walletcli

NWC Client CLI Tool

A command-line interface tool for making calls to Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) services.

Overview

This CLI tool allows you to interact with NWC wallet services using the methods defined in the NIP-47 specification. It provides a simple interface for executing wallet operations and displays the JSON response from the wallet service.

Usage

nwcclient <connection URL> <method> [parameters...]

Connection URL

The connection URL should be in the Nostr Wallet Connect format:

nostr+walletconnect://<wallet_pubkey>?relay=<relay_url>&secret=<secret>

Supported Methods

The following methods are supported by this CLI tool:

• get_info - Get wallet information
• get_balance - Get wallet balance
• get_budget - Get wallet budget
• make_invoice - Create an invoice
• pay_invoice - Pay an invoice
• pay_keysend - Send a keysend payment
• lookup_invoice - Look up an invoice
• list_transactions - List transactions
• sign_message - Sign a message

Unsupported Methods

The following methods are defined in the NIP-47 specification but are not directly supported by this CLI tool due to limitations in the underlying nwc package:

• create_connection - Create a connection
• make_hold_invoice - Create a hold invoice
• settle_hold_invoice - Settle a hold invoice
• cancel_hold_invoice - Cancel a hold invoice
• multi_pay_invoice - Pay multiple invoices
• multi_pay_keysend - Send multiple keysend payments

Method Parameters

Methods with No Parameters

• get_info
• get_balance
• get_budget

Example:

nwcclient <connection URL> get_info

Methods with Parameters

make_invoice

nwcclient <connection URL> make_invoice <amount> <description> [description_hash] [expiry]

• amount - Amount in millisatoshis (msats)
• description - Invoice description
• description_hash (optional) - Hash of the description
• expiry (optional) - Expiry time in seconds

Example:

nwcclient <connection URL> make_invoice 1000000 "Test invoice" "" 3600

pay_invoice

nwcclient <connection URL> pay_invoice <invoice> [amount]

• invoice - BOLT11 invoice
• amount (optional) - Amount in millisatoshis (msats)

Example:

nwcclient <connection URL> pay_invoice lnbc1...

pay_keysend

nwcclient <connection URL> pay_keysend <amount> <pubkey> [preimage]

• amount - Amount in millisatoshis (msats)
• pubkey - Recipient's public key
• preimage (optional) - Payment preimage

Example:

nwcclient <connection URL> pay_keysend 1000000 03...

lookup_invoice

nwcclient <connection URL> lookup_invoice <payment_hash_or_invoice>

• payment_hash_or_invoice - Payment hash or BOLT11 invoice

Example:

nwcclient <connection URL> lookup_invoice 3d...

list_transactions

nwcclient <connection URL> list_transactions [from <timestamp>] [until <timestamp>] [limit <count>] [offset <count>] [unpaid <true|false>] [type <incoming|outgoing>]

Parameters are specified as name-value pairs:

• from - Start timestamp
• until - End timestamp
• limit - Maximum number of transactions to return
• offset - Number of transactions to skip
• unpaid - Whether to include unpaid transactions
• type - Transaction type (incoming or outgoing)

Example:

nwcclient <connection URL> list_transactions limit 10 type incoming

sign_message

nwcclient <connection URL> sign_message <message>

• message - Message to sign

Example:

nwcclient <connection URL> sign_message "Hello, world!"

Output

The tool prints the JSON response from the wallet service to stdout. If an error occurs, an error message is printed to stderr.

Limitations

• The tool only supports methods that have direct client methods in the nwc package.
• Complex parameters like metadata are not supported.
• The tool does not support interactive authentication or authorization.