Performant validation. Prevent redundant decoding. Remove unused errors.

README.md

@@ -96,10 +96,7 @@ event := events.Event{
 }
 
 // 2. Compute the event ID
-id, err := events.GetID(event)
+id := events.GetID(event)
-if err != nil {
-    log.Fatal(err)
-}
 event.ID = id
 
 // 3. Sign the event
@@ -114,19 +111,13 @@ event.Sig = sig
 
 ```go
 // Returns canonical JSON: [0, pubkey, created_at, kind, tags, content]
-serialized, err := events.Serialize(event)
+serialized := events.Serialize(event)
-if err != nil {
-    log.Fatal(err)
-}
 ```
 
 #### Compute event ID manually
 
 ```go
-id, err := events.GetID(event)
+id := events.GetID(event)
-if err != nil {
-    log.Fatal(err)
-}
 // Returns lowercase hex SHA-256 hash of serialized form
 ```
 

bump.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+latest=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
+IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "${latest#v}"
+
+case ${1:-patch} in
+    major) new="v$((major+1)).0.0" ;;
+    minor) new="v${major}.$((minor+1)).0" ;;
+    patch) new="v${major}.${minor}.$((patch+1))" ;;
+    *) echo "Usage: bump.sh [major|minor|patch]" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+esac
+
+git tag -a "$new"
+

c2p

@@ -1 +1 @@
-code2prompt -e "go.sum" -e "README.md" -e "c2p" .
+code2prompt -c -e "go.sum" -e "c2p"

errors/errors.go

@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ var (
 	// MalformedTag indicates an event tag contains fewer than two elements.
 	MalformedTag = errors.New("tags must contain at least two elements")
 
-	// FailedIDComp indicates the event ID could not be computed during validation.
-	FailedIDComp = errors.New("failed to compute event id")
-
-	// NoEventID indicates the event ID field is empty.
-	NoEventID = errors.New("event id is empty")
-
 	// InvalidSig indicates the event signature failed cryptographic validation.
 	InvalidSig = errors.New("event signature is invalid")
 )

events/event.go

@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 // serialization, cryptographic signatures, and subscription filters.
 package events
 
-import (
-	"regexp"
-)
-
 // Tag represents a single tag within an event as an array of strings.
 // The first element identifies the tag name, the second contains the value,
 // and subsequent elements are optional.
@@ -23,13 +19,3 @@ type Event struct {
 	Content   string `json:"content"`
 	Sig       string `json:"sig"`
 }
-
-var (
-	// Hex64Pattern matches 64-character, lowercase, hexadecimal strings.
-	// Used for validating event IDs and cryptographic keys.
-	Hex64Pattern = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-f0-9]{64}$")
-
-	// Hex128Pattern matches 128-character, lowercase, hexadecimal strings.
-	// Used for validating signatures.
-	Hex128Pattern = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-f0-9]{128}$")
-)

events/id.go

@@ -3,35 +3,84 @@ package events
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"encoding/json"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
-// Serialize returns the canonical JSON array representation of the event.
-// used for ID computation: [0, pubkey, created_at, kind, tags, content].
-func Serialize(e Event) ([]byte, error) {
-	serialized := []interface{}{
-		0,
-		e.PubKey,
-		e.CreatedAt,
-		e.Kind,
-		e.Tags,
-		e.Content,
-	}
-
-	bytes, err := json.Marshal(serialized)
-	if err != nil {
-		return []byte{}, err
-	}
-	return bytes, nil
-}
-
 // GetID computes and returns the event ID as a lowercase, hex-encoded SHA-256 hash
 // of the serialized event.
-func GetID(e Event) (string, error) {
+func GetID(e Event) string {
-	bytes, err := Serialize(e)
+	hash := GetIDBytes(e)
-	if err != nil {
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hash[:])
-		return "", err
 }
-	hash := sha256.Sum256(bytes)
+
-	return hex.EncodeToString(hash[:]), nil
+// GetIDBytes computes and returns the event ID as a raw SHA256 digest
+func GetIDBytes(e Event) [32]byte {
+	return sha256.Sum256(Serialize(e))
+}
+
+// Serialize returns the canonical JSON array representation of the event.
+// used for ID computation: [0, pubkey, created_at, kind, tags, content].
+func Serialize(e Event) []byte {
+	buf := make([]byte, 0, 100+len(e.Content)+len(e.Tags)*80)
+	return appendSerialized(buf, e)
+}
+
+func appendSerialized(dst []byte, e Event) []byte {
+	dst = append(dst, "[0,\""...)
+	dst = append(dst, e.PubKey...)
+	dst = append(dst, "\","...)
+	dst = strconv.AppendInt(dst, int64(e.CreatedAt), 10)
+	dst = append(dst, ',')
+	dst = strconv.AppendInt(dst, int64(e.Kind), 10)
+	dst = append(dst, ",["...)
+	for i, tag := range e.Tags {
+		if i > 0 {
+			dst = append(dst, ',')
+		}
+		dst = append(dst, '[')
+		for j, s := range tag {
+			if j > 0 {
+				dst = append(dst, ',')
+			}
+			dst = appendEscapedString(dst, s)
+		}
+		dst = append(dst, ']')
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, "],"...)
+	dst = appendEscapedString(dst, e.Content)
+	return append(dst, ']')
+}
+
+func appendEscapedString(dst []byte, s string) []byte {
+	dst = append(dst, '"')
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		c := s[i]
+		switch {
+		case c == '"':
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', '"')
+		case c == '\\':
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', '\\')
+		case c >= 0x20:
+			dst = append(dst, c)
+		case c == 0x08:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'b')
+		case c == 0x09:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 't')
+		case c == 0x0a:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'n')
+		case c == 0x0c:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'f')
+		case c == 0x0d:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'r')
+		case c < 0x09:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', '0', '0'+c)
+		case c < 0x10:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', '0', 0x57+c)
+		case c < 0x1a:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', '1', 0x20+c)
+		case c < 0x20:
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', '1', 0x47+c)
+		}
+	}
+	return append(dst, '"')
 }

