NIP 50 Search #110

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2026-04-01T17:21:18Z

hodlbod commented

2026-04-01 17:21:18 +00:00

When searching rooms/spaces/everything, use NIP 50 with the appropriate relays (either the user's search relays, the default relays, or the space's relay).

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bhavishy2801 commented

2026-04-02 05:55:02 +00:00

Hi @hodlbod.

I've opened a PR for this — I replaced the local Fuse.js search with NIP-50 relay-side search in SpaceSearch.svelte.

Approach

The old implementation used createSearch (Fuse.js) over events already in the local repository, so it could only find messages that had been loaded into memory. I changed it to send a request() with the NIP-50 search filter field directly to relays.

Scope selection — I added three search scopes the user can toggle between:

Room — sends the search to the space's relay with #h tag filter
Space — sends the search to the space's relay (no room filter)
Everything — sends the search to the user's configured search relays from userSearchRelayList, falling back to DEFAULT_RELAYS if none are configured

Other details:

I added a 300ms debounce on input to avoid spamming relays
Used AbortController to cancel in-flight requests when a new search is triggered
Added search ID tracking to prevent stale results from overwriting newer ones
Included a relay status indicator so the user knows which relays are being queried
Results are deduplicated and sorted by time descending

Would appreciate a review when you get a chance. Thanks!

Hi @hodlbod. I've opened a PR for this — I replaced the local Fuse.js search with NIP-50 relay-side search in `SpaceSearch.svelte`. ### Approach The old implementation used `createSearch` (Fuse.js) over events already in the local repository, so it could only find messages that had been loaded into memory. I changed it to send a `request()` with the NIP-50 `search` filter field directly to relays. **Scope selection** — I added three search scopes the user can toggle between: - **Room** — sends the search to the space's relay with `#h` tag filter - **Space** — sends the search to the space's relay (no room filter) - **Everything** — sends the search to the user's configured search relays from `userSearchRelayList`, falling back to `DEFAULT_RELAYS` if none are configured **Other details:** - I added a 300ms debounce on input to avoid spamming relays - Used `AbortController` to cancel in-flight requests when a new search is triggered - Added search ID tracking to prevent stale results from overwriting newer ones - Included a relay status indicator so the user knows which relays are being queried - Results are deduplicated and sorted by time descending Would appreciate a review when you get a chance. Thanks!

bhavishy2801 referenced this issue

2026-04-02 05:55:53 +00:00

feat: use NIP-50 relay-side search with scope selection #114

bhavishy2801 was assigned by hodlbod

2026-04-02 17:36:13 +00:00

junaiddshaukat referenced this issue

2026-04-02 17:42:09 +00:00

Space search #59

hodlbod closed this issue

2026-04-02 18:49:33 +00:00

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