moname

Name

moname — get information about names from the Moera naming server

Synopsis

moname [-h] [-c] [-d] [-k] [-K] [-l]
       [-s SERVER] [-S] [-t AT]
       [-w NEWER] [-V] [<name>]

Node Names

The names are given in the form <name>_<generation> (for example lamed_0), where <name> is the name itself and <generation> is the number that differentiate between usages of the same name — for example, different social networks. If the generation is missing, generation 0 is used by default.

Options

-h, --help

Get the list of all available options, their meaning and their short and long forms.

-V, --version

Show the program’s version number and exit.

Query a name

<name>

Check a name and get a corresponding node URL.

$ moname lamed
lamed_0	https://lamed.moera.blog/moera

-c, --created

See the creation date/time of the name.

$ moname -c lamed
2019-12-17 02:13:26 lamed_0	https://lamed.moera.blog/moera

-d, --dev

-s SERVER, --server SERVER

Use the development naming server or any other naming server.

$ moname -d balu-dev
...
$ moname -s http://localhost.localdomain:8081/moera-naming balu-dev
...

-S, --similar

Try to find a similar name if the provided one is not found.

$ moname -S Lamed
lamed_0	https://lamed.moera.blog/moera

-k, --keys

See the detailed information about the name, including the keys.

$ moname -k moera-blog
name         : moera-blog
generation   : 0
node URI     : https://blog.moera.org/moera
digest       : b42b9ba69e7e58bba1c2606bafb86eaac8683c6bc3784a3bf20e59c9f8ce2a0e
updating key : 1894f11410389a0dc0d37a5b3f8f9b993e5e8da61f38d818cce4f662d1d5ad47
28441134dfb660a28155520bf79beae07e95763e52ce9c5d3597e793c8f89737
created      : 2019-09-22 02:49:15
signing key  : 3d6dd81295985291c4727fdbcbacba3349f18876578d633dbff1956364269cab
5f3fe4da30f60896d2327ca60df64d54adb154ca34320d2c0ece96f0ccc2bf9c
valid from   : 2020-08-28 03:22:09

-t AT, --at AT

See the information valid at some moment in the past.

$ moname -k -t '2019-10-09' moera-blog
name         : moera-blog
generation   : 0
node URI     : https://blog.moera.org/moera
digest       : b42b9ba69e7e58bba1c2606bafb86eaac8683c6bc3784a3bf20e59c9f8ce2a0e
updating key : 1894f11410389a0dc0d37a5b3f8f9b993e5e8da61f38d818cce4f662d1d5ad47
28441134dfb660a28155520bf79beae07e95763e52ce9c5d3597e793c8f89737
created      : 2019-09-22 02:49:15
signing key  : d2b7f5a2c7578c1ed6a9048f5f9efdd98e7d1955769a926d26bf3210668992a3
ff34092755e8b0d8f3da8fc22246d32187b6656e87f675c3fe894258c9248c8e
valid from   : 2019-09-22 03:48:18

-K, --all-keys

See the whole history of the keys.

$ moname -K moera-blog
name         : moera-blog
generation   : 0
node URI     : https://blog.moera.org/moera
digest       : b42b9ba69e7e58bba1c2606bafb86eaac8683c6bc3784a3bf20e59c9f8ce2a0e
updating key : 1894f11410389a0dc0d37a5b3f8f9b993e5e8da61f38d818cce4f662d1d5ad47
28441134dfb660a28155520bf79beae07e95763e52ce9c5d3597e793c8f89737
created      : 2019-09-22 02:49:15
  
signing key  : 3d6dd81295985291c4727fdbcbacba3349f18876578d633dbff1956364269cab
5f3fe4da30f60896d2327ca60df64d54adb154ca34320d2c0ece96f0ccc2bf9c
valid from   : 2020-08-28 03:22:09
  
signing key  : d2b7f5a2c7578c1ed6a9048f5f9efdd98e7d1955769a926d26bf3210668992a3
ff34092755e8b0d8f3da8fc22246d32187b6656e87f675c3fe894258c9248c8e
valid from   : 2019-09-22 03:48:18

List names

-l, --list

Get a list of all names registered on the server (it may be huge!).

$ moname -l|head
4ap-4aps_0	https://4ap-4aps.moera.blog/moera
abrasha_0	https://abrasha.moera.blog/moera
abu-chucha_0	https://abu-chucha.moera.blog/moera
achernitsky_0	https://achernitsky.moera.blog/moera
a-dev_0	http://a-dev.localhost.localdomain:8082/moera
Aelita_0	https://aelita.moera.blog/moera
Agropoliv_0	https://agropoliv.moera.blog/moera
Akeon_0	https://akeon.moera.blog/moera
akog_0	https://akog.moera.blog/moera
akovalenko_0	https://akovalenko.moera.blog/moera

-t AT, --at AT

Get the list as it was at some moment in the past.

$ moname -l -t '2019-12-01'
alice-dev_0	http://alice.localhost.localdomain:8082/moera
balu-dev_0	http://balu.localhost.localdomain:8082/moera
moera-blog_0	https://blog.moera.org/moera

-w NEWER, --newer NEWER

Get the list of names registered recently.

$ moname -l -w '2023-08-04'
achernitsky_0	https://achernitsky.moera.blog/moera
Amitaykrichevsky_0	https://amitaykrichevsky.moera.blog/moera
IrinaVulf_0	https://irinavulf.moera.blog/moera
mendel_0	https://mendel.moera.blog/moera
thickstone_0	https://thickstone.moera.blog/moera
Леямеламуд_0	https://leyamelamud.moera.blog/moera
Олексій_0	https://alexeyvk.moera.blog/moera