From 037e8efcc6bfc8588c289b493be061e341589da8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fiatjaf <fiatjaf@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:34:24 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] count: support reading filters from stdin like req.

---
 count.go | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/count.go b/count.go
index 2fa4407..493bcce 100644
--- a/count.go
+++ b/count.go
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr"
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip45"
 	"fiatjaf.com/nostr/nip45/hyperloglog"
+	"github.com/mailru/easyjson"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
 var count = &cli.Command{
 	Name:                      "count",
 	Usage:                     "generates encoded COUNT messages and optionally use them to talk to relays",
-	Description:               `outputs a nip45 request (the flags are mostly the same as 'nak req').`,
+	Description:               `like 'nak req', but does a "COUNT" call instead. Will attempt to perform HyperLogLog aggregation if more than one relay is specified.`,
 	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
 	Flags:                     reqFilterFlags,
 	ArgsUsage:                 "[relay...]",
@@ -37,52 +38,62 @@ var count = &cli.Command{
 			}
 		}
 
-		filter := nostr.Filter{}
-
-		if err := applyFlagsToFilter(c, &filter); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		successes := 0
-		if len(relayUrls) > 0 {
-			var hll *hyperloglog.HyperLogLog
-			if offset := nip45.HyperLogLogEventPubkeyOffsetForFilter(filter); offset != -1 && len(relayUrls) > 1 {
-				hll = hyperloglog.New(offset)
-			}
-			for _, relayUrl := range relayUrls {
-				relay, _ := sys.Pool.EnsureRelay(relayUrl)
-				count, hllRegisters, err := relay.Count(ctx, filter, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{
-					Label: "nak-count",
-				})
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s%s: ", strings.Repeat(" ", biggerUrlSize-len(relayUrl)), relayUrl)
-
-				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s\n", err)
+		// go line by line from stdin or run once with input from flags
+		for stdinFilter := range getJsonsOrBlank() {
+			filter := nostr.Filter{}
+			if stdinFilter != "" {
+				if err := easyjson.Unmarshal([]byte(stdinFilter), &filter); err != nil {
+					ctx = lineProcessingError(ctx, "invalid filter '%s' received from stdin: %s", stdinFilter, err)
 					continue
 				}
+			}
 
-				var hasHLLStr string
-				if hll != nil && len(hllRegisters) == 256 {
-					hll.MergeRegisters(hllRegisters)
-					hasHLLStr = " (hll)"
+			if err := applyFlagsToFilter(c, &filter); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			successes := 0
+			if len(relayUrls) > 0 {
+				var hll *hyperloglog.HyperLogLog
+				if offset := nip45.HyperLogLogEventPubkeyOffsetForFilter(filter); offset != -1 && len(relayUrls) > 1 {
+					hll = hyperloglog.New(offset)
 				}
+				for _, relayUrl := range relayUrls {
+					relay, _ := sys.Pool.EnsureRelay(relayUrl)
+					count, hllRegisters, err := relay.Count(ctx, filter, nostr.SubscriptionOptions{
+						Label: "nak-count",
+					})
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s%s: ", strings.Repeat(" ", biggerUrlSize-len(relayUrl)), relayUrl)
 
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%d%s\n", count, hasHLLStr)
-				successes++
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s\n", err)
+						continue
+					}
+
+					var hasHLLStr string
+					if hll != nil && len(hllRegisters) == 256 {
+						hll.MergeRegisters(hllRegisters)
+						hasHLLStr = " (hll)"
+					}
+
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%d%s\n", count, hasHLLStr)
+					successes++
+				}
+				if successes == 0 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("all relays have failed")
+				} else if hll != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "HyperLogLog sum: %d\n", hll.Count())
+				}
+			} else {
+				// no relays given, will just print the filter
+				var result string
+				j, _ := json.Marshal([]any{"COUNT", "nak", filter})
+				result = string(j)
+				stdout(result)
 			}
-			if successes == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("all relays have failed")
-			} else if hll != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "HyperLogLog sum: %d\n", hll.Count())
-			}
-		} else {
-			// no relays given, will just print the filter
-			var result string
-			j, _ := json.Marshal([]any{"COUNT", "nak", filter})
-			result = string(j)
-			stdout(result)
 		}
 
+		exitIfLineProcessingError(ctx)
 		return nil
 	},
 }