package-lock.json

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       "dependencies": {
-        "@noble/hashes": "1.5.0"
+        "@noble/hashes": "1.4.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^14.21.3 || >=16"
       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@noble/hashes": {
-      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@noble/hashes/-/hashes-1.5.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@noble/hashes/-/hashes-1.4.0.tgz",
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-        "node": "^14.21.3 || >=16"
+        "node": ">= 16"
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       "funding": {
         "url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
@@ -1134,18 +1129,6 @@
         "node": ">=16"
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-cache-dexie/-/ndk-cache-dexie-2.5.1.tgz",
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-        "debug": "^4.3.4",
-        "dexie": "^4.0.2",
-        "nostr-tools": "^2.4.0",
-        "typescript-lru-cache": "^2.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@popperjs/core": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@popperjs/core/-/core-2.11.8.tgz",
@@ -1400,9 +1383,9 @@
       ]
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     "node_modules/@scure/base": {
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+      "version": "1.1.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@scure/base/-/base-1.1.9.tgz",
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       "funding": {
         "url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
       }
@@ -2687,11 +2670,11 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/debug": {
-      "version": "4.3.7",
+      "version": "4.3.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.7.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.3.5.tgz",
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       "dependencies": {
-        "ms": "^2.1.3"
+        "ms": "2.1.2"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=6.0"
@@ -2716,11 +2699,6 @@
         "node": ">=0.4.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/dexie": {
-      "version": "4.0.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dexie/-/dexie-4.0.8.tgz",
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/diff/-/diff-4.0.2.tgz",
@@ -3740,9 +3718,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/light-bolt11-decoder": {
-      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "version": "3.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/light-bolt11-decoder/-/light-bolt11-decoder-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/light-bolt11-decoder/-/light-bolt11-decoder-3.1.1.tgz",
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       "dependencies": {
         "@scure/base": "1.1.1"
       }
@@ -3906,9 +3884,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ms": {
-      "version": "2.1.3",
+      "version": "2.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
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     },
     "node_modules/nanoid": {
       "version": "3.3.7",

package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@getalby/lightning-tools": "5.0.3",
     "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk": "2.10.0",
-    "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-cache-dexie": "2.5.1",
     "@reduxjs/toolkit": "2.2.6",
     "@tiptap/core": "2.6.6",
     "@tiptap/extension-link": "2.6.6",
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@
     "bech32": "2.0.0",
     "buffer": "6.0.3",
     "date-fns": "3.6.0",
-    "dexie": "4.0.8",
     "dompurify": "3.1.6",
     "file-saver": "2.0.5",
     "fslightbox-react": "1.7.6",

src/components/ProfileSection.tsx

@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ import { QRCodeSVG } from 'qrcode.react'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
-import { RelayController, UserRelaysType } from '../controllers'
+import {
-import { useAppSelector, useDidMount, useNDKContext } from '../hooks'
+  MetadataController,
+  RelayController,
+  UserRelaysType
+} from '../controllers'
+import { useAppSelector, useDidMount } from '../hooks'
 import { appRoutes, getProfilePageRoute } from '../routes'
 import '../styles/author.css'
 import '../styles/innerPage.css'
@@ -27,11 +31,11 @@ type Props = {
 }
 
 export const ProfileSection = ({ pubkey }: Props) => {
-  const { findMetadata } = useNDKContext()
   const [profile, setProfile] = useState<UserProfile>()
 
-  useDidMount(() => {
+  useDidMount(async () => {
-    findMetadata(pubkey).then((res) => {
+    const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
+    metadataController.findMetadata(pubkey).then((res) => {
       setProfile(res)
     })
   })
@@ -367,7 +371,6 @@ type FollowButtonProps = {
 }
 
 const FollowButton = ({ pubkey }: FollowButtonProps) => {
-  const { fetchEventFromUserRelays } = useNDKContext()
   const [isFollowing, setIsFollowing] = useState(false)
 
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false)
@@ -406,7 +409,8 @@ const FollowButton = ({ pubkey }: FollowButtonProps) => {
       authors: [userHexKey]
     }
 
-    const contactListEvent = await fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+    const contactListEvent =
+      await RelayController.getInstance().fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         filter,
         userHexKey,
         UserRelaysType.Both
@@ -509,7 +513,8 @@ const FollowButton = ({ pubkey }: FollowButtonProps) => {
       authors: [userHexKey]
     }
 
-    const contactListEvent = await fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+    const contactListEvent =
+      await RelayController.getInstance().fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         filter,
         userHexKey,
         UserRelaysType.Both

src/components/Zap.tsx

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import React, {
 import Countdown, { CountdownRenderProps } from 'react-countdown'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { MetadataController, ZapController } from '../controllers'
-import { useAppSelector, useDidMount, useNDKContext } from '../hooks'
+import { useAppSelector, useDidMount } from '../hooks'
 import '../styles/popup.css'
 import { PaymentRequest, UserProfile } from '../types'
 import {
@@ -133,11 +133,9 @@ export const ZapQR = React.memo(
     setTotalZapAmount,
     setHasZapped
   }: ZapQRProps) => {
-    const { ndk } = useNDKContext()
-
     useDidMount(() => {
       ZapController.getInstance()
-        .pollZapReceipt(paymentRequest, ndk)
+        .pollZapReceipt(paymentRequest)
         .then((zapReceipt) => {
           toast.success(`Successfully sent sats!`)
           if (setTotalZapAmount) {
@@ -251,7 +249,6 @@ export const ZapPopUp = ({
   setHasZapped,
   handleClose
 }: ZapPopUpProps) => {
-  const { findMetadata } = useNDKContext()
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false)
   const [loadingSpinnerDesc, setLoadingSpinnerDesc] = useState('')
   const [amount, setAmount] = useState<number>(0)
@@ -285,8 +282,9 @@ export const ZapPopUp = ({
       }
 
       setLoadingSpinnerDesc('finding receiver metadata')
+      const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
 
-      const receiverMetadata = await findMetadata(receiver)
+      const receiverMetadata = await metadataController.findMetadata(receiver)
 
       if (!receiverMetadata?.lud16) {
         setIsLoading(false)
@@ -482,7 +480,6 @@ export const ZapSplit = ({
   setHasZapped,
   handleClose
 }: ZapSplitProps) => {
-  const { findMetadata } = useNDKContext()
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false)
   const [loadingSpinnerDesc, setLoadingSpinnerDesc] = useState('')
   const [amount, setAmount] = useState<number>(0)
@@ -498,12 +495,12 @@ export const ZapSplit = ({
   const [invoices, setInvoices] = useState<Map<string, PaymentRequest>>()
 
   useDidMount(async () => {
-    findMetadata(pubkey).then((res) => {
+    const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
+    metadataController.findMetadata(pubkey).then((res) => {
       setAuthor(res)
     })
 
-    const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
+    metadataController.findAdminMetadata().then((res) => {
-    findMetadata(metadataController.adminNpubs[0]).then((res) => {
       setAdmin(res)
     })
   })

