostr.Tags) *nostr.EventPointer {
 			}
 		}
 
-		lastE = &tag // will be used as our second fallback (clients that don't add markers)
+		lastE = tag // will be used as our second fallback (clients that don't add markers)
 	}
 
-	// if we reached this point we don't have a "reply", but if we have a "root"
+	// if we reached this point we don't have a "reply", but if we have a "parent"
-	// that means this event is a direct reply to the root
+	// that means this event is a direct reply to the parent
-	if root != nil {
+	if parent != nil {
-		return root
+		p, _ := nostr.EventPointerFromTag(parent)
+		return &p
 	}
 
-	// if we reached this point and we have at least one "e" we'll use that (the last)
+	if lastE != nil {
-	return lastE
+		// if we reached this point and we have at least one "e" we'll use that (the last)
+		// (we don't bother looking for relay or author hints because these clients don't add these anyway)
+		return &nostr.EventPointer{
+			ID: lastE[1],
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }

nip19/pointer.go

@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ import (
 func EncodePointer(pointer nostr.Pointer) string {
 	switch v := pointer.(type) {
 	case nostr.ProfilePointer:
-		res, _ := EncodeProfile(v.PublicKey, v.Relays)
+		if v.Relays == nil {
-		return res
+			res, _ := EncodePublicKey(v.PublicKey)
+			return res
+		} else {
+			res, _ := EncodeProfile(v.PublicKey, v.Relays)
+			return res
+		}
 	case nostr.EventPointer:
 		res, _ := EncodeEvent(v.ID, v.Relays, v.Author)
 		return res

nip22/nip22.go

@@ -2,25 +2,41 @@ package nip22
 
 import "github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
 
-func GetThreadRoot(tags nostr.Tags) *nostr.Tag {
+func GetThreadRoot(tags nostr.Tags) nostr.Pointer {
 	for _, tag := range tags {
 		if len(tag) < 2 {
 			continue
 		}
-		if tag[0] == "E" || tag[0] == "A" || tag[0] == "I" {
+		switch tag[0] {
-			return &tag
+		case "E":
+			ep, _ := nostr.EventPointerFromTag(tag)
+			return ep
+		case "A":
+			ep, _ := nostr.EntityPointerFromTag(tag)
+			return ep
+		case "I":
+			ep, _ := nostr.ExternalPointerFromTag(tag)
+			return ep
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func GetImmediateReply(tags nostr.Tags) *nostr.Tag {
+func GetImmediateParent(tags nostr.Tags) nostr.Pointer {
 	for _, tag := range tags {
 		if len(tag) < 2 {
 			continue
 		}
-		if tag[0] == "e" || tag[0] == "a" || tag[0] == "i" {
+		switch tag[0] {
-			return &tag
+		case "e":
+			ep, _ := nostr.EventPointerFromTag(tag)
+			return ep
+		case "a":
+			ep, _ := nostr.EntityPointerFromTag(tag)
+			return ep
+		case "i":
+			ep, _ := nostr.ExternalPointerFromTag(tag)
+			return ep
 		}
 	}
 	return nil

nip27/references.go

@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ type Reference struct {
 	Text    string
 	Start   int
 	End     int
-	Profile *nostr.ProfilePointer
+	Pointer nostr.Pointer
-	Event   *nostr.EventPointer
-	Entity  *nostr.EntityPointer
 }
 
