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

The necessary coincurve can be installed on android inside termux:

pkg update
pkg install build-essential
pkg-install binutils
pip install coincurve --no-binary all

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