event/req: accept -h tag and addresses in -a tag.

event.go

@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ example:
 			Value:    false,
 			Category: CATEGORY_SIGNER,
 		},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:     "no-sign",
+			Usage:    "print the event without signing it, using the specified pubkey",
+			Value:    false,
+			Category: CATEGORY_SIGNER,
+		},
 		&cli.UintFlag{
 			Name:     "pow",
 			Usage:    "nip13 difficulty to target when doing hash work on the event id",
@@ -100,6 +106,12 @@ example:
 			Value:       0,
 			Category:    CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
 		},
+		&PubKeyOrAddressFlag{
+			Name:     "author",
+			Aliases:  []string{"a"},
+			Usage:    "set the event pubkey or add an 'a' tag if it's an address",
+			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:        "content",
 			Aliases:     []string{"c"},
@@ -129,6 +141,11 @@ example:
 			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag d=<value>",
 			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
 		},
+		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:     "h",
+			Usage:    "shortcut for --tag h=<value>",
+			Category: CATEGORY_EVENT_FIELDS,
+		},
 		&NaturalTimeFlag{
 			Name:        "created-at",
 			Aliases:     []string{"time", "ts"},
@@ -252,12 +269,40 @@ example:
 					tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"d", dtag})
 				}
 			}
+			for _, htag := range c.StringSlice("h") {
+				if tags.FindWithValue("h", htag) == nil {
+					tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"h", htag})
+				}
+			}
+
+			var authorPubKey nostr.PubKey
+			for _, a := range getPubKeyOrAddressSlice(c, "author") {
+				// is it an address?
+				if a.Addr != nil {
+					aTag := a.Addr.AsTagReference()
+					if tags.FindWithValue("a", aTag) == nil {
+						tags = append(tags, nostr.Tag{"a", aTag})
+					}
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// or is it an "author" pubkey?
+				if a.PubKey != nostr.ZeroPK {
+					if authorPubKey != nostr.ZeroPK {
+						return fmt.Errorf("multiple author pubkeys provided")
+					}
+					authorPubKey = a.PubKey
+				}
+			}
 			if len(tags) > 0 {
 				for _, tag := range tags {
 					evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, tag)
 				}
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			}
+			if authorPubKey != nostr.ZeroPK {
+				evt.PubKey = authorPubKey
+			}
 
 			if c.IsSet("created-at") {
 				evt.CreatedAt = getNaturalDate(c, "created-at")
@@ -282,7 +327,7 @@ example:
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
-				} else {
+				} else if evt.PubKey == nostr.ZeroPK {
 					evt.PubKey, _ = kr.GetPublicKey(ctx)
 				}
 
@@ -293,7 +338,13 @@ example:
 				mustRehashAndResign = true
 			}
 
-			if evt.Sig == [64]byte{} || mustRehashAndResign {
+			if c.Bool("no-sign") {
+				if evt.PubKey == nostr.ZeroPK {
+					return fmt.Errorf("--no-sign requires a pubkey in the event or via --author")
+				}
+				evt.ID = nostr.ZeroID
+				evt.Sig = [64]byte{}
+			} else if evt.Sig == [64]byte{} || mustRehashAndResign {
 				if numSigners := c.Uint("musig"); numSigners > 1 {
 					// must do musig
 					pubkeys := c.StringSlice("musig-pubkey")

flags.go

@@ -183,6 +183,66 @@ func getPubKeySlice(cmd *cli.Command, name string) []nostr.PubKey {
 //
 //
 
+type PubKeyOrAddress struct {
+	PubKey nostr.PubKey
+	Addr   *nostr.EntityPointer
+}
+
+type (
+	pubKeyOrAddressValue struct {
+		value      PubKeyOrAddress
+		hasBeenSet bool
+	}
+	pubKeyOrAddressSlice = cli.SliceBase[PubKeyOrAddress, struct{}, pubKeyOrAddressValue]
+	PubKeyOrAddressFlag  = cli.FlagBase[[]PubKeyOrAddress, struct{}, pubKeyOrAddressSlice]
+)
+
+var _ cli.ValueCreator[PubKeyOrAddress, struct{}] = pubKeyOrAddressValue{}
+
+func (t pubKeyOrAddressValue) Create(val PubKeyOrAddress, p *PubKeyOrAddress, c struct{}) cli.Value {
+	*p = val
+	return &pubKeyOrAddressValue{
+		value: val,
+	}
+}
+
+func (t pubKeyOrAddressValue) ToString(b PubKeyOrAddress) string {
+	if b.Addr != nil {
+		return b.Addr.AsTagReference()
+	}
+	return b.PubKey.String()
+}
+
+func (t *pubKeyOrAddressValue) Set(value string) error {
+	pubkey, err1 := parsePubKey(value)
+	if err1 == nil {
+		t.value = PubKeyOrAddress{PubKey: pubkey}
+		t.hasBeenSet = true
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	addr, err2 := nostr.ParseAddrString(value)
+	if err2 == nil {
+		t.value = PubKeyOrAddress{Addr: &addr}
+		t.hasBeenSet = true
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("value is neither a pubkey or an address: %w; %w", err1, err2)
+}
+
+func (t *pubKeyOrAddressValue) String() string         { return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", t.value) }
+func (t *pubKeyOrAddressValue) Value() PubKeyOrAddress { return t.value }
+func (t *pubKeyOrAddressValue) Get() any               { return t.value }
+
+func getPubKeyOrAddressSlice(cmd *cli.Command, name string) []PubKeyOrAddress {
+	return cmd.Value(name).([]PubKeyOrAddress)
+}
+
+//
+//
+//
+
 type (
 	IDFlag = cli.FlagBase[nostr.ID, struct{}, idValue]
 )