 var mentionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\bnostr:((note|npub|naddr|nevent|nprofile)1\w+)\b`)
@@ -33,40 +31,45 @@ func ParseReferences(evt nostr.Event) iter.Seq[Reference] {
 			if prefix, data, err := nip19.Decode(nip19code); err == nil {
 				switch prefix {
 				case "npub":
-					reference.Profile = &nostr.ProfilePointer{
+					pointer := &nostr.ProfilePointer{
 						PublicKey: data.(string), Relays: []string{},
 					}
-					tag := evt.Tags.GetFirst([]string{"p", reference.Profile.PublicKey})
+					tag := evt.Tags.FindWithValue("p", pointer.PublicKey)
-					if tag != nil && len(*tag) >= 3 {
+					if tag != nil && len(tag) >= 3 {
-						reference.Profile.Relays = []string{(*tag)[2]}
+						pointer.Relays = []string{tag[2]}
+					}
+					if nostr.IsValidPublicKey(pointer.PublicKey) {
+						reference.Pointer = pointer
 					}
 				case "nprofile":
-					pp := data.(nostr.ProfilePointer)
+					pointer := data.(nostr.ProfilePointer)
-					reference.Profile = &pp
+					tag := evt.Tags.FindWithValue("p", pointer.PublicKey)
-					tag := evt.Tags.GetFirst([]string{"p", reference.Profile.PublicKey})
+					if tag != nil && len(tag) >= 3 {
-					if tag != nil && len(*tag) >= 3 {
+						pointer.Relays = append(pointer.Relays, tag[2])
-						reference.Profile.Relays = append(reference.Profile.Relays, (*tag)[2])
+					}
+					if nostr.IsValidPublicKey(pointer.PublicKey) {
+						reference.Pointer = pointer
 					}
 				case "note":
 					// we don't even bother here because people using note1 codes aren't including relay hints anyway
-					reference.Event = &nostr.EventPointer{ID: data.(string), Relays: []string{}}
+					reference.Pointer = &nostr.EventPointer{ID: data.(string), Relays: nil}
 				case "nevent":
-					evp := data.(nostr.EventPointer)
+					pointer := data.(nostr.EventPointer)
-					reference.Event = &evp
+					tag := evt.Tags.FindWithValue("e", pointer.ID)
-					tag := evt.Tags.GetFirst([]string{"e", reference.Event.ID})
+					if tag != nil && len(tag) >= 3 {
-					if tag != nil && len(*tag) >= 3 {
+						pointer.Relays = append(pointer.Relays, tag[2])
-						reference.Event.Relays = append(reference.Event.Relays, (*tag)[2])
+						if pointer.Author == "" && len(tag) >= 5 && nostr.IsValidPublicKey(tag[4]) {
-						if reference.Event.Author == "" && len(*tag) >= 5 {
+							pointer.Author = tag[4]
-							reference.Event.Author = (*tag)[4]
 						}
 					}
+					reference.Pointer = pointer
 				case "naddr":
-					addr := data.(nostr.EntityPointer)
+					pointer := data.(nostr.EntityPointer)
-					reference.Entity = &addr
+					tag := evt.Tags.FindWithValue("a", pointer.AsTagReference())
-					tag := evt.Tags.GetFirst([]string{"a", reference.Entity.AsTagReference()})
+					if tag != nil && len(tag) >= 3 {
-					if tag != nil && len(*tag) >= 3 {
+						pointer.Relays = append(pointer.Relays, tag[2])
-						reference.Entity.Relays = append(reference.Entity.Relays, (*tag)[2])
 					}
+					reference.Pointer = pointer
 				}
 			}
 

nip27/references_test.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestParseReferences(t *testing.T) {
 			Text:  "nostr:nprofile1qqsvc6ulagpn7kwrcwdqgp797xl7usumqa6s3kgcelwq6m75x8fe8yc5usxdg",
 			Start: 7,
 			End:   83,
-			Profile: &nostr.ProfilePointer{
+			Pointer: nostr.ProfilePointer{
 				PublicKey: "cc6b9fea033f59c3c39a0407c5f1bfee439b077508d918cfdc0d6fd431d39393",
 				Relays:    []string{"wss://xawr.com"},
 			},
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestParseReferences(t *testing.T) {
 			Text:  "nostr:nevent1qqsvc6ulagpn7kwrcwdqgp797xl7usumqa6s3kgcelwq6m75x8fe8ychxp5v4",
 			Start: 90,
 			End:   164,
-			Event: &nostr.EventPointer{
+			Pointer: nostr.EventPointer{
 				ID:     "cc6b9fea033f59c3c39a0407c5f1bfee439b077508d918cfdc0d6fd431d39393",
 				Relays: []string{"wss://nasdj.com"},
 				Author: "",

pointers.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 	_ Pointer = (*ProfilePointer)(nil)
 	_ Pointer = (*EventPointer)(nil)
 	_ Pointer = (*EntityPointer)(nil)
+	_ Pointer = (*ExternalPointer)(nil)
 )
 
 // ProfilePointer represents a pointer to a Nostr profile.
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ type ProfilePointer struct {
 
 // 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]
+	pk := refTag[1]
 	if !IsValidPublicKey(pk) {
 		return ProfilePointer{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid pubkey '%s'", pk)
 	}
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ type EventPointer struct {
 