src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx

@@ -1,347 +0,0 @@
-import NDK, {
-  getRelayListForUser,
-  NDKEvent,
-  NDKFilter,
-  NDKKind,
-  NDKRelaySet,
-  NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage,
-  NDKUser
-} from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
-import NDKCacheAdapterDexie from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-cache-dexie'
-import { MOD_FILTER_LIMIT, T_TAG_VALUE } from 'constants.ts'
-import { UserRelaysType } from 'controllers'
-import { Dexie } from 'dexie'
-import { createContext, ReactNode, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
-import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
-import { ModDetails, UserProfile } from 'types'
-import {
-  constructModListFromEvents,
-  hexToNpub,
-  log,
-  LogType,
-  npubToHex,
-  orderEventsChronologically
-} from 'utils'
-
-type FetchModsOptions = {
-  source?: string
-  until?: number
-  since?: number
-  limit?: number
-}
-
-interface NDKContextType {
-  ndk: NDK
-  fetchMods: (opts: FetchModsOptions) => Promise<ModDetails[]>
-  fetchEvents: (filter: NDKFilter, relayUrls?: string[]) => Promise<NDKEvent[]>
-  fetchEvent: (
-    filter: NDKFilter,
-    relayUrls?: string[]
-  ) => Promise<NDKEvent | null>
-
-  fetchEventsFromUserRelays: (
-    filter: NDKFilter,
-    hexKey: string,
-    userRelaysType: UserRelaysType
-  ) => Promise<NDKEvent[]>
-  fetchEventFromUserRelays: (
-    filter: NDKFilter,
-    hexKey: string,
-    userRelaysType: UserRelaysType
-  ) => Promise<NDKEvent | null>
-  findMetadata: (pubkey: string) => Promise<UserProfile>
-}
-
-// Create the context with an initial value of `null`
-export const NDKContext = createContext<NDKContextType | null>(null)
-
-// Create a provider component to wrap around parts of your app
-export const NDKContextProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
-  useEffect(() => {
-    window.onunhandledrejection = async (event: PromiseRejectionEvent) => {
-      event.preventDefault()
-      console.log(event.reason)
-      if (event.reason?.name === Dexie.errnames.DatabaseClosed) {
-        console.log(
-          'Could not open Dexie DB, probably version change. Deleting old DB and reloading...'
-        )
-        await Dexie.delete('degmod-db')
-        // Must reload to open a brand new DB
-        window.location.reload()
-      }
-    }
-  }, [])
-
-  const ndk = useMemo(() => {
-    localStorage.setItem('debug', '*')
-    const dexieAdapter = new NDKCacheAdapterDexie({ dbName: 'degmod-db' })
-    dexieAdapter.locking = true
-    const ndk = new NDK({
-      enableOutboxModel: true,
-      autoConnectUserRelays: true,
-      autoFetchUserMutelist: true,
-      explicitRelayUrls: [
-        'wss://user.kindpag.es',
-        'wss://purplepag.es',
-        'wss://relay.damus.io/',
-        import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY
-      ],
-      cacheAdapter: dexieAdapter
-    })
-
-    ndk.connect()
-
-    return ndk
-  }, [])
-
-  /**
-   * Fetches a list of mods based on the provided source.
-   *
-   * @param source - The source URL to filter the mods. If it matches the current window location,
-   *                 it adds a filter condition to the request.
-   * @param until - Optional timestamp to filter events until this time.
-   * @param since - Optional timestamp to filter events from this time.
-   * @returns A promise that resolves to an array of `ModDetails` objects. In case of an error,
-   *          it logs the error and shows a notification, then returns an empty array.
-   */
-  const fetchMods = async ({
-    source,
-    until,
-    since,
-    limit
-  }: FetchModsOptions): Promise<ModDetails[]> => {
-    const relays = new Set<string>()
-    relays.add(import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY)
-
-    const adminNpubs = import.meta.env.VITE_ADMIN_NPUBS.split(',')
-
-    const promises = adminNpubs.map((npub) => {
-      const hexKey = npubToHex(npub)
-      if (!hexKey) return null
-
-      return getRelayListForUser(hexKey, ndk)
-        .then((ndkRelayList) => {
-          if (ndkRelayList) {
-            ndkRelayList.writeRelayUrls.forEach((url) => relays.add(url))
-          }
-        })
-        .catch((err) => {
-          log(
-            true,
-            LogType.Error,
-            `❌ Error occurred in getting the instance of NDKRelayList for npub: ${npub}`,
-            err
-          )
-        })
-    })
-
-    await Promise.allSettled(promises)
-
-    // Define the filter criteria for fetching mods
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
-      kinds: [NDKKind.Classified], // Specify the kind of events to fetch
-      limit: limit || MOD_FILTER_LIMIT, // Limit the number of events fetched to 20
-      '#t': [T_TAG_VALUE],
-      until, // Optional filter to fetch events until this timestamp
-      since // Optional filter to fetch events from this timestamp
-    }
-
-    // If the source matches the current window location, add a filter condition
-    if (source === window.location.host) {
-      filter['#r'] = [window.location.host] // Add a tag filter for the current host
-    }
-
-    return ndk
-      .fetchEvents(
-        filter,
-        { closeOnEose: true, cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.PARALLEL },
-        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(Array.from(relays), ndk, true)
-      )
-      .then((ndkEventSet) => {
-        const ndkEvents = Array.from(ndkEventSet)
-        orderEventsChronologically(ndkEvents)
-
-        // Convert the fetched events into a list of mods
-        const modList = constructModListFromEvents(ndkEvents)
-        return modList // Return the list of mods
-      })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        // Log the error and show a notification if fetching fails
-        log(
-          true,
-          LogType.Error,
-          'An error occurred in fetching mods from relays',
-          err
-        )
-        toast.error('An error occurred in fetching mods from relays') // Show error notification
-        return [] // Return an empty array in case of an error
-      })
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Asynchronously retrieves multiple event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
-   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
-   *
-   * @param filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
-   * @param relays - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
-   * @returns  Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
-   */
-  const fetchEvents = async (
-    filter: NDKFilter,
-    relayUrls: string[] = []
-  ): Promise<NDKEvent[]> => {
-    const relays = new Set<string>()
-
-    // add all the relays passed to relay set
-    relayUrls.forEach((relayUrl) => {
-      relays.add(relayUrl)
-    })
-
-    relays.add(import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY)
-
-    const adminNpubs = import.meta.env.VITE_ADMIN_NPUBS.split(',')
-
-    const promises = adminNpubs.map((npub) => {
-      const hexKey = npubToHex(npub)
-      if (!hexKey) return null
-
-      return getRelayListForUser(hexKey, ndk)
-        .then((ndkRelayList) => {
-          if (ndkRelayList) {
-            ndkRelayList.writeRelayUrls.forEach((url) => relays.add(url))
-          }
-        })
-        .catch((err) => {
-          log(
-            true,
-            LogType.Error,
-            `❌ Error occurred in getting the instance of NDKRelayList for npub: ${npub}`,
-            err
-          )
-        })
-    })
-
-    await Promise.allSettled(promises)
-
-    return ndk
-      .fetchEvents(
-        filter,
-        { closeOnEose: true, cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.PARALLEL },
-        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(Array.from(relays), ndk, true)
-      )
-      .then((ndkEventSet) => {
-        const ndkEvents = Array.from(ndkEventSet)
-        return orderEventsChronologically(ndkEvents)
-      })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        // Log the error and show a notification if fetching fails
-        log(true, LogType.Error, 'An error occurred in fetching events', err)
-        toast.error('An error occurred in fetching events') // Show error notification
-        return [] // Return an empty array in case of an error
-      })
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Asynchronously retrieves an event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
-   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
-   *
-   * @param filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
-   * @param  relaysUrls - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
-   * @returns  Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
-   */
-  const fetchEvent = async (filter: NDKFilter, relayUrls: string[] = []) => {
-    const events = await fetchEvents(filter, relayUrls)
-    if (events.length === 0) return null
-    return events[0]
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Asynchronously retrieves multiple events from the user's relays based on a specified filter.
-   * The function first retrieves the user's relays, and then fetches the events using the provided filter.
-   *
-   * @param filter - The event filter to use when fetching the event (e.g., kinds, authors).
-   * @param hexKey - The hexadecimal representation of the user's public key.
-   * @param userRelaysType - The type of relays to search (e.g., write, read).
-   * @returns  A promise that resolves with an array of events.
-   */
-  const fetchEventsFromUserRelays = async (
-    filter: NDKFilter,
-    hexKey: string,
-    userRelaysType: UserRelaysType
-  ) => {
-    // Find the user's relays.
-    const relayUrls = await getRelayListForUser(hexKey, ndk)
-      .then((ndkRelayList) => {
-        if (ndkRelayList) return ndkRelayList[userRelaysType]
-        return [] // Return an empty array if ndkRelayList is undefined
-      })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        log(
-          true,
-          LogType.Error,
-          `An error occurred in fetching user's (${hexKey}) ${userRelaysType}`,
-          err
-        )
-        return [] as string[]
-      })
-
-    // Fetch the event from the user's relays using the provided filter and relay URLs
-    return fetchEvents(filter, relayUrls)
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Fetches an event from the user's relays based on a specified filter.
-   * The function first retrieves the user's relays, and then fetches the event using the provided filter.
-   *
-   * @param filter - The event filter to use when fetching the event (e.g., kinds, authors).
-   * @param hexKey - The hexadecimal representation of the user's public key.
-   * @param userRelaysType - The type of relays to search (e.g., write, read).
-   * @returns  A promise that resolves to the fetched event or null if the operation fails.
-   */
-  const fetchEventFromUserRelays = async (
-    filter: NDKFilter,
-    hexKey: string,
-    userRelaysType: UserRelaysType
-  ) => {
-    const events = await fetchEventsFromUserRelays(
-      filter,
-      hexKey,
-      userRelaysType
-    )
-    if (events.length === 0) return null
-    return events[0]
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Finds metadata for a given pubkey.
-   *
-   * @param hexKey - The pubkey to search for metadata.
-   * @returns A promise that resolves to the metadata event.
-   */
-  const findMetadata = async (pubkey: string): Promise<UserProfile> => {
-    const npub = hexToNpub(pubkey)
-
-    const user = new NDKUser({ npub })
-    user.ndk = ndk
-
-    const userProfile = await user.fetchProfile()
-
-    return userProfile
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <NDKContext.Provider
-      value={{
-        ndk,
-        fetchMods,
-        fetchEvents,
-        fetchEvent,
-        fetchEventsFromUserRelays,
-        fetchEventFromUserRelays,
-        findMetadata
-      }}
-    >
-      {children}
-    </NDKContext.Provider>
-  )
-}

