Overhaul search with dedicated NIP-50 relays and hybrid results

Text search now queries relay.nostr.band and search.nos.today via a
persistent NDK instance, while also running hashtag lookups on user
relays. Results are merged and deduplicated. Hashtag searches now show
all three tabs (notes, articles, people) instead of notes-only. Added
loading spinner and clear-on-search for better UX.
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Jure
2026-03-25 10:21:25 +01:00
parent 255faefbdc
commit ec13c58b26
2 changed files with 149 additions and 97 deletions

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@@ -1,25 +1,74 @@
import { NDKEvent, NDKFilter, NDKKind, NDKUser } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
import NDK, { NDKEvent, NDKFilter, NDKKind, NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage, NDKUser } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
import { type ParsedSearch, matchesHasFilter } from "../search";
import { getNDK, fetchWithTimeout, FEED_TIMEOUT } from "./core";
import { getNDK, fetchWithTimeout, withTimeout, FEED_TIMEOUT } from "./core";
// Dedicated NIP-50 search relays — queried for full-text search regardless of user's relay list
const SEARCH_RELAYS = [
"wss://relay.nostr.band",
"wss://search.nos.today",
];
// Persistent NDK instance dedicated to search relays — stays connected
let searchNDK: NDK | null = null;
let searchNDKConnecting: Promise<void> | null = null;
async function getSearchNDK(): Promise<NDK> {
if (searchNDK) return searchNDK;
searchNDK = new NDK({ explicitRelayUrls: SEARCH_RELAYS });
searchNDKConnecting = searchNDK.connect().then(() => {
console.log("[Wrystr] Search relays connected");
searchNDKConnecting = null;
});
await withTimeout(searchNDKConnecting, 5000, undefined);
return searchNDK;
}
const EMPTY_SET = new Set<NDKEvent>();
/** Fetch events from the dedicated search relays with timeout. */
async function searchFetch(filter: NDKFilter, timeoutMs = FEED_TIMEOUT): Promise<Set<NDKEvent>> {
const ndk = await getSearchNDK();
const promise = ndk.fetchEvents(filter, {
cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.ONLY_RELAY,
groupable: false,
});
return withTimeout(promise, timeoutMs, EMPTY_SET);
}
export async function searchNotes(query: string, limit = 50): Promise<NDKEvent[]> {
const instance = getNDK();
const isHashtag = query.startsWith("#");
const filter: NDKFilter & { search?: string } = isHashtag
? { kinds: [NDKKind.Text], "#t": [query.slice(1).toLowerCase()], limit }
: { kinds: [NDKKind.Text], search: query, limit };
const events = await fetchWithTimeout(instance, filter, FEED_TIMEOUT);
return Array.from(events).sort((a, b) => (b.created_at ?? 0) - (a.created_at ?? 0));
if (isHashtag) {
const filter: NDKFilter = { kinds: [NDKKind.Text], "#t": [query.slice(1).toLowerCase()], limit };
const events = await fetchWithTimeout(instance, filter, FEED_TIMEOUT);
return Array.from(events).sort((a, b) => (b.created_at ?? 0) - (a.created_at ?? 0));
}
// Hybrid: NIP-50 full-text on search relays + hashtag on user relays
const searchFilter: NDKFilter & { search?: string } = { kinds: [NDKKind.Text], search: query, limit };
const tagFilter: NDKFilter = { kinds: [NDKKind.Text], "#t": [query.toLowerCase()], limit };
const [nip50Events, tagEvents] = await Promise.all([
searchFetch(searchFilter),
fetchWithTimeout(instance, tagFilter, FEED_TIMEOUT),
]);
// Merge and deduplicate
const seen = new Set<string>();
const merged: NDKEvent[] = [];
for (const e of [...nip50Events, ...tagEvents]) {
if (e.id && !seen.has(e.id)) { seen.add(e.id); merged.push(e); }
}
return merged.sort((a, b) => (b.created_at ?? 0) - (a.created_at ?? 0));
}
export async function searchUsers(query: string, limit = 20): Promise<NDKEvent[]> {
const instance = getNDK();
const filter: NDKFilter & { search?: string } = {
kinds: [NDKKind.Metadata],
search: query,
limit,
};
const events = await fetchWithTimeout(instance, filter, FEED_TIMEOUT);
const events = await searchFetch(filter);
return Array.from(events);
}
@@ -70,18 +119,12 @@ export async function advancedSearch(parsed: ParsedSearch, limit = 50): Promise<
};
}
// Resolve any NIP-05 or name-based author identifiers
// Resolve author identifiers (npub or NIP-05 only — display name resolution not yet supported)
const resolvedAuthors = [...parsed.authors];
for (const nip05 of parsed.unresolvedNip05) {
const resolved = await resolveNip05(nip05.includes("@") || nip05.includes(".") ? nip05 : `_@${nip05}`);