main.go

@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ func init() {
 		Name:  "version",
 		Usage: "prints the version",
 	}
+	cli.HelpFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:        "help",
+		Usage:       "shows help",
+		HideDefault: true,
+		Local:       true,
+	}
 }
 
 func main() {

req.go

@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ readevents:
 }
 
 var reqFilterFlags = []cli.Flag{
-	&PubKeySliceFlag{
+	&PubKeyOrAddressFlag{
 		Name:     "author",
 		Aliases:  []string{"a"},
 		Usage:    "only accept events from these authors",
@@ -426,6 +426,11 @@ var reqFilterFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		Usage:    "shortcut for --tag d=<value>",
 		Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
 	},
+	&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+		Name:     "h",
+		Usage:    "shortcut for --tag h=<value>",
+		Category: CATEGORY_FILTER_ATTRIBUTES,
+	},
 	&NaturalTimeFlag{
 		Name:     "since",
 		Aliases:  []string{"s"},
@@ -451,10 +456,30 @@ var reqFilterFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	},
 }
 
+type flagTag struct {
+	key   string
+	value string
+}
+
 func applyFlagsToFilter(c *cli.Command, filter *nostr.Filter) error {
-	if authors := getPubKeySlice(c, "author"); len(authors) > 0 {
-		filter.Authors = append(filter.Authors, authors...)
+	tags := make([]flagTag, 0, 5)
+
+	if as := getPubKeyOrAddressSlice(c, "author"); len(as) > 0 {
+		for _, author := range as {
+
+			// is it an address?
+			if author.Addr != nil {
+				tags = append(tags, flagTag{"a", author.Addr.AsTagReference()})
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// or is it an "author" pubkey?
+			if author.PubKey != nostr.ZeroPK {
+				filter.Authors = append(filter.Authors, author.PubKey)
+			}
+		}
 	}
+
 	if ids := getIDSlice(c, "id"); len(ids) > 0 {
 		filter.IDs = append(filter.IDs, ids...)
 	}
@@ -464,7 +489,7 @@ func applyFlagsToFilter(c *cli.Command, filter *nostr.Filter) error {
 	if search := c.String("search"); search != "" {
 		filter.Search = search
 	}
-	tags := make([][]string, 0, 5)
+
 	for _, tagFlag := range c.StringSlice("tag") {
 		spl := strings.SplitN(tagFlag, "=", 2)
 		if len(spl) == 2 {
@@ -472,19 +497,22 @@ func applyFlagsToFilter(c *cli.Command, filter *nostr.Filter) error {
 			if len(spl) == 1 {
 				val = decodeTagValue(val, []rune(spl[0])[0])
 			}
-			tags = append(tags, []string{spl[0], val})
+			tags = append(tags, flagTag{spl[0], val})
 		} else {
 			return fmt.Errorf("invalid --tag '%s'", tagFlag)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, etag := range c.StringSlice("e") {
-		tags = append(tags, []string{"e", decodeTagValue(etag, 'e')})
+		tags = append(tags, flagTag{"e", decodeTagValue(etag, 'e')})
 	}
 	for _, ptag := range c.StringSlice("p") {
-		tags = append(tags, []string{"p", decodeTagValue(ptag, 'p')})
+		tags = append(tags, flagTag{"p", decodeTagValue(ptag, 'p')})
 	}
 	for _, dtag := range c.StringSlice("d") {
-		tags = append(tags, []string{"d", dtag})
+		tags = append(tags, flagTag{"d", dtag})
+	}
+	for _, htag := range c.StringSlice("h") {
+		tags = append(tags, flagTag{"h", htag})
 	}
 
 	if len(tags) > 0 && filter.Tags == nil {
@@ -492,10 +520,10 @@ func applyFlagsToFilter(c *cli.Command, filter *nostr.Filter) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, tag := range tags {
-		if _, ok := filter.Tags[tag[0]]; !ok {
-			filter.Tags[tag[0]] = make([]string, 0, 3)
+		if _, ok := filter.Tags[tag.key]; !ok {
+			filter.Tags[tag.key] = make([]string, 0, 3)
 		}
-		filter.Tags[tag[0]] = append(filter.Tags[tag[0]], tag[1])
+		filter.Tags[tag.key] = append(filter.Tags[tag.key], tag.value)
 	}
 
 	if c.IsSet("since") {