src/controllers/metadata.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import NDK, { getRelayListForUser, NDKList } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import NDK, { getRelayListForUser, NDKList, NDKUser } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { MuteLists } from '../types'
-import { log, LogType, npubToHex, timeout } from '../utils'
+import { UserProfile } from '../types/user'
+import { hexToNpub, log, LogType, npubToHex, timeout } from '../utils'
 
 export enum UserRelaysType {
   Read = 'readRelayUrls',
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export enum UserRelaysType {
 export class MetadataController {
   private static instance: MetadataController
   private ndk: NDK
+  private usersMetadata = new Map<string, UserProfile>()
   public adminNpubs: string[]
   public adminRelays = new Set<string>()
   public reportingNpub: string
@@ -82,6 +84,40 @@ export class MetadataController {
     return MetadataController.instance
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Finds metadata for a given pubkey.
+   *
+   * @param hexKey - The pubkey to search for metadata.
+   * @returns A promise that resolves to the metadata event.
+   */
+  public findMetadata = async (pubkey: string): Promise<UserProfile> => {
+    const npub = hexToNpub(pubkey)
+
+    const cachedMetadata = this.usersMetadata.get(npub)
+    if (cachedMetadata) {
+      return cachedMetadata
+    }
+
+    const user = new NDKUser({ npub })
+    user.ndk = this.ndk
+
+    const userProfile = await user.fetchProfile()
+    if (userProfile) {
+      this.usersMetadata.set(npub, userProfile)
+    }
+
+    return userProfile
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Finds metadata for admin user.
+   *
+   * @returns A promise that resolves to the metadata event.
+   */
+  public findAdminMetadata = async (): Promise<UserProfile> => {
+    return this.findMetadata(this.adminNpubs[0])
+  }
+
   public findUserRelays = async (
     hexKey: string,
     userRelaysType: UserRelaysType = UserRelaysType.Both

src/controllers/relay.ts

@@ -372,6 +372,217 @@ export class RelayController {
     return publishedOnRelays
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously retrieves multiple event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
+   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
+   *
+   * @param {Filter} filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
+   * @param {string[]} [relays] - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
+   * @returns {Promise<Event | null>} - Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
+   */
+  fetchEvents = async (
+    filter: Filter,
+    relayUrls: string[] = []
+  ): Promise<Event[]> => {
+    const relaySet = new Set<string>()
+
+    // add all the relays passed to relay set
+    relayUrls.forEach((relayUrl) => {
+      relaySet.add(relayUrl)
+    })
+
+    relaySet.add(import.meta.env.VITE_APP_RELAY)
+
+    const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
+    // add admin relays to relays array
+    metadataController.adminRelays.forEach((relayUrl) => {
+      relaySet.add(relayUrl)
+    })
+
+    relayUrls = Array.from(relaySet)
+
+    // Connect to all specified relays
+    const relayPromises = relayUrls.map((relayUrl) =>
+      this.connectRelay(relayUrl)
+    )
+
+    // Use Promise.allSettled to wait for all promises to settle
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(relayPromises)
+
+    // Extract non-null values from fulfilled promises in a single pass
+    const relays = results.reduce<Relay[]>((acc, result) => {
+      if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
+        const value = result.value
+        if (value) {
+          acc.push(value)
+        }
+      }
+      return acc
+    }, [])
+
+    // Check if any relays are connected
+    if (relays.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('No relay is connected to fetch events!')
+    }
+
+    const events: Event[] = []
+    const eventIds = new Set<string>() // To keep track of event IDs and avoid duplicates
+
+    // Create a promise for each relay subscription
+    const subPromises = relays.map((relay) => {
+      return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        // Subscribe to the relay with the specified filter
+        const sub = relay.subscribe([filter], {
+          // Handle incoming events
+          onevent: (e) => {
+            // Add the event to the array if it's not a duplicate
+            if (!eventIds.has(e.id)) {
+              eventIds.add(e.id) // Record the event ID
+              events.push(e) // Add the event to the array
+            }
+          },
+          // Handle the End-Of-Stream (EOSE) message
+          oneose: () => {
+            sub.close() // Close the subscription
+            resolve() // Resolve the promise when EOSE is received
+          }
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Wait for all subscriptions to complete
+    await Promise.allSettled(subPromises)
+
+    // It is possible that different relays will send different events and events array may contain more events then specified limit in filter
+    // To fix this issue we'll first sort these events and then return only limited events
+    if (filter.limit) {
+      // Sort events by creation date in descending order
+      events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)
+
+      return events.slice(0, filter.limit)
+    }
+
+    return events
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously retrieves an event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
+   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
+   *
+   * @param {Filter} filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
+   * @param {string[]} [relays] - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
+   * @returns {Promise<Event | null>} - Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
+   */
+  fetchEvent = async (
+    filter: Filter,
+    relays: string[] = []
+  ): Promise<Event | null> => {
+    // first check if event is present in cached map then return that
+    // otherwise query relays
+    if (filter['#a']) {
+      const aTag = filter['#a'][0]
+      const cachedEvent = this.events.get(aTag)
+
+      if (cachedEvent) return cachedEvent
+    }
+
+    const events = await this.fetchEvents(filter, relays)
+
+    // Sort events by creation date in descending order
+    events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)
+
+    if (events.length > 0) {
+      const event = events[0]
+
+      // if the aTag was specified in filter then cache the fetched event before returning
+      if (filter['#a']) {
+        const aTag = filter['#a'][0]
+        this.events.set(aTag, event)
+      }
+
+      // return the event
+      return event
+    }
+
+    // return null if event array is empty
+    return null
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously retrieves multiple events from the user's relays based on a specified filter.
+   * The function first retrieves the user's relays, and then fetches the events using the provided filter.
+   *
+   * @param filter - The event filter to use when fetching the event (e.g., kinds, authors).
+   * @param hexKey - The hexadecimal representation of the user's public key.
+   * @param userRelaysType - The type of relays to search (e.g., write, read).
+   * @returns  A promise that resolves with an array of events.
+   */
+  fetchEventsFromUserRelays = async (
+    filter: Filter,
+    hexKey: string,
+    userRelaysType: UserRelaysType
+  ): Promise<Event[]> => {
+    // Get an instance of the MetadataController, which manages user metadata and relays
+    const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
+
+    // Find the user's relays using the MetadataController.
+    const relayUrls = await metadataController.findUserRelays(
+      hexKey,
+      userRelaysType
+    )
+
+    // Fetch the event from the user's relays using the provided filter and relay URLs
+    return this.fetchEvents(filter, relayUrls)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetches an event from the user's relays based on a specified filter.
+   * The function first retrieves the user's relays, and then fetches the event using the provided filter.
+   *
+   * @param filter - The event filter to use when fetching the event (e.g., kinds, authors).
+   * @param hexKey - The hexadecimal representation of the user's public key.
+   * @param userRelaysType - The type of relays to search (e.g., write, read).
+   * @returns  A promise that resolves to the fetched event or null if the operation fails.
+   */
+  fetchEventFromUserRelays = async (
+    filter: Filter,
+    hexKey: string,
+    userRelaysType: UserRelaysType
+  ): Promise<Event | null> => {
+    // first check if event is present in cached map then return that
+    // otherwise query relays
+    if (filter['#a']) {
+      const aTag = filter['#a'][0]
+      const cachedEvent = this.events.get(aTag)
+
+      if (cachedEvent) return cachedEvent
+    }
+
+    const events = await this.fetchEventsFromUserRelays(
+      filter,
+      hexKey,
+      userRelaysType
+    )
+    // Sort events by creation date in descending order
+    events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)
+
+    if (events.length > 0) {
+      const event = events[0]
+
+      // if the aTag was specified in filter then cache the fetched event before returning
+      if (filter['#a']) {
+        const aTag = filter['#a'][0]
+        this.events.set(aTag, event)
+      }
+
+      // return the event
+      return event
+    }
+
+    // return null if event array is empty
+    return null
+  }
+
   /**
    * Subscribes to events from multiple relays.
    *

src/controllers/zap.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import { Invoice } from '@getalby/lightning-tools'
-import NDK, {
-  NDKFilter,
-  NDKKind,
-  NDKRelaySet,
-  NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage
-} from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios'
-import { kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { Filter, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { requestProvider, SendPaymentResponse, WebLNProvider } from 'webln'
 import {
   isLnurlResponse,
@@ -17,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   ZapRequest
 } from '../types'
 import { log, LogType, npubToHex } from '../utils'
+import { RelayController } from './relay'
 import { MetadataController, UserRelaysType } from './metadata'
 
 /**
@@ -139,7 +134,6 @@ export class ZapController {
    */
   async pollZapReceipt(
     paymentRequest: PaymentRequest,
-    ndk: NDK,
     pollingTimeout?: number
   ) {
     const { pr, ...zapRequest } = paymentRequest
@@ -154,7 +148,7 @@ export class ZapController {
       const cleanup = () => {
         clearTimeout(timeout)
 
