I couldn't find an API that just returned Nostr profiles from an npub. I need it for a wordpress plugin to grab lightning addresses from npubs for affiliate payments.
So Claude.ai coded one up for me! Send an npub, get a lightning address back!
If you need it, you can host it yourself:
https://github.com/pardus79/Nostr-Profile-API
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2025-02-28 20:15:42
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npub12z5nym0qkxhdrvmyhup2llzp98lryr38gw8ywxktkps9eqdts7asjj9k9cPublished at
2025-02-28 20:15:42Event JSON
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"content": "I couldn't find an API that just returned Nostr profiles from an npub. I need it for a wordpress plugin to grab lightning addresses from npubs for affiliate payments.\n\nSo Claude.ai coded one up for me! Send an npub, get a lightning address back!\n\nIf you need it, you can host it yourself: \nhttps://github.com/pardus79/Nostr-Profile-API",
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