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diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/fcid.py b/python/fatcat_tools/fcid.py
index dd72b242..4194ea63 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/fcid.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/fcid.py
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ import base64
import uuid
def fcid2uuid(s):
+ """
+ Converts a fatcat identifier (base32 encoded string) to a uuid.UUID object
+ """
s = s.split('_')[-1].upper().encode('utf-8')
assert len(s) == 26
raw = base64.b32decode(s + b"======")
return str(uuid.UUID(bytes=raw)).lower()
def uuid2fcid(s):
+ """
+ Converts a uuid.UUID object to a fatcat identifier (base32 encoded string)
+ """
raw = uuid.UUID(s).bytes
return base64.b32encode(raw)[:26].lower().decode('utf-8')