-        subscription.stop()
+        subscriptions.forEach((subscription) => subscription.close())
       }
 
       // Polling timeout
@@ -174,35 +168,32 @@ export class ZapController {
       const relayUrls = relaysTag.slice(1)
 
       // filter relay for event of kind 9735
-      const filter: NDKFilter = {
+      const filter: Filter = {
-        kinds: [NDKKind.Zap],
+        kinds: [kinds.Zap],
         since: created_at
       }
 
-      const subscription = ndk.subscribe(
+      const subscriptions =
+        await RelayController.getInstance().subscribeForEvents(
           filter,
-        {
+          relayUrls,
-          closeOnEose: false,
+          async (event) => {
-          cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.ONLY_RELAY
+            // get description tag of the event
-        },
+            const description = event.tags.filter(
-        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(relayUrls, ndk, true)
+              (tag) => tag[0] === 'description'
-      )
+            )[0]
 
-      subscription.on('event', async (ndkEvent) => {
             // compare description tag of the event with stringified zap request
-        if (ndkEvent.tagValue('description') === zapRequestStringified) {
+            if (description[1] === zapRequestStringified) {
               // validate zap receipt
-          if (
+              if (await this.validateZapReceipt(pr, event as ZapReceipt)) {
-            await this.validateZapReceipt(pr, ndkEvent.rawEvent() as ZapReceipt)
-          ) {
                 cleanup()
 
-            resolve(ndkEvent.rawEvent() as ZapReceipt)
+                resolve(event as ZapReceipt)
               }
             }
-      })
+          }
-
+        )
-      subscription.start()
     })
   }
 

src/hooks/index.ts

@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ export * from './useGames'
 export * from './useMuteLists'
 export * from './useNSFWList'
 export * from './useReactions'
-export * from './useNDKContext'

src/hooks/useComments.ts

@@ -1,88 +1,44 @@
 import {
-  getRelayListForUser,
+  MetadataController,
-  NDKFilter,
+  RelayController,
-  NDKKind,
+  UserRelaysType
-  NDKRelaySet,
+} from 'controllers'
-  NDKSubscription,
+import { Filter, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
-  NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage
+import { useState } from 'react'
-} from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
-import { UserRelaysType } from 'controllers'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { CommentEvent, ModDetails } from 'types'
-import { log, LogType } from 'utils'
+import { useDidMount } from './useDidMount'
-import { useNDKContext } from './useNDKContext'
 
 export const useComments = (mod: ModDetails) => {
-  const { ndk } = useNDKContext()
   const [commentEvents, setCommentEvents] = useState<CommentEvent[]>([])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useDidMount(async () => {
-    let subscription: NDKSubscription // Define the subscription variable here for cleanup
+    const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
 
-    const setupSubscription = async () => {
+    const authorReadRelays = await metadataController.findUserRelays(
-      // Find the mod author's relays.
+      mod.author,
-      const authorReadRelays = await getRelayListForUser(mod.author, ndk)
+      UserRelaysType.Read
-        .then((ndkRelayList) => {
-          if (ndkRelayList) return ndkRelayList[UserRelaysType.Read]
-          return [] // Return an empty array if ndkRelayList is undefined
-        })
-        .catch((err) => {
-          log(
-            true,
-            LogType.Error,
-            `An error occurred in fetching user's (${mod.author}) ${UserRelaysType.Read}`,
-            err
     )
-          return [] as string[]
-        })
 
-      const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
-        kinds: [NDKKind.Text],
+      kinds: [kinds.ShortTextNote],
       '#a': [mod.aTag]
     }
 
-      subscription = ndk.subscribe(
+    RelayController.getInstance().subscribeForEvents(
       filter,
-        {
+      authorReadRelays,
-          closeOnEose: false,
+      (event) => {
-          cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.CACHE_FIRST
-        },
-        NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(authorReadRelays, ndk, true)
-      )
-
-      subscription.on('event', (ndkEvent) => {
         setCommentEvents((prev) => {
-          if (prev.find((e) => e.id === ndkEvent.id)) {
+          if (prev.find((e) => e.id === event.id)) {
             return [...prev]
           }
 
-          const commentEvent: CommentEvent = {
+          return [event, ...prev]
-            kind: NDKKind.Text,
-            tags: ndkEvent.tags,
-            content: ndkEvent.content,
-            created_at: ndkEvent.created_at!,
-            pubkey: ndkEvent.pubkey,
-            id: ndkEvent.id,
-            sig: ndkEvent.sig!
-          }
-
-          return [commentEvent, ...prev]
         })
+      }
+    )
   })
 
-      subscription.start()
-    }
-
-    setupSubscription()
-
-    // Cleanup function to stop the subscription on unmount
-    return () => {
-      if (subscription) {
-        subscription.stop()
-      }
-    }
-  }, [mod.aTag, mod.author, ndk])
-
   return {
     commentEvents,
     setCommentEvents

src/hooks/useNDKContext.ts

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import { NDKContext } from 'contexts/NDKContext'
-import { useContext } from 'react'
-
-export const useNDKContext = () => {
-  const ndkContext = useContext(NDKContext)
-
-  if (!ndkContext)
-    throw new Error(
-      'NDKContext should not be used in out component tree hierarchy'
-    )
-
-  const {
-    ndk,
-    fetchEvents,
-    fetchEvent,
-    fetchEventsFromUserRelays,
-    fetchEventFromUserRelays,
-    fetchMods,
-    findMetadata
-  } = ndkContext
-
-  return {
-    ndk,
-    fetchEvents,
-    fetchEvent,
-    fetchEventsFromUserRelays,
-    fetchEventFromUserRelays,
-    fetchMods,
-    findMetadata
-  }
-}

src/hooks/useReactions.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { NDKEvent, NDKFilter } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import { useState, useMemo } from 'react'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { REACTIONS } from 'constants.ts'
 import { RelayController, UserRelaysType } from 'controllers'
-import { useAppSelector, useDidMount, useNDKContext } from 'hooks'
+import { useAppSelector, useDidMount } from 'hooks'
-import { Event, kinds, UnsignedEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { Event, Filter, UnsignedEvent, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
-import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { abbreviateNumber, log, LogType, now } from 'utils'
 
 type UseReactionsParams = {
@@ -14,15 +13,14 @@ type UseReactionsParams = {
 }
 
 export const useReactions = (params: UseReactionsParams) => {
-  const { ndk, fetchEventsFromUserRelays } = useNDKContext()
   const [isReactionInProgress, setIsReactionInProgress] = useState(false)
   const [isDataLoaded, setIsDataLoaded] = useState(false)
-  const [reactionEvents, setReactionEvents] = useState<NDKEvent[]>([])
+  const [reactionEvents, setReactionEvents] = useState<Event[]>([])
 
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
 
   useDidMount(() => {
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
       kinds: [kinds.Reaction]
     }
 
@@ -32,7 +30,8 @@ export const useReactions = (params: UseReactionsParams) => {
       filter['#e'] = [params.eTag]
     }
 
-    fetchEventsFromUserRelays(filter, params.pubkey, UserRelaysType.Read)
+    RelayController.getInstance()
+      .fetchEventsFromUserRelays(filter, params.pubkey, UserRelaysType.Read)
       .then((events) => {
         setReactionEvents(events)
       })
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ export const useReactions = (params: UseReactionsParams) => {
 
       if (!signedEvent) return
 
-      setReactionEvents((prev) => [...prev, new NDKEvent(ndk, signedEvent)])
+      setReactionEvents((prev) => [...prev, signedEvent])
 
       const publishedOnRelays = await RelayController.getInstance().publish(
         signedEvent as Event,

src/layout/header.tsx

@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { Banner } from '../components/Banner'
 import { ZapPopUp } from '../components/Zap'
 import { MetadataController } from '../controllers'
-import {
+import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector, useDidMount } from '../hooks'
-  useAppDispatch,
-  useAppSelector,
-  useDidMount,
-  useNDKContext
-} from '../hooks'
 import { appRoutes } from '../routes'
 import { setAuth, setUser } from '../store/reducers/user'
 import mainStyles from '../styles//main.module.scss'
@@ -22,7 +17,6 @@ import { npubToHex } from '../utils'
 
 export const Header = () => {
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch()
-  const { findMetadata } = useNDKContext()
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -47,7 +41,8 @@ export const Header = () => {
               pubkey: npubToHex(npub)!
             })
           )
-          findMetadata(npub).then((userProfile) => {
+          MetadataController.getInstance().then((metadataController) => {
+            metadataController.findMetadata(npub).then((userProfile) => {
               if (userProfile) {
                 dispatch(
                   setUser({
@@ -58,10 +53,11 @@ export const Header = () => {
                 )
               }
             })
+          })
         }
       }
     })
-  }, [dispatch, findMetadata])
+  }, [dispatch])
 
   const handleLogin = () => {
     launchNostrLoginDialog()
@@ -361,14 +357,8 @@ const RegisterButtonWithDialog = () => {
                       </label>
                       <p className='labelDescriptionMain'>
                         Once you create your "account" on any of these (
-                        <a
+                          <a href="https://video.nostr.build/765aa9bf16dd58bca701efee2572f7e77f29b2787cddd2bee8bbbdea35798153.mp4" target="blank_">Here's a quick video guide</a>
-                          href='https://video.nostr.build/765aa9bf16dd58bca701efee2572f7e77f29b2787cddd2bee8bbbdea35798153.mp4'
+                          ), come back and click login, then sign-in with extension.
-                          target='blank_'
-                        >
-                          Here's a quick video guide
-                        </a>
-                        ), come back and click login, then sign-in with
-                        extension.
                       </p>
                     </div>
                     <a

src/main.tsx

@@ -7,15 +7,12 @@ import 'react-toastify/dist/ReactToastify.css'
 import App from './App.tsx'
 import './index.css'
 import { store } from './store/index.ts'
-import { NDKContextProvider } from 'contexts/NDKContext.tsx'
 
 ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
   <React.StrictMode>
     <Provider store={store}>
       <HashRouter>
-        <NDKContextProvider>
         <App />
-        </NDKContextProvider>
         <ToastContainer />
       </HashRouter>
     </Provider>

src/pages/game.tsx

@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-import {
+import { LoadingSpinner } from 'components/LoadingSpinner'
-  NDKFilter,
-  NDKKind,
-  NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage
-} from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { ModCard } from 'components/ModCard'
 import { ModFilter } from 'components/ModsFilter'
 import { PaginationWithPageNumbers } from 'components/Pagination'
 import { MAX_MODS_PER_PAGE, T_TAG_VALUE } from 'constants.ts'
+import { RelayController } from 'controllers'
 import {
   useAppSelector,
   useFilteredMods,
   useMuteLists,
-  useNDKContext,
   useNSFWList
 } from 'hooks'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Filter, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { Subscription } from 'nostr-tools/abstract-relay'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import {
   FilterOptions,
   ModDetails,
@@ -23,12 +22,11 @@ import {
   NSFWFilter,
   SortBy
 } from 'types'
-import { extractModData, isModDataComplete } from 'utils'
+import { extractModData, isModDataComplete, log, LogType } from 'utils'
 
 export const GamePage = () => {
   const params = useParams()
   const { name: gameName } = params
-  const { ndk } = useNDKContext()
   const muteLists = useMuteLists()
   const nsfwList = useNSFWList()
 
@@ -40,6 +38,8 @@ export const GamePage = () => {
   })
   const [mods, setMods] = useState<ModDetails[]>([])
 
+  const hasEffectRun = useRef(false)
+  const [isSubscribing, setIsSubscribing] = useState(false)
   const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1)
 
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
@@ -66,40 +66,57 @@ export const GamePage = () => {
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    if (hasEffectRun.current) {
-      kinds: [NDKKind.Classified],
+      return
+    }
+
+    hasEffectRun.current = true // Set it so the effect doesn't run again
+
+    const filter: Filter = {
+      kinds: [kinds.ClassifiedListing],
       '#t': [T_TAG_VALUE]
     }
 
-    const subscription = ndk.subscribe(filter, {
+    setIsSubscribing(true)
-      cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.PARALLEL,
-      closeOnEose: true
-    })
 
-    subscription.on('event', (ndkEvent) => {
+    let subscriptions: Subscription[] = []
-      if (isModDataComplete(ndkEvent)) {
-        const mod = extractModData(ndkEvent)
-        if (mod.game === gameName)
-          setMods((prev) => {
-            if (prev.find((e) => e.aTag === mod.aTag)) return [...prev]
 
-            return [...prev, mod]
+    RelayController.getInstance()
-          })
+      .subscribeForEvents(filter, [], (event) => {
+        if (isModDataComplete(event)) {
+          const mod = extractModData(event)
+          if (mod.game === gameName) setMods((prev) => [...prev, mod])
         }
       })
+      .then((subs) => {
+        subscriptions = subs
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        log(
+          true,
+          LogType.Error,
+          'An error occurred in subscribing to relays.',
+          err
+        )
+        toast.error(err.message || err)
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        setIsSubscribing(false)
+      })
 
-    subscription.start()
+    // Cleanup function to stop all subscriptions
-
-    // Cleanup function to stop subscription
     return () => {
-      subscription.stop()
+      subscriptions.forEach((sub) => sub.close()) // close each subscription
     }
-  }, [gameName, ndk])
+  }, [gameName])
 
   if (!gameName) return null
 
   return (
     <>
+      {isSubscribing && (
+        <LoadingSpinner desc='Subscribing to relays for mods' />
+      )}
       <div className='InnerBodyMain'>
         <div className='ContainerMain'>
           <div className='IBMSecMainGroup IBMSecMainGroupAlt'>

src/pages/games.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { PaginationWithPageNumbers } from 'components/Pagination'
 import { MAX_GAMES_PER_PAGE } from 'constants.ts'
-import { useDidMount, useGames, useNDKContext } from 'hooks'
+import { useDidMount, useGames } from 'hooks'
 import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { GameCard } from '../components/GameCard'
 import '../styles/pagination.css'
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import '../styles/search.css'
 import '../styles/styles.css'
 import { createSearchParams, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { appRoutes } from 'routes'
+import { fetchMods } from 'utils'
 
 export const GamesPage = () => {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
-  const { fetchMods } = useNDKContext()
   const searchTermRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
   const games = useGames()
   const [gamesWithMods, setGamesWithMods] = useState<string[]>([])

src/pages/home.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { Filter, nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { A11y, Autoplay, Navigation, Pagination } from 'swiper/modules'
@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@ import { BlogCard } from '../components/BlogCard'
 import { GameCard } from '../components/GameCard'
 import { ModCard } from '../components/ModCard'
 import { LANDING_PAGE_DATA } from '../constants'
-import {
+import { RelayController } from '../controllers'
-  useDidMount,
+import { useDidMount, useGames, useMuteLists, useNSFWList } from '../hooks'
-  useGames,
-  useMuteLists,
-  useNDKContext,
-  useNSFWList
-} from '../hooks'
 import { appRoutes, getModPageRoute } from '../routes'
 import { ModDetails } from '../types'
-import { extractModData, handleModImageError, log, LogType } from '../utils'
+import {
+  extractModData,
+  fetchMods,
+  handleModImageError,
+  log,
+  LogType
+} from '../utils'
 
 import '../styles/cardLists.css'
 import '../styles/SimpleSlider.css'
 import '../styles/styles.css'
 
 // Import Swiper styles
-import { NDKFilter } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import 'swiper/css'
 import 'swiper/css/navigation'
 import 'swiper/css/pagination'
@@ -146,23 +146,23 @@ type SlideContentProps = {
 
 const SlideContent = ({ naddr }: SlideContentProps) => {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
-  const { fetchEvent } = useNDKContext()
   const [mod, setMod] = useState<ModDetails>()
 
   useDidMount(() => {
     const decoded = nip19.decode<'naddr'>(naddr as `naddr1${string}`)
     const { identifier, kind, pubkey, relays = [] } = decoded.data
 
-    const ndkFilter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
       '#a': [identifier],
       authors: [pubkey],
       kinds: [kind]
     }
 
-    fetchEvent(ndkFilter, relays)
+    RelayController.getInstance()
-      .then((ndkEvent) => {
+      .fetchEvent(filter, relays)
-        if (ndkEvent) {
+      .then((event) => {
-          const extracted = extractModData(ndkEvent)
+        if (event) {
+          const extracted = extractModData(event)
           setMod(extracted)
         }
       })
@@ -220,22 +220,21 @@ type DisplayModProps = {
 const DisplayMod = ({ naddr }: DisplayModProps) => {
   const [mod, setMod] = useState<ModDetails>()
 
-  const { fetchEvent } = useNDKContext()
-
   useDidMount(() => {
     const decoded = nip19.decode<'naddr'>(naddr as `naddr1${string}`)
     const { identifier, kind, pubkey, relays = [] } = decoded.data
 
-    const ndkFilter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
       '#a': [identifier],
       authors: [pubkey],
       kinds: [kind]
     }
 
-    fetchEvent(ndkFilter, relays)
+    RelayController.getInstance()
-      .then((ndkEvent) => {
+      .fetchEvent(filter, relays)
-        if (ndkEvent) {
+      .then((event) => {
-          const extracted = extractModData(ndkEvent)
+        if (event) {
+          const extracted = extractModData(event)
           setMod(extracted)
         }
       })
@@ -256,7 +255,6 @@ const DisplayMod = ({ naddr }: DisplayModProps) => {
 
 const DisplayLatestMods = () => {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
-  const { fetchMods } = useNDKContext()
   const [isFetchingLatestMods, setIsFetchingLatestMods] = useState(true)
   const [latestMods, setLatestMods] = useState<ModDetails[]>([])
 