 // 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]
+	id := refTag[1]
 	if !IsValid32ByteHex(id) {
 		return EventPointer{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid id '%s'", id)
 	}
@@ -86,8 +87,10 @@ func EventPointerFromTag(refTag Tag) (EventPointer, error) {
 		if relay := (refTag)[2]; IsValidRelayURL(relay) {
 			pointer.Relays = []string{relay}
 		}
-		if len(refTag) > 3 && IsValidPublicKey((refTag)[3]) {
+		if len(refTag) > 3 && IsValidPublicKey(refTag[3]) {
 			pointer.Author = (refTag)[3]
+		} else if len(refTag) > 4 && IsValidPublicKey(refTag[4]) {
+			pointer.Author = (refTag)[4]
 		}
 	}
 	return pointer, nil
@@ -171,3 +174,21 @@ func (ep EntityPointer) AsTag() Tag {
 	}
 	return Tag{"a", ep.AsTagReference()}
 }
+
+// ExternalPointer represents a pointer to a Nostr profile.
+type ExternalPointer struct {
+	Thing string
+}
+
+// ExternalPointerFromTag creates a ExternalPointer from an "i" tag
+func ExternalPointerFromTag(refTag Tag) (ExternalPointer, error) {
+	return ExternalPointer{refTag[1]}, nil
+}
+
+func (ep ExternalPointer) MatchesEvent(_ Event) bool { return false }
+func (ep ExternalPointer) AsTagReference() string    { return ep.Thing }
+func (ep ExternalPointer) AsFilter() Filter          { return Filter{} }
+
+func (ep ExternalPointer) AsTag() Tag {
+	return Tag{"i", ep.Thing}
+}

sdk/thread.go

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package sdk
-
-import (
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip10"
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr/nip22"
-)
-
-func GetThreadRoot(evt *nostr.Event) *nostr.Tag {
-	if evt.Kind == nostr.KindComment {
-		return nip22.GetThreadRoot(evt.Tags)
-	} else {
-		return nip10.GetThreadRoot(evt.Tags)
-	}
-}
-
-func GetImmediateReply(evt *nostr.Event) *nostr.Tag {
-	if evt.Kind == nostr.KindComment {
-		return nip22.GetImmediateReply(evt.Tags)
-	} else {
-		return nip10.GetImmediateReply(evt.Tags)
-	}
-}

sdk/tracker.go

@@ -106,27 +106,36 @@ func (sys *System) trackEventHints(ie nostr.RelayEvent) {
 		}
 
 		for ref := range nip27.ParseReferences(*ie.Event) {
-			if ref.Profile != nil {
+			switch pointer := ref.Pointer.(type) {
-				for _, relay := range ref.Profile.Relays {
+			case nostr.ProfilePointer:
+				for _, relay := range pointer.Relays {
 					if IsVirtualRelay(relay) {
 						continue
 					}
 					if p, err := url.Parse(relay); err != nil || (p.Scheme != "wss" && p.Scheme != "ws") {
 						continue
 					}
-					if nostr.IsValidPublicKey(ref.Profile.PublicKey) {
+					sys.Hints.Save(pointer.PublicKey, nostr.NormalizeURL(relay), hints.LastInHint, ie.CreatedAt)
-						sys.Hints.Save(ref.Profile.PublicKey, nostr.NormalizeURL(relay), hints.LastInHint, ie.CreatedAt)
-					}
 				}
-			} else if ref.Event != nil && nostr.IsValidPublicKey(ref.Event.Author) {
+			case nostr.EventPointer:
-				for _, relay := range ref.Event.Relays {
+				for _, relay := range pointer.Relays {
 					if IsVirtualRelay(relay) {
 						continue
 					}
 					if p, err := url.Parse(relay); err != nil || (p.Scheme != "wss" && p.Scheme != "ws") {
 						continue
 					}
-					sys.Hints.Save(ref.Event.Author, nostr.NormalizeURL(relay), hints.LastInHint, ie.CreatedAt)
+					sys.Hints.Save(pointer.Author, nostr.NormalizeURL(relay), hints.LastInHint, ie.CreatedAt)
+				}
+			case nostr.EntityPointer:
+				for _, relay := range pointer.Relays {
+					if IsVirtualRelay(relay) {
+						continue
+					}
+					if p, err := url.Parse(relay); err != nil || (p.Scheme != "wss" && p.Scheme != "ws") {
+						continue
+					}
+					sys.Hints.Save(pointer.PublicKey, nostr.NormalizeURL(relay), hints.LastInHint, ie.CreatedAt)
 				}
 			}
 		}