pynostr

Python library for for Nostr.

This library is using coincurve instead of secp256k1, so pynostr can be used on windows.

Installation

pip install pynostr

Usage

Generate a key

from pynostr.key import PrivateKey

private_key = PrivateKey()
public_key = private_key.public_key
print(f"Private key: {private_key.bech32()}")
print(f"Public key: {public_key.bech32()}")

Test Suite

Set up the test environment

Install the test-runner dependencies:

pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt

Then make the pynostr python module visible/importable to the tests by installing the local dev dir as an editable module:

# from the repo root
pip3 install -e .

Running the test suite

Run the whole test suite:

# from the repo root
pytest

Run a specific test file:

pytest test/test_this_file.py

Run a specific test:

pytest test/test_this_file.py::test_this_specific_test

Pre-commit-config

Installation

$ pip install pre-commit

Using homebrew:

$ brew install pre-commit

$ pre-commit --version
pre-commit 2.10.0

Install the git hook scripts

$ pre-commit install

Run against all the files

pre-commit run --all-files
pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files

Update package rev in pre-commit yaml

pre-commit autoupdate
pre-commit run --show-diff-on-failure --color=always --all-files