@@ -265,7 +263,8 @@ const DisplayLatestMods = () => {
 
   useDidMount(() => {
     fetchMods({ source: window.location.host })
-      .then((mods) => {
+      .then((res) => {
+        const mods = res.sort((a, b) => b.published_at - a.published_at)
         setLatestMods(mods)
       })
       .finally(() => {

src/pages/mod/index.tsx

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-import { NDKFilter, NDKKind } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import Link from '@tiptap/extension-link'
 import { EditorContent, useEditor } from '@tiptap/react'
 import StarterKit from '@tiptap/starter-kit'
 import { formatDate } from 'date-fns'
 import FsLightbox from 'fslightbox-react'
-import { nip19, UnsignedEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { Filter, kinds, nip19, UnsignedEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Link as ReactRouterLink, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { BlogCard } from '../../components/BlogCard'
 import { LoadingSpinner } from '../../components/LoadingSpinner'
 import { ProfileSection } from '../../components/ProfileSection'
-import { MetadataController, UserRelaysType } from '../../controllers'
+import {
-import { useAppSelector, useDidMount, useNDKContext } from '../../hooks'
+  MetadataController,
+  RelayController,
+  UserRelaysType
+} from '../../controllers'
+import { useAppSelector, useDidMount } from '../../hooks'
 import { getGamePageRoute, getModsEditPageRoute } from '../../routes'
 import '../../styles/comments.css'
 import '../../styles/downloads.css'
@@ -44,7 +47,6 @@ import { Zap } from './internal/zap'
 
 export const ModPage = () => {
   const { naddr } = useParams()
-  const { fetchEvent } = useNDKContext()
   const [modData, setModData] = useState<ModDetails>()
   const [isFetching, setIsFetching] = useState(true)
   const [commentCount, setCommentCount] = useState(0)
@@ -54,13 +56,14 @@ export const ModPage = () => {
       const decoded = nip19.decode<'naddr'>(naddr as `naddr1${string}`)
       const { identifier, kind, pubkey, relays = [] } = decoded.data
 
-      const filter: NDKFilter = {
+      const filter: Filter = {
         '#a': [identifier],
         authors: [pubkey],
         kinds: [kind]
       }
 
-      fetchEvent(filter, relays)
+      RelayController.getInstance()
+        .fetchEvent(filter, relays)
         .then((event) => {
           if (event) {
             const extracted = extractModData(event)
@@ -211,8 +214,6 @@ type GameProps = {
 }
 
 const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
-  const { fetchEventFromUserRelays } = useNDKContext()
-
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false)
   const [loadingSpinnerDesc, setLoadingSpinnerDesc] = useState('')
@@ -224,21 +225,20 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
     if (userState.auth && userState.user?.pubkey) {
       const pubkey = userState.user.pubkey as string
 
-      const muteListFilter: NDKFilter = {
+      const muteListFilter: Filter = {
-        kinds: [NDKKind.MuteList],
+        kinds: [kinds.Mutelist],
         authors: [pubkey]
       }
 
-      fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+      RelayController.getInstance()
-        muteListFilter,
+        .fetchEventFromUserRelays(muteListFilter, pubkey, UserRelaysType.Write)
-        pubkey,
+        .then((event) => {
-        UserRelaysType.Write
-      ).then((event) => {
           if (event) {
             // get a list of tags
             const tags = event.tags
             const blocked =
-            tags.findIndex((item) => item[0] === 'a' && item[1] === aTag) !== -1
+              tags.findIndex((item) => item[0] === 'a' && item[1] === aTag) !==
+              -1
 
             setIsBlocked(blocked)
           }
@@ -248,30 +248,33 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
         userState.user.npub &&
         userState.user.npub === import.meta.env.VITE_REPORTING_NPUB
       ) {
-        const nsfwListFilter: NDKFilter = {
+        const nsfwListFilter: Filter = {
-          kinds: [NDKKind.ArticleCurationSet],
+          kinds: [kinds.Curationsets],
           authors: [pubkey],
           '#d': ['nsfw']
         }
 
-        fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+        RelayController.getInstance()
+          .fetchEventFromUserRelays(
             nsfwListFilter,
             pubkey,
             UserRelaysType.Write
-        ).then((event) => {
+          )
+          .then((event) => {
             if (event) {
               // get a list of tags
               const tags = event.tags
               const existsInNSFWList =
-              tags.findIndex((item) => item[0] === 'a' && item[1] === aTag) !==
+                tags.findIndex(
-              -1
+                  (item) => item[0] === 'a' && item[1] === aTag
+                ) !== -1
 
               setIsAddedToNSFW(existsInNSFWList)
             }
           })
       }
     }
-  }, [userState, aTag, fetchEventFromUserRelays])
+  }, [userState, aTag])
 
   const handleBlock = async () => {
     let hexPubkey: string
@@ -295,13 +298,14 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
 
     // Define the event filter to search for the user's mute list events.
     // We look for events of a specific kind (Mutelist) authored by the given hexPubkey.
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
-      kinds: [NDKKind.MuteList],
+      kinds: [kinds.Mutelist],
       authors: [hexPubkey]
     }
 
     // Fetch the mute list event from the relays. This returns the event containing the user's mute list.
-    const muteListEvent = await fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+    const muteListEvent =
+      await RelayController.getInstance().fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         filter,
         hexPubkey,
         UserRelaysType.Write
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
 
       unsignedEvent = {
         pubkey: muteListEvent.pubkey,
-        kind: NDKKind.MuteList,
+        kind: muteListEvent.kind,
         content: muteListEvent.content,
         created_at: now(),
         tags: [...tags]
@@ -333,7 +337,7 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
     } else {
       unsignedEvent = {
         pubkey: hexPubkey,
-        kind: NDKKind.MuteList,
+        kind: kinds.Mutelist,
         content: '',
         created_at: now(),
         tags: [['a', aTag]]
@@ -352,8 +356,8 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
   const handleUnblock = async () => {
     const pubkey = userState.user?.pubkey as string
 
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
-      kinds: [NDKKind.MuteList],
+      kinds: [kinds.Mutelist],
       authors: [pubkey]
     }
 
@@ -361,7 +365,8 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
     setLoadingSpinnerDesc(`Finding user's mute list`)
 
     // Fetch the mute list event from the relays. This returns the event containing the user's mute list.
-    const muteListEvent = await fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+    const muteListEvent =
+      await RelayController.getInstance().fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         filter,
         pubkey,
         UserRelaysType.Write
@@ -376,7 +381,7 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
 
     const unsignedEvent: UnsignedEvent = {
       pubkey: muteListEvent.pubkey,
-      kind: NDKKind.MuteList,
+      kind: muteListEvent.kind,
       content: muteListEvent.content,
       created_at: now(),
       tags: tags.filter((item) => item[0] !== 'a' || item[1] !== aTag)
@@ -396,8 +401,8 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
 
     if (!pubkey) return
 
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
-      kinds: [NDKKind.ArticleCurationSet],
+      kinds: [kinds.Curationsets],
       authors: [pubkey],
       '#d': ['nsfw']
     }
@@ -405,7 +410,8 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
     setIsLoading(true)
     setLoadingSpinnerDesc('Finding NSFW list')
 
-    const nsfwListEvent = await fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+    const nsfwListEvent =
+      await RelayController.getInstance().fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         filter,
         pubkey,
         UserRelaysType.Write
@@ -429,7 +435,7 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
 
       unsignedEvent = {
         pubkey: nsfwListEvent.pubkey,
-        kind: NDKKind.ArticleCurationSet,
+        kind: nsfwListEvent.kind,
         content: nsfwListEvent.content,
         created_at: now(),
         tags: [...tags]
@@ -437,7 +443,7 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
     } else {
       unsignedEvent = {
         pubkey: pubkey,
-        kind: NDKKind.ArticleCurationSet,
+        kind: kinds.Curationsets,
         content: '',
         created_at: now(),
         tags: [
@@ -459,8 +465,8 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
   const handleUnblockNSFW = async () => {
     const pubkey = userState.user?.pubkey as string
 
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    const filter: Filter = {
-      kinds: [NDKKind.ArticleCurationSet],
+      kinds: [kinds.Curationsets],
       authors: [pubkey],
       '#d': ['nsfw']
     }
@@ -468,7 +474,8 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
     setIsLoading(true)
     setLoadingSpinnerDesc('Finding NSFW list')
 
