1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index d9193f2f..9de94d86 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern crate iron;
 extern crate serde_json;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
+extern crate data_encoding;
 
 pub mod api_helpers;
 pub mod api_server;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ mod errors {
                         Uuid(::uuid::ParseError);
                         Io(::std::io::Error) #[cfg(unix)];
                         Serde(::serde_json::Error);
+                        Base32(::data_encoding::DecodeError);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ use dotenv::dotenv;
 use iron::middleware::AfterMiddleware;
 use iron::{Request, Response};
 use std::env;
+use data_encoding::BASE32_NOPAD;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "postgres")]
 embed_migrations!("../migrations/");
@@ -100,3 +103,21 @@ impl AfterMiddleware for XClacksOverheadMiddleware {
         Ok(res)
     }
 }
+
+/// Convert fatcat IDs (base32 strings) to UUID
+pub fn fcid2uuid(fcid: &str) -> Result<uuid::Uuid> {
+    if fcid.len() != 20 {
+        bail!("invalid fatcat ID (expecting 20-chars of base32");
+    }
+    let mut raw = vec![0; 16];
+    BASE32_NOPAD.decode_mut(fcid.to_uppercase().as_bytes(), &mut raw)
+        .map_err(|dp| dp.error)?;
+    // unwrap() is safe here, because we know raw is always 16 bytes
+    Ok(uuid::Uuid::from_bytes(&raw).unwrap())
+}
+
+/// Convert UUID to fatcat ID string (base32 encoded)
+pub fn uuid2fcid(id: &uuid::Uuid) -> String {
+    let raw = id.as_bytes();
+    BASE32_NOPAD.encode(raw).to_lowercase()
+}