fetch-profile.ts

Nostr Agent Onboarding · start here · all examples · source: nostr-dev/sdk/examples/fetch-profile.ts · snapshot 2026-10-10

Fetch a kind 0 profile.

import NDK from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";

const npubOrHex = process.argv[2] ?? "npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6";

const ndk = new NDK({
  explicitRelayUrls: [
    "wss://relay.ngit.dev",
    "wss://relay.damus.io",
    "wss://nos.lol",
    "wss://relay.nostr.band",
  ],
});
await ndk.connect(2000);

const user = ndk.getUser({ npub: npubOrHex.startsWith("npub") ? npubOrHex : undefined, pubkey: npubOrHex.startsWith("npub") ? undefined : npubOrHex });
const profile = await user.fetchProfile();

console.log(`pubkey:   ${user.pubkey}`);
console.log(`name:     ${profile?.name}`);
console.log(`display:  ${profile?.displayName}`);
console.log(`about:    ${profile?.about?.slice(0, 200)}`);
console.log(`nip05:    ${profile?.nip05}`);
console.log(`picture:  ${profile?.picture}`);

process.exit(0);