-    const nsfwListEvent = await fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+    const nsfwListEvent =
+      await RelayController.getInstance().fetchEventFromUserRelays(
         filter,
         pubkey,
         UserRelaysType.Write
@@ -483,7 +490,7 @@ const Game = ({ naddr, game, author, aTag }: GameProps) => {
 
     const unsignedEvent: UnsignedEvent = {
       pubkey: nsfwListEvent.pubkey,
-      kind: NDKKind.ArticleCurationSet,
+      kind: nsfwListEvent.kind,
       content: nsfwListEvent.content,
       created_at: now(),
       tags: tags.filter((item) => item[0] !== 'a' || item[1] !== aTag)
@@ -660,7 +667,6 @@ type ReportPopupProps = {
 }
 
 const ReportPopup = ({ aTag, handleClose }: ReportPopupProps) => {
-  const { fetchEventFromUserRelays } = useNDKContext()
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
   const [selectedOptions, setSelectedOptions] = useState({
     actuallyCP: false,
@@ -714,13 +720,14 @@ const ReportPopup = ({ aTag, handleClose }: ReportPopupProps) => {
       setLoadingSpinnerDesc(`Finding user's mute list`)
       // Define the event filter to search for the user's mute list events.
       // We look for events of a specific kind (Mutelist) authored by the given hexPubkey.
-      const filter: NDKFilter = {
+      const filter: Filter = {
-        kinds: [NDKKind.MuteList],
+        kinds: [kinds.Mutelist],
         authors: [hexPubkey]
       }
 
       // Fetch the mute list event from the relays. This returns the event containing the user's mute list.
-      const muteListEvent = await fetchEventFromUserRelays(
+      const muteListEvent =
+        await RelayController.getInstance().fetchEventFromUserRelays(
           filter,
           hexPubkey,
           UserRelaysType.Write
@@ -743,7 +750,7 @@ const ReportPopup = ({ aTag, handleClose }: ReportPopupProps) => {
 
         unsignedEvent = {
           pubkey: muteListEvent.pubkey,
-          kind: NDKKind.MuteList,
+          kind: muteListEvent.kind,
           content: muteListEvent.content,
           created_at: now(),
           tags: [...tags]
@@ -751,7 +758,7 @@ const ReportPopup = ({ aTag, handleClose }: ReportPopupProps) => {
       } else {
         unsignedEvent = {
           pubkey: hexPubkey,
-          kind: NDKKind.MuteList,
+          kind: kinds.Mutelist,
           content: '',
           created_at: now(),
           tags: [['a', aTag]]

src/pages/mod/internal/comment/index.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   UserRelaysType
 } from 'controllers'
 import { formatDate } from 'date-fns'
-import { useAppSelector, useDidMount, useNDKContext, useReactions } from 'hooks'
+import { useAppSelector, useDidMount, useReactions } from 'hooks'
 import { useComments } from 'hooks/useComments'
 import { Event, kinds, nip19, UnsignedEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
 import React, {
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ const Filter = React.memo(
 )
 
 const Comment = (props: CommentEvent) => {
-  const { findMetadata } = useNDKContext()
   const [profile, setProfile] = useState<UserProfile>()
 
-  useDidMount(() => {
+  useDidMount(async () => {
-    findMetadata(props.pubkey).then((res) => {
+    const metadataController = await MetadataController.getInstance()
+    metadataController.findMetadata(props.pubkey).then((res) => {
       setProfile(res)
     })
   })

src/pages/mods.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   useAppSelector,
   useFilteredMods,
   useMuteLists,
-  useNDKContext,
   useNSFWList
 } from '../hooks'
 import { appRoutes } from '../routes'
@@ -24,9 +23,9 @@ import {
   NSFWFilter,
   SortBy
 } from '../types'
+import { fetchMods } from '../utils'
 
 export const ModsPage = () => {
-  const { fetchMods } = useNDKContext()
   const [isFetching, setIsFetching] = useState(false)
   const [mods, setMods] = useState<ModDetails[]>([])
   const [filterOptions, setFilterOptions] = useState<FilterOptions>({
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ export const ModsPage = () => {
       .finally(() => {
         setIsFetching(false)
       })
-  }, [filterOptions.source, fetchMods])
+  }, [filterOptions.source])
 
   const handleNext = useCallback(() => {
     setIsFetching(true)
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ export const ModsPage = () => {
       .finally(() => {
         setIsFetching(false)
       })
-  }, [filterOptions.source, mods, fetchMods])
+  }, [filterOptions.source, mods])
 
   const handlePrev = useCallback(() => {
     setIsFetching(true)
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ export const ModsPage = () => {
       .finally(() => {
         setIsFetching(false)
       })
-  }, [filterOptions.source, mods, fetchMods])
+  }, [filterOptions.source, mods])
 
   const filteredModList = useFilteredMods(
     mods,

src/pages/search.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-import {
+import { NDKEvent, NDKUserProfile, profileFromEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
-  NDKEvent,
-  NDKFilter,
-  NDKKind,
-  NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage,
-  NDKUserProfile,
-  profileFromEvent
-} from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { ErrorBoundary } from 'components/ErrorBoundary'
 import { GameCard } from 'components/GameCard'
 import { LoadingSpinner } from 'components/LoadingSpinner'
@@ -18,14 +11,16 @@ import {
   MAX_MODS_PER_PAGE,
   T_TAG_VALUE
 } from 'constants.ts'
+import { RelayController } from 'controllers'
 import {
   useAppSelector,
   useFilteredMods,
   useGames,
   useMuteLists,
-  useNDKContext,
   useNSFWList
 } from 'hooks'
+import { Filter, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { Subscription } from 'nostr-tools/abstract-relay'
 import React, {
   Dispatch,
   SetStateAction,
@@ -35,6 +30,7 @@ import React, {
   useState
 } from 'react'
 import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import {
   FilterOptions,
   ModDetails,
@@ -271,38 +267,56 @@ const ModsResult = ({
   muteLists,
   nsfwList
 }: ModsResultProps) => {
-  const { ndk } = useNDKContext()
+  const hasEffectRun = useRef(false)
+  const [isSubscribing, setIsSubscribing] = useState(false)
   const [mods, setMods] = useState<ModDetails[]>([])
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1)
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+    if (hasEffectRun.current) {
-      kinds: [NDKKind.Classified],
+      return
+    }
+
+    hasEffectRun.current = true // Set it so the effect doesn't run again
+
+    const filter: Filter = {
+      kinds: [kinds.ClassifiedListing],
       '#t': [T_TAG_VALUE]
     }
 
-    const subscription = ndk.subscribe(filter, {
+    setIsSubscribing(true)
-      cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.PARALLEL,
-      closeOnEose: true
-    })
 
-    subscription.on('event', (ndkEvent) => {
+    let subscriptions: Subscription[] = []
-      if (isModDataComplete(ndkEvent)) {
-        const mod = extractModData(ndkEvent)
-        setMods((prev) => {
-          if (prev.find((e) => e.aTag === mod.aTag)) return [...prev]
 
-          return [...prev, mod]
+    RelayController.getInstance()
-        })
+      .subscribeForEvents(filter, [], (event) => {
+        if (isModDataComplete(event)) {
+          const mod = extractModData(event)
+          setMods((prev) => [...prev, mod])
         }
       })
+      .then((subs) => {
+        subscriptions = subs
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        log(
+          true,
+          LogType.Error,
+          'An error occurred in subscribing to relays.',
+          err
+        )
+        toast.error(err.message || err)
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        setIsSubscribing(false)
+      })
 
     // Cleanup function to stop all subscriptions
     return () => {
-      subscription.stop()
+      subscriptions.forEach((sub) => sub.close()) // close each subscription
     }
-  }, [ndk])
+  }, [])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setPage(1)
@@ -343,6 +357,9 @@ const ModsResult = ({
 
   return (
     <>
+      {isSubscribing && (
+        <LoadingSpinner desc='Subscribing to relays for mods' />
+      )}
       <div className='IBMSecMain IBMSMListWrapper'>
         <div className='IBMSMList'>
           {filteredModList
@@ -376,7 +393,6 @@ const UsersResult = ({
   moderationFilter,
   muteLists
 }: UsersResultProps) => {
-  const { fetchEvents } = useNDKContext()
   const [isFetching, setIsFetching] = useState(false)
   const [profiles, setProfiles] = useState<NDKUserProfile[]>([])
 
