NAME

Net::LibIDN - Perl 6 bindings for GNU LibIDN

SYNOPSIS

use Net::LibIDN;

my $idna := Net::LibIDN.new;

my $domain := "m\xFC\xDFli.de";
my Int $code;
my $ace := $idna.to_ascii_8z($domain, 0, $code);
say "$ace $code"; # xn--mssli-kva.de 0

my $domain2 := $idna.to_unicode_8z8z($domain, 0, $code);
say "$domain2 $code"; # müssli.de 0

DESCRIPTION

Net::LibIDN is a wrapper for the GNU LibIDN library. It provides bindings for its IDNA, Punycode, stringprep, and TLD functions. See Net::LibIDN::Punycode, Net::LibIDN::StringPrep, and Net::LibIDN::TLD for more documentation.

LibIDN must be installed in order to use this library. Instructions vary depending on your OS:

• Windows

Follow the instructions on https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/manual/html_node/Downloading-and-Installing.html#Downloading-and-Installing. Ensure the path to where LibIDN is installed is in your PATH environment variable!

• OS X

  $ brew install libidn

• Ubuntu/Debian

  $ sudo apt-get install libidn

• OpenSUSE

  $ sudo zypper install libidn

• Fedora

  $ sudo yum install libidn

• Arch/Manjaro

  $ sudo pacman -S libidn

• FreeBSD

  pkg install libidn

or

# cd /usr/ports/devel/libidn
# make config
# make
# make install

• OpenBSD

  $ doas pkg_add libidn

or

$ cd /usr/ports/devel/libidn
$ doas make
$ doas make install

• NetBSD

  pkgin install libidn

or

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/libidn
# make
# make install

METHODS

• Net::LibIDN.to_ascii_8z(Str $input --> Str)

• Net::LibIDN.to_ascii_8z(Str $input, Int $flags --> Str)

• Net::LibIDN.to_ascii_8z(Str $input, Int $flags, Int $code is rw --> Str)

Converts a UTF8 encoded string $input to ASCII and returns the output. $code, if provided, is assigned to IDNA_SUCCESS on success, or another error code otherwise.

• Net::LibIDN.to_unicode_8z8z(Str $input --> Str)

• Net::LibIDN.to_unicode_8z8z(Str $input, Int $flags --> Str)

• Net::LibIDN.to_unicode_8z8z(Str $input, Int $flags, Int $code is rw --> Str)

Converts an ACE encoded domain name $input to UTF8 and returns the output. $code, if provided, is assigned to IDNA_SUCCESS on success, or another error code otherwise.

CONSTANTS

• Int IDNA_ACE_PREFIX

String containing the official IDNA prefix, "xn--".

FLAGS

• Int IDNA_ALLOW_UNASSIGNED

Allow unassigned Unicode codepoints.

• Int IDNA_USE_STD3_ASCII_RULES

Check output to ensure it is a STD3 conforming hostname.

ERRORS

• Int IDNA_SUCCESS

Successful operation.

• Int IDNA_STRINGPREP_ERROR

Error during string preparation.

• Int IDNA_PUNYCODE_ERROR

Error during punycode operation.

• Int IDNA_CONTAINS_NON_LDH

IDNA_USE_STD3_ASCII_RULES flag was passed, but the given string contained non-LDH ASCII characters.

• Int IDNA_CONTAINS_MINUS

IDNA_USE_STD3_ASCII_RULES flag was passed, but the given string contained a leading or trailing hyphen-minus (u002D).

• Int IDNA_INVALID_LENGTH

The final output string is not within the range of 1 to 63 characters.

• Int IDNA_NO_ACE_PREFIX

The string does not begin with IDNA_ACE_PREFIX (for ToUnicode).

• Int IDNA_ROUNDTRIP_VERIFY_ERROR

The ToASCII operation on the output string does not equal the input.

• Int IDNA_CONTAINS_ACE_PREFIX

The input string begins with IDNA_ACE_PREFIX (for ToASCII).

• Int IDNA_ICONV_ERROR

Could not convert string to locale encoding.

• Int IDNA_MALLOC_ERROR

Could not allocate buffer (this is typically a fatal error).

• Int IDNA_DLOPEN_ERROR

Could not dlopen the libcidn DSO (only used internally in LibC).

AUTHOR

Ben Davies (kaiepi)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2018 Ben Davies

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.