# yabase
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Yet Another Base -- a unified, type-safe interface for multiple binary-to-text encodings in Gleam.
- Encoding schemes are first-class values.
- Both low-level (direct module) and high-level (unified dispatch) APIs.
- Multibase prefix support for auto-detection.
- Pure Gleam implementation, no external dependencies.
## Requirements
- Gleam 1.15 or later
- Erlang/OTP 27 or later
## Install
```sh
gleam add yabase
```
## Quick start
```gleam
import yabase
import yabase/core/encoding.{Base64, Standard}
pub fn main() {
// Unified API
let assert Ok(encoded) = yabase.encode(Base64(Standard), <<"Hello":utf8>>)
// encoded == "SGVsbG8="
let assert Ok(decoded) = yabase.decode_as(Base64(Standard), encoded)
// decoded == <<"Hello":utf8>>
}
```
## Supported encodings
### Core
| Encoding | Variants |
|----------|----------|
| Base16 | (hex) |
| Base32 | RFC4648, Hex, Crockford, Clockwork, z-base-32 |
| Base64 | Standard, URL-safe, No padding, URL-safe no padding, DQ (hiragana) |
| Base58 | Bitcoin |
### Additional
| Encoding | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| Base36 | 0-9, a-z (case-insensitive decode) |
| Base45 | RFC 9285 (QR-code friendly) |
| Base62 | 0-9, A-Z, a-z |
| Base91 | 91 printable ASCII characters |
| Ascii85 | btoa style |
| Adobe Ascii85 | PDF/PostScript with `<~` `~>` delimiters |
| Z85 | ZeroMQ variant of Ascii85 |
| RFC 1924 Base85 | RFC 1924 alphabet |
### Checksum-bearing (separate API)
These encodings carry metadata (version bytes, checksums, HRP) and have their own API outside the `Encoding` ADT.
| Encoding | Module | Description |
|----------|--------|-------------|
| Base58Check | `yabase/base58check` | Bitcoin-style: version byte + payload + SHA-256 double-hash checksum |
| Bech32 | `yabase/bech32` | BIP 173: raw framing (HRP + base32 data + checksum), not SegWit address validation |
| Bech32m | `yabase/bech32` | BIP 350: improved checksum constant, same framing |
## API layers
yabase provides three API layers. Choose the one that fits your use case.
### 1. Low-level modules (direct usage)
Each encoding is accessible directly:
```gleam
import yabase/base64/standard
import yabase/base32/clockwork
import yabase/base45
let encoded = standard.encode(<<"Hello":utf8>>)
// "SGVsbG8="
let assert Ok(data) = clockwork.decode("91JPRV3F41BPYWKCCGGG")
```
### 2. Unified API (dispatch by Encoding type)
```gleam
import yabase
import yabase/core/encoding.{Base32, Clockwork}
let assert Ok(encoded) = yabase.encode(Base32(Clockwork), <<"Hello":utf8>>)
let assert Ok(decoded) = yabase.decode_as(Base32(Clockwork), encoded)
```
### 3. Facade (developer-friendly shortcuts)
```gleam
import yabase/facade
let encoded = facade.encode_base64(<<"Hello":utf8>>)
let assert Ok(decoded) = facade.decode_base64(encoded)
```
### Multibase support
Prefix-based encoding and auto-detection:
```gleam
import yabase
import yabase/core/encoding.{Base16, Base58, Decoded}
// Encode with multibase prefix
let assert Ok(prefixed) = yabase.encode_with_prefix(Base16, <<"Hello":utf8>>)
// "f48656c6c6f"
// Decode with auto-detection
let assert Ok(Decoded(encoding: Base16, data: data)) = yabase.decode(prefixed)
```
### Bech32 / Bech32m (BIP 173, BIP 350)
Raw Bech32 framing and checksum. Does not validate SegWit address semantics (witness version, program length):
```gleam
import yabase/bech32
// Bech32 encode
let assert Ok(encoded) = bech32.encode("bc", <<0, 14, 20, 15>>)
// "bc1..." with 6-char checksum
// Auto-detect Bech32 vs Bech32m on decode
let assert Ok(decoded) = bech32.decode(encoded)
// decoded.hrp == "bc", decoded.variant == Bech32
```
### Base58Check (Bitcoin)
```gleam
import yabase/base58check
// Encode with version byte 0 (Bitcoin mainnet P2PKH)