if (resolved) {
resolvedAuthors.push(resolved);
} else {
const nameResults = await searchUsers(nip05, 1);
if (nameResults.length > 0) {
resolvedAuthors.push(nameResults[0].pubkey);
}
}
const identifier = nip05.includes("@") || nip05.includes(".") ? nip05 : `_@${nip05}`;
const resolved = await resolveNip05(identifier);
if (resolved) resolvedAuthors.push(resolved);
}
// Determine which kinds to search
@@ -117,18 +160,69 @@ export async function advancedSearch(parsed: ParsedSearch, limit = 50): Promise<
const noteFilter = noteKinds.length > 0 ? buildFilter(noteKinds) : null;
const articleFilter = articleKinds.length > 0 ? buildFilter(articleKinds) : null;
const shouldSearchUsers = (!hasKindFilter || parsed.kinds.includes(0)) && hasSearch && !hasHashtags;
const shouldSearchUsers = (!hasKindFilter || parsed.kinds.includes(0)) && (hasSearch || hasHashtags);
const [noteEvents, articleEvents, userEvents] = await Promise.all([
noteFilter ? fetchWithTimeout(instance, noteFilter, FEED_TIMEOUT) : Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()),
articleFilter ? fetchWithTimeout(instance, articleFilter, FEED_TIMEOUT) : Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()),
shouldSearchUsers ? fetchWithTimeout(instance, { kinds: [NDKKind.Metadata], search: searchText, limit: 20 } as NDKFilter & { search: string }, FEED_TIMEOUT) : Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()),
]);
const usesNip50 = hasSearch && !hasHashtags;
let notes = Array.from(noteEvents);
let articles = Array.from(articleEvents);
// Build parallel fetch promises
const fetches: Promise<Set<NDKEvent>>[] = [];
// Notes: NIP-50 on search relays, or hashtag on user relays
fetches.push(noteFilter ? (usesNip50 ? searchFetch(noteFilter) : fetchWithTimeout(instance, noteFilter, FEED_TIMEOUT)) : Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()));
// Articles: same logic
fetches.push(articleFilter ? (usesNip50 ? searchFetch(articleFilter) : fetchWithTimeout(instance, articleFilter, FEED_TIMEOUT)) : Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()));
// Users: NIP-50 on search relays
fetches.push(shouldSearchUsers
? searchFetch({ kinds: [NDKKind.Metadata], search: hasSearch ? searchText : parsed.hashtags.join(" "), limit: 20 } as NDKFilter & { search: string })
: Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()));
// Hybrid: if text search, also do hashtag lookup on user relays and merge
// Carry over author/mention/time constraints so modifiers like by:jack still filter
const hybridTerms = hasSearch && !hasHashtags ? searchText.toLowerCase().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean) : [];
const buildHybridFilter = (kinds: number[]): NDKFilter => {
const f: NDKFilter = { kinds: kinds.map((k) => k as NDKKind), "#t": hybridTerms, limit };
if (resolvedAuthors.length > 0) f.authors = resolvedAuthors;
if (parsed.mentions.length > 0) f["#p"] = parsed.mentions;
if (parsed.since) f.since = parsed.since;
if (parsed.until) f.until = parsed.until;
return f;
};
if (hybridTerms.length > 0 && noteKinds.length > 0) {
fetches.push(fetchWithTimeout(instance, buildHybridFilter(noteKinds), FEED_TIMEOUT));
} else {
fetches.push(Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()));
}
if (hybridTerms.length > 0 && articleKinds.length > 0) {
fetches.push(fetchWithTimeout(instance, buildHybridFilter(articleKinds), FEED_TIMEOUT));
} else {
fetches.push(Promise.resolve(new Set<NDKEvent>()));
}
const [noteEvents, articleEvents, userEvents, hybridNoteEvents, hybridArticleEvents] = await Promise.all(fetches);
// Merge and deduplicate results from multiple sources
const dedup = (...sources: Set<NDKEvent>[]): NDKEvent[] => {
const seen = new Set<string>();
const result: NDKEvent[] = [];
for (const source of sources) {
for (const e of source) {
if (e.id && !seen.has(e.id)) { seen.add(e.id); result.push(e); }
}
}
return result;
};
let notes = dedup(noteEvents, hybridNoteEvents);
let articles = dedup(articleEvents, hybridArticleEvents);
const users = Array.from(userEvents);
// Client-side author filter — search relays may not intersect authors with search properly
if (resolvedAuthors.length > 0) {
const authorSet = new Set(resolvedAuthors);
notes = notes.filter((e) => authorSet.has(e.pubkey));
articles = articles.filter((e) => authorSet.has(e.pubkey));
}
// Client-side filters: has:image, has:video, has:code, etc.
if (parsed.hasFilters.length > 0) {
const applyHas = (events: NDKEvent[]) =>