events/id_test.go

@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ var idTestCases = []IDTestCase{
 func TestEventGetId(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range idTestCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			actual, err := GetID(tc.event)
+			actual := GetID(tc.event)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, actual)
 		})
 	}

events/validate.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package events
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-roots/errors"
@@ -14,25 +15,26 @@ func Validate(e Event) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := ValidateID(e); err != nil {
+	idBytes, err := checkIDMatch(e)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return ValidateSignature(e)
+	return validateSignatureBytes(idBytes, e.Sig, e.PubKey)
 }
 
 // ValidateStructure checks that all event fields conform to the protocol
 // specification: hex lengths, tag structure, and field formats.
 func ValidateStructure(e Event) error {
-	if !Hex64Pattern.MatchString(e.PubKey) {
+	if !isLowerHex(e.PubKey, 64) {
 		return errors.MalformedPubKey
 	}
 
-	if !Hex64Pattern.MatchString(e.ID) {
+	if !isLowerHex(e.ID, 64) {
 		return errors.MalformedID
 	}
 
-	if !Hex128Pattern.MatchString(e.Sig) {
+	if !isLowerHex(e.Sig, 128) {
 		return errors.MalformedSig
 	}
 
@@ -47,17 +49,8 @@ func ValidateStructure(e Event) error {
 
 // ValidateID recomputes the event ID and verifies it matches the stored ID field.
 func ValidateID(e Event) error {
-	computedID, err := GetID(e)
+	_, err := checkIDMatch(e)
-	if err != nil {
+	return err
-		return errors.FailedIDComp
-	}
-	if e.ID == "" {
-		return errors.NoEventID
-	}
-	if computedID != e.ID {
-		return fmt.Errorf("event id %q does not match computed id %q", e.ID, computedID)
-	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // ValidateSignature verifies the event signature is cryptographically valid
@@ -67,13 +60,32 @@ func ValidateSignature(e Event) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid event id hex: %w", err)
 	}
+	return validateSignatureBytes(idBytes, e.Sig, e.PubKey)
+}
 
-	sigBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(e.Sig)
+// Helpers
+
+func checkIDMatch(e Event) ([]byte, error) {
+	idHash := GetIDBytes(e)
+	idBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(e.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.MalformedID
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(idBytes, idHash[:]) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"event id %q does not match computed id %q",
+			e.ID, hex.EncodeToString(idHash[:]))
+	}
+	return idBytes, nil
+}
+
+func validateSignatureBytes(idBytes []byte, sigHex, pkHex string) error {
+	sigBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(sigHex)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid event signature hex: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	pkBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(e.PubKey)
+	pkBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(pkHex)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid public key hex: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -90,7 +102,20 @@ func ValidateSignature(e Event) error {
 
 	if signature.Verify(idBytes, publicKey) {
 		return nil
-	} else {
+	}
+
 	return errors.InvalidSig
 }
+
+func isLowerHex(s string, n int) bool {
+	if len(s) != n {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		c := s[i]
+		if (c < '0' || c > '9') && (c < 'a' || c > 'f') {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
 }