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| author | Jeff Thibault <jdthibault2@gmail.com> | 2023-01-06 10:58:30 -0500 |
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| committer | fiatjaf <fiatjaf@gmail.com> | 2023-01-07 17:53:24 -0300 |
| commit | 741ac01b970d318fd61406087dd21371eb1a1e55 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b96c255284f1185f840632b69eb8ec365ce131a | |
| parent | 01a3090c6ab872621e01019c58f8cac38c354c25 (diff) | |
NIP-22: use nip-20; minor updates
| -rw-r--r-- | 22.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
| @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Event `created_at` Limits | |||
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Relays may define both upper and lower limits within which they will consider an event's `created_at` to be acceptable. Both the upper and lower limits MUST be unix timestamps in seconds as defined in [NIP-01](01.md). | 9 | Relays may define both upper and lower limits within which they will consider an event's `created_at` to be acceptable. Both the upper and lower limits MUST be unix timestamps in seconds as defined in [NIP-01](01.md). |
| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | If a relay supports this NIP, the relay SHOULD send the client a `NOTICE` message saying the event was not stored for the `created_at` timestamp not being within the permitted limits. | 11 | If a relay supports this NIP, the relay SHOULD send the client a [NIP-20](20.md) command result saying the event was not stored for the `created_at` timestamp not being within the permitted limits. |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | Client Behavior | 13 | Client Behavior |
| 14 | --------------- | 14 | --------------- |
| @@ -22,24 +22,24 @@ This NIP formalizes restrictions on event timestamps as accepted by a relay and | |||
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | The event `created_at` field is just a unix timestamp and can be set to a time in the past or future. Relays accept and share events dated to 20 years ago or 50,000 years in the future. This NIP aims to define a way for relays that do not want to store events with *any* timestamp to set their own restrictions. | 23 | The event `created_at` field is just a unix timestamp and can be set to a time in the past or future. Relays accept and share events dated to 20 years ago or 50,000 years in the future. This NIP aims to define a way for relays that do not want to store events with *any* timestamp to set their own restrictions. |
| 24 | 24 | ||
| 25 | [Replaceable events](16.md#replaceable-events) can behave rather unexpected if the user wrote them - or tried to write them - with a wrong system clock. Persisting an update with a backdated system now would result in the update not getting persisted without a `NOTICE` and if they did the last update with a forward dated system, they will again fail to do another update with the now correct time. | 25 | [Replaceable events](16.md#replaceable-events) can behave rather unexpected if the user wrote them - or tried to write them - with a wrong system clock. Persisting an update with a backdated system now would result in the update not getting persisted without a notification and if they did the last update with a forward dated system, they will again fail to do another update with the now correct time. |
| 26 | 26 | ||
| 27 | A wide adoption of this nip could create a better user experience as it would decrease the amount of events that appear wildly out of order or even from impossible dates in the distant past or future. | 27 | A wide adoption of this NIP could create a better user experience as it would decrease the amount of events that appear wildly out of order or even from impossible dates in the distant past or future. |
| 28 | 28 | ||
| 29 | Keep in mind that there is a use case where a user migrates their old posts onto a new relay. If a relay rejects events that were not recently created, it cannot serve this use case. | 29 | Keep in mind that there is a use case where a user migrates their old posts onto a new relay. If a relay rejects events that were not recently created, it cannot serve this use case. |
| 30 | 30 | ||
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | Python Example | 32 | Python (pseudocode) Example |
| 33 | -------------- | 33 | --------------------------- |
| 34 | 34 | ||
| 35 | ```python | 35 | ```python |
| 36 | import time | 36 | import time |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | TIME = int(time.now) | 38 | TIME = int(time.time()) |
| 39 | LOWER_LIMIT = TIME - (60 * 60 * 24) # Define lower limit as 1 day into the past | 39 | LOWER_LIMIT = TIME - (60 * 60 * 24) # Define lower limit as 1 day into the past |
| 40 | UPPER_LIMIT = TIME + (60 * 15) # Define upper limit as 15 minutes into the future | 40 | UPPER_LIMIT = TIME + (60 * 15) # Define upper limit as 15 minutes into the future |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | if event.created_at not in range(LOWER_LIMIT, UPPER_LIMIT): | 42 | if event.created_at not in range(LOWER_LIMIT, UPPER_LIMIT): |
| 43 | # NOTE: This is one example of a notice message. Relays can change this to notify clients however they like. | 43 | ws.send('["OK", event.id, False, "invalid: the event created_at field is out of the acceptable range (-24h, +15min) for this relay"]') |
| 44 | ws.send('["NOTICE", "The event created_at field is out of the acceptable range (-24h, +15min) for this relay and was not stored."]') | ||
| 45 | ``` | 44 | ``` |
| 45 | Note: These are just example limits, the relay operator can choose whatever limits they want. | ||