@@ -386,13 +402,14 @@ const UsersResult = ({
     if (searchTerm === '') {
       setProfiles([])
     } else {
-      const filter: NDKFilter = {
+      const filter: Filter = {
-        kinds: [NDKKind.Metadata],
+        kinds: [kinds.Metadata],
         search: searchTerm
       }
 
       setIsFetching(true)
-      fetchEvents(filter, ['wss://purplepag.es', 'wss://user.kindpag.es'])
+      RelayController.getInstance()
+        .fetchEvents(filter, ['wss://purplepag.es', 'wss://user.kindpag.es'])
         .then((events) => {
           const results = events.map((event) => {
             const ndkEvent = new NDKEvent(undefined, event)
@@ -408,7 +425,7 @@ const UsersResult = ({
           setIsFetching(false)
         })
     }
-  }, [searchTerm, fetchEvents])
+  }, [searchTerm])
 
   const filteredProfiles = useMemo(() => {
     let filtered = [...profiles]

src/pages/submitMod.tsx

@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
-import { NDKFilter } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
-import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { useState } from 'react'
 import { useLocation, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
-import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
-import { LoadingSpinner } from '../components/LoadingSpinner'
 import { ModForm } from '../components/ModForm'
 import { ProfileSection } from '../components/ProfileSection'
-import { useAppSelector, useDidMount, useNDKContext } from '../hooks'
 import '../styles/innerPage.css'
 import '../styles/styles.css'
 import '../styles/write.css'
-import { ModDetails } from '../types'
+import { Filter, nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { RelayController } from '../controllers'
 import { extractModData, log, LogType } from '../utils'
+import { ModDetails } from '../types'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { LoadingSpinner } from '../components/LoadingSpinner'
+import { useAppSelector, useDidMount } from '../hooks'
 
 export const SubmitModPage = () => {
   const location = useLocation()
   const { naddr } = useParams()
-  const { fetchEvent } = useNDKContext()
   const [modData, setModData] = useState<ModDetails>()
   const [isFetching, setIsFetching] = useState(false)
 
@@ -31,15 +30,15 @@ export const SubmitModPage = () => {
       const decoded = nip19.decode<'naddr'>(naddr as `naddr1${string}`)
       const { identifier, kind, pubkey, relays = [] } = decoded.data
 
-      const filter: NDKFilter = {
+      const filter: Filter = {
         '#a': [identifier],
         authors: [pubkey],
         kinds: [kind]
       }
 
       setIsFetching(true)
-
+      RelayController.getInstance()
-      fetchEvent(filter, relays)
+        .fetchEvent(filter, relays)
         .then((event) => {
           if (event) {
             const extracted = extractModData(event)

src/utils/mod.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-import { NDKEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import { Event, Filter, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { ModDetails, ModFormState } from '../types'
 import { getTagValue } from './nostr'
+import { ModFormState, ModDetails } from '../types'
+import { RelayController } from '../controllers'
+import { log, LogType } from './utils'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
+import { MOD_FILTER_LIMIT, T_TAG_VALUE } from '../constants'
+import DOMPurify from 'dompurify'
 
 /**
  * Extracts and normalizes mod data from an event.
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ import { getTagValue } from './nostr'
  * @param event - The event object from which to extract data.
  * @returns A `Partial<PageData>` object containing extracted data.
  */
-export const extractModData = (event: Event | NDKEvent): ModDetails => {
+export const extractModData = (event: Event): ModDetails => {
   // Helper function to safely get the first value of a tag or return a default value
   const getFirstTagValue = (tagIdentifier: string, defaultValue = '') => {
     const tagValue = getTagValue(event, tagIdentifier)
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ export const extractModData = (event: Event | NDKEvent): ModDetails => {
     aTag: getFirstTagValue('a'),
     rTag: getFirstTagValue('r'),
     author: event.pubkey,
-    edited_at: event.created_at!,
+    edited_at: event.created_at,
     body: event.content,
     published_at: getIntTagValue('published_at'),
     game: getFirstTagValue('game'),
@@ -57,9 +61,7 @@ export const extractModData = (event: Event | NDKEvent): ModDetails => {
  * @param events - The array of event objects to be processed.
  * @returns An array of `ModDetails` objects constructed from valid events.
  */
-export const constructModListFromEvents = (
+export const constructModListFromEvents = (events: Event[]): ModDetails[] => {
-  events: Event[] | NDKEvent[]
-): ModDetails[] => {
   // Filter and extract mod details from events
   const modDetailsList: ModDetails[] = events
     .filter(isModDataComplete) // Filter out incomplete events
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ export const constructModListFromEvents = (
  * @param event - The event object to be checked.
  * @returns `true` if the event contains all required data; `false` otherwise.
  */
-export const isModDataComplete = (event: Event | NDKEvent): boolean => {
+export const isModDataComplete = (event: Event): boolean => {
   // Helper function to check if a tag value is present and not empty
   const hasTagValue = (tagIdentifier: string): boolean => {
     const value = getTagValue(event, tagIdentifier)
@@ -131,3 +133,89 @@ export const initializeFormState = (
     }
   ]
 })
+
+interface FetchModsOptions {
+  source?: string
+  until?: number
+  since?: number
+  limit?: number
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetches a list of mods based on the provided source.
+ *
+ * @param source - The source URL to filter the mods. If it matches the current window location,
+ *                 it adds a filter condition to the request.
+ * @param until - Optional timestamp to filter events until this time.
+ * @param since - Optional timestamp to filter events from this time.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves to an array of `ModDetails` objects. In case of an error,
+ *          it logs the error and shows a notification, then returns an empty array.
+ */
+export const fetchMods = async ({
+  source,
+  until,
+  since,
+  limit
+}: FetchModsOptions): Promise<ModDetails[]> => {
+  // Define the filter criteria for fetching mods
+  const filter: Filter = {
+    kinds: [kinds.ClassifiedListing], // Specify the kind of events to fetch
+    limit: limit || MOD_FILTER_LIMIT, // Limit the number of events fetched to 20
+    '#t': [T_TAG_VALUE],
+    until, // Optional filter to fetch events until this timestamp
+    since // Optional filter to fetch events from this timestamp
+  }
+
+  // If the source matches the current window location, add a filter condition
+  if (source === window.location.host) {
+    filter['#r'] = [window.location.host] // Add a tag filter for the current host
+  }
+
+  // Fetch events from the relay using the defined filter
+  return RelayController.getInstance()
+    .fetchEvents(filter, []) // Pass the filter and an empty array of options
+    .then((events) => {
+      // Convert the fetched events into a list of mods
+      const modList = constructModListFromEvents(events)
+      return modList // Return the list of mods
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      // Log the error and show a notification if fetching fails
+      log(
+        true,
+        LogType.Error,
+        'An error occurred in fetching mods from relays',
+        err
+      )
+      toast.error('An error occurred in fetching mods from relays') // Show error notification
+      return [] as ModDetails[] // Return an empty array in case of an error
+    })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sanitizes the given HTML string and adds target="_blank" to all <a> tags.
+ *
+ * @param htmlString - The HTML string to sanitize and modify.
+ * @returns  The modified HTML string with sanitized content and updated links.
+ */
+export const sanitizeAndAddTargetBlank = (htmlString: string) => {
+  // Step 1: Sanitize the HTML string using DOMPurify.
+  // This removes any potentially dangerous content and ensures that the HTML is safe to use.
+  const sanitizedHtml = DOMPurify.sanitize(htmlString, { ADD_ATTR: ['target'] })
+
+  // Step 2: Create a temporary container (a <div> element) to parse the sanitized HTML.
+  // This allows us to manipulate the HTML content in a safe and controlled manner.
+  const tempDiv = document.createElement('div')
+  tempDiv.innerHTML = sanitizedHtml
+
+  // Step 3: Add target="_blank" to all <a> tags within the temporary container.
+  // This ensures that all links open in a new tab when clicked.
+  const links = tempDiv.querySelectorAll('a')
+  links.forEach((link) => {
+    link.setAttribute('target', '_blank')
+  })
+
+  // Step 4: Convert the manipulated DOM back to an HTML string.
+  // This string contains the sanitized content with the target="_blank" attribute added to all links.
+  return tempDiv.innerHTML
+}

src/utils/nostr.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { RelayController } from '../controllers'
 import { log, LogType } from './utils'
-import { NDKEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 
 /**
  * Get the current time in seconds since the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970).
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ export const hexToNpub = (hexPubkey: string): `npub1${string}` => {
  * @returns {string | null} The value(s) associated with the specified tag identifier, or `null` if the tag is not found.
  */
 export const getTagValue = (
-  event: Event | NDKEvent,
+  event: Event,
   tagIdentifier: string
 ): string[] | null => {
   // Find the tag in the event's tags array where the first element matches the tagIdentifier.
@@ -220,24 +219,3 @@ export const sendDMUsingRandomKey = async (
   // Return true indicating that the DM was successfully sent
   return true
 }
-
-/**
- * Orders an array of NDKEvent objects chronologically based on their `created_at` property.
- *
- * @param events - The array of NDKEvent objects to be sorted.
- * @param reverse - Optional flag to reverse the sorting order.
- * If true, sorts in ascending order (oldest first), otherwise sorts in descending order (newest first).
- *
- * @returns The sorted array of events.
- */
-export function orderEventsChronologically(
-  events: NDKEvent[],
-  reverse: boolean = false
-): NDKEvent[] {
-  events.sort((e1: NDKEvent, e2: NDKEvent) => {
-    if (reverse) return e1.created_at! - e2.created_at!
-    else return e2.created_at! - e1.created_at!
-  })
-
-  return events
-}