added argument parsing, now a request string can be sent to a relay, and its results printed as tree

bin/nostr_console.dart

@@ -1,16 +1,56 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:nostr_console/nostr_console_ds.dart';
 import 'package:nostr_console/relays.dart';
+import 'package:args/args.dart';
+
 
 var    userPublickey = "3235036bd0957dfb27ccda02d452d7c763be40c91a1ac082ba6983b25238388c"; // vishalxl
 // var    userPublickey = "32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245"; // jb55
 // var    userPublickey = "3bf0c63fcb93463407af97a5e5ee64fa883d107ef9e558472c4eb9aaaefa459d"; // fiatjaf
 
+const request = "request";
 
+void printEventsAsTree(events) {
+      if( events.length == 0) {
+        stdout.write("events length = 0\n");
+        return;
+      }
+      events.removeWhere( (item) => item.eventData.kind != 1 );  
+      // remove duplicate events
+      final ids = Set();
+      events.retainWhere((x) => ids.add(x.eventData.id));
 
-Future<void> main() async {
+      // create tree from events
+      Tree node = Tree.fromEvents(events);
+
+      // print all the events in tree form  
+      node.printTree(0, true);
+
+      print('\nnumber of all events: ${events.length}');
+
+}
+
+Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
   List<Event>  events = [];
   int numEvents = 6;
+
+  String requestString = "";
+  //final parser = ArgParser()..addFlag(request, negatable: false, abbr: 'r')..addOption(request);
+  final parser = ArgParser()..addOption(request, abbr: 'r');
+
+  ArgResults argResults = parser.parse(arguments);
+
+
+  if( argResults[request] != null) {
+    stdout.write("got argument request ${argResults[request]}");
+    sendRequest("wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net", argResults[request], events);
+    Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 6000), () {
+        printEventsAsTree(events);
+        exit(0);      
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
   getUserEvents(defaultServerUrl, userPublickey, events, numEvents);
   
   print('waiting for user events to come in');
@@ -37,18 +77,7 @@ Future<void> main() async {
       }
 
       Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 4000), () {
-        events.removeWhere( (item) => item.eventData.kind != 1 );  
+        printEventsAsTree(events);
-        // remove duplicate events
-        final ids = Set();
-        events.retainWhere((x) => ids.add(x.eventData.id));
-
-        // create tree from events
-        Tree node = Tree.fromEvents(events);
-
-        // print all the events in tree form  
-        node.printTree(0, true);
-
-        print('\nnumber of all events: ${events.length}');
         exit(0);
       });
     });

lib/nostr_console_ds.dart

@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ class Tree {
 
   // @method create top level Tree from events. 
   // first create a map. then add all top trees to the final list/ChildTrees. then add children to it.
-
   factory Tree.fromEvents(List<Event> events) {
     stdout.write("in factory fromEvents list. number of events: ${events.length}\n");
 
@@ -230,7 +229,15 @@ class Tree {
     List<String>  processed = [];
 
     m.forEach((key, value) {
-      if( !processed.contains(key)) {
+      bool alreadyProcessed = false;
+      for( int i = 0; i < processed.length; i++) {
+        if( processed[i] == key) {
+          alreadyProcessed = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if( !alreadyProcessed) {
         if( !value.e.eventData.eTagsRest.isNotEmpty ) {
           // in case this node is a parent, then move it to processed()
           processed.add(key);
@@ -240,19 +247,21 @@ class Tree {
           String id = key;
           String parentId = value.e.eventData.getParent();
           m[parentId]?.addChildNode(value);
+          processed.add(key);
         }
       } else { // entry already exists
         // do nothing
       }
     });
 
+    // add parent trees as top level child trees of this tree
     for( var value in m.values) {
         if( !value.e.eventData.eTagsRest.isNotEmpty) {  // if its a parent
             childTrees.add(value);
         }
     }
 
-    stdout.write("Ending:  factory fromEvents list. number of events: ${events.length}\n");
+    stdout.write("Ending:  factory fromEvents list. number of processed events: ${processed.length}\n");
     return Tree( events[0], childTrees); // TODO remove events[0]
   }
 

lib/relays.dart

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Relays {
    * @connect Connect to given relay and get all events for the given publicKey and insert the
    *          received events in the given List<Event>
    */
-  void connect(String relay, String publicKey, List<Event> events, int numEventsToGet) {
+  void gerUserEvents(String relay, String publicKey, List<Event> events, int numEventsToGet) {
 
     // following is too restrictive. TODO improve it
     for(int i = 0; i < users.length; i++) {
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ class Relays {
         return;
       }
     }
+    users.add(publicKey);
+    String request = getSubscriptionRequest(publicKey, numEventsToGet);
+    sendRequest(relay, request, events);
+  }    
+
+  void sendRequest(String relay, String request, List<Event> events) {
 
     Future<WebSocket>? fws;
     if(relays.containsKey(relay)) {
@@ -84,9 +90,9 @@ class Relays {
       }
     }
 
-    users.add(publicKey);
+    
-    print('sending request ${getSubscriptionRequest(publicKey, numEventsToGet)} to $relay');
+    print('sending request: $request to $relay');
-    fws?.then((WebSocket ws) { ws.add(getSubscriptionRequest(publicKey, numEventsToGet)); });
+    fws?.then((WebSocket ws) { ws.add(request); });
   
   }
 
@@ -101,10 +107,14 @@ Relays relays = Relays(Map(), []);
 void getFeed(List<Contact> contacts, events, numEventsToGet) {
   for( int i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++) {
     var contact = contacts[i];
-    relays.connect(contact.relay, contact.id, events, numEventsToGet);
+    relays.gerUserEvents(contact.relay, contact.id, events, numEventsToGet);
   }  
 }
 
 void getUserEvents(serverUrl, publicKey, events, numUserEvents) {
-  relays.connect(serverUrl, publicKey, events, numUserEvents);
+  relays.gerUserEvents(serverUrl, publicKey, events, numUserEvents);
+}
+
+void sendRequest(serverUrl, request, events) {
+  relays.sendRequest(serverUrl, request, events);
 }

pubspec.yaml

@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ environment:
 dev_dependencies:
   lints: ^2.0.0
   test: ^1.16.0
+dependencies:
+  args: ^2.3.1