From 6cf0ff3c3c860cdf786e58f861fa6c90607256aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Staab <shtaab@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:49:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add createEvent and now

---
 package.json      | 2 +-
 src/util/nostr.ts | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8bc0740..918e76a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "paravel",
-  "version": "0.3.7",
+  "version": "0.3.8",
   "description": "Yet another toolkit for nostr",
   "author": "hodlbod",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/util/nostr.ts b/src/util/nostr.ts
index 3c0ccd2..506e798 100644
--- a/src/util/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/util/nostr.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import type {Event} from 'nostr-tools'
 import {verifySignature, getEventHash, matchFilter as nostrToolsMatchFilter} from 'nostr-tools'
 import {cached} from "./LRUCache"
 
+// ===========================================================================
+// General-purpose
+
+const now = () => Math.round(Date.now() / 1000)
+
 // ===========================================================================
 // Relays
 
@@ -44,6 +49,9 @@ export const toNostrURI = (s: string) => `nostr:${s}`
 // ===========================================================================
 // Events
 
+export const createEvent = (kind: number, {content = "", tags = [], created_at = now()}) =>
+  ({kind, content, tags, created_at})
+
 export const hasValidSignature = cached({
   maxSize: 10000,
   getKey: ([e]: any[]) => [getEventHash(e), e.sig].join(":"),