let assert Ok(encoded) = base58check.encode(0, <<0xab, 0xcd>>)
// Base58 string with 4-byte SHA-256 checksum
// Decode and verify checksum
let assert Ok(decoded) = base58check.decode(encoded)
// decoded.version == 0, decoded.payload == <<0xab, 0xcd>>
```
## Modules
| Module | Responsibility |
|--------|---------------|
| `yabase` | Top-level unified API: `encode`, `decode_as`, `encode_with_prefix`, `decode` |
| `yabase/facade` | Developer-friendly shortcut functions for each encoding |
| `yabase/core/encoding` | Type definitions: `Encoding`, `Decoded`, `CodecError` |
| `yabase/core/dispatcher` | Internal dispatch from `Encoding` to codec modules |
| `yabase/core/multibase` | Multibase prefix encoding and auto-detection |
| `yabase/base16` | Base16 (hex) |
| `yabase/base32/*` | Base32 variants: `rfc4648`, `hex`, `crockford`, `clockwork`, `zbase32` |
| `yabase/base64/*` | Base64 variants: `standard`, `urlsafe`, `nopadding`, `urlsafe_nopadding`, `dq` |
| `yabase/base36` | Base36 |
| `yabase/base45` | Base45 (RFC 9285) |
| `yabase/base58` | Base58 (Bitcoin) |
| `yabase/base62` | Base62 |
| `yabase/base91` | Base91 |
| `yabase/ascii85` | Ascii85 (btoa) |
| `yabase/adobe_ascii85` | Adobe Ascii85 (PDF/PostScript, `<~` `~>` delimiters) |
| `yabase/rfc1924_base85` | RFC 1924 Base85 |
| `yabase/z85` | Z85 (ZeroMQ) |
| `yabase/base58check` | Base58Check (version byte + SHA-256 checksum) |
| `yabase/bech32` | Raw Bech32/Bech32m framing and checksum (not SegWit address validation) |
## Error handling
Encode and decode functions that can fail return `Result(_, CodecError)`. The concrete return types vary by API:
| Function | Return type |
|----------|-------------|
| `yabase.encode` | `Result(String, CodecError)` |
| `yabase.decode_as` | `Result(BitArray, CodecError)` |
| `yabase.decode` | `Result(Decoded, CodecError)` |
| `yabase.encode_with_prefix` | `Result(String, CodecError)` |
| Low-level `*.decode` | `Result(BitArray, CodecError)` |
| Low-level `*.encode` | `String` (total; except `z85`/`rfc1924_base85` which return `Result`) |
| `bech32.encode` / `bech32.encode_m` | `Result(String, CodecError)` |
| `bech32.decode` | `Result(Bech32Decoded, CodecError)` |
| `base58check.encode` | `Result(String, CodecError)` |
| `base58check.decode` | `Result(Base58CheckDecoded, CodecError)` |
The `CodecError` type provides specific error information:
| Variant | Returned from | Meaning |
|---------|---------------|---------|
| `InvalidCharacter(character, position)` | decode | Input contains a character not in the alphabet |
| `InvalidLength(length)` | encode / decode | Input length is not valid for the encoding |
| `Overflow` | decode | Decoded value overflows the expected range (Base45, Z85, Adobe Ascii85, RFC 1924 Base85) |
| `UnsupportedPrefix(prefix)` | `yabase.decode` | Unknown multibase prefix during auto-detection |
| `UnsupportedMultibaseEncoding(name)` | `encode_with_prefix` | Encoding has no assigned multibase prefix (e.g. Base64 DQ) |
| `InvalidChecksum` | `base58check.decode`, `bech32.decode` | Checksum verification failed |
| `InvalidHrp(reason)` | `bech32.encode`, `bech32.decode` | Invalid human-readable part in Bech32 |
## Development
This project uses [mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/) to manage Gleam and Erlang versions, and [just](https://just.systems/) as a task runner.
```sh
mise install # install Gleam and Erlang
just ci # format check, typecheck, build, test
just test # gleam test
just format # gleam format
just check # all checks without deps download
```
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nao1215/yabase/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
## License
[MIT](https://github.com/nao1215/yabase/blob/main/LICENSE)