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 Most social media has api’s for posting content but we don’t on nostr. I think the ability to have an API so you could use apps like buffer or hootsuite would be a really great service. Anybody want to build it? nostr:note18jhzxve5d8k67x0p0vrrtpvssj9fr4267wqy4mg3uyku58g0vj7spw0jrn 
 I would like to use it, hope someone decides to build! 
 I agree, relays should offer a regular HTTP API as well 
 The protocol IS the API. You essentially just send a JSON message to a relay. What's a bit more difficult than in other social media is the fact that you have to handle your keys and sign the message accordingly. That's to ensure the message cannot be forged by someone else.

You want someone else to hold your keys? Then what's the sense of everything here?  
 Blastr has an API to post events 

https://github.com/MutinyWallet/blastr 
 nostr:nevent1qqsqt38c469fl3m7n5nacceuwxhnec927t9pm2kczm5spwlygd2aengzypd7v3r24z33cydnk3fmlrd0exe5dlej3506zxs05q4puerp765mz2aq4sm 
 What are you talking about? The API is signed JSON over WebSockets. 
 Just like perfection, flawless. 
 I can’t build it. But I would use that! 
 We use the api with connect.nos.social. A large portion of social media content is posted from specialized apps using APIs. This is especially true of creators who publish to multiple platforms. Normies don’t use the APIs or are even very aware of their existence.  
 To do that, we need nip46 remote signing, nobody will give the api or it's consumer their keys. And an accessible remote signing is coming soon... 
 Yep. We need remote signing for an api that can work well with existing tools.  
 To do that, we need nip46 remote signing, nobody will give the api or it's consumer their keys. And an accessible remote signing is coming soon... 
 Yep. We need remote signing for an api that can work well with existing tools.