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+/* CC0 (Public domain) - see LICENSE file for details */
+#ifndef CCAN_STR_BASE32_H
+#define CCAN_STR_BASE32_H
+#include "config.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/**
+ * base32_decode - Unpack a base32 string.
+ * @str: the base32 string
+ * @slen: the length of @str
+ * @buf: the buffer to write the data into
+ * @bufsize: the length of @buf
+ *
+ * Returns false if there are any characters which aren't valid encodings
+ * or the string wasn't the right length for @bufsize.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * unsigned char data[20];
+ *
+ * if (!base32_decode(argv[1], strlen(argv[1]), data, 20))
+ * printf("String is malformed!\n");
+ */
+bool base32_decode(const char *str, size_t slen, void *buf, size_t bufsize);
+
+/**
+ * base32_encode - Create a nul-terminated base32 string
+ * @buf: the buffer to read the data from
+ * @bufsize: the length of @buf
+ * @dest: the string to fill
+ * @destsize: the max size of the string
+ *
+ * Returns true if the string, including terminator, fits in @destsize;
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * unsigned char buf[] = { 'f', 'o' };
+ * char str[9];
+ *
+ * if (!base32_encode(buf, sizeof(buf), str, sizeof(str)))
+ * abort();
+ */
+bool base32_encode(const void *buf, size_t bufsize, char *dest, size_t destsize);
+
+/**
+ * base32_str_size - Calculate how big a nul-terminated base32 string is
+ * @bytes: bytes of data to represent
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * unsigned char buf[] = { 'f', 'o' };
+ * char str[base32_str_size(sizeof(buf))];
+ *
+ * base32_encode(buf, sizeof(buf), str, sizeof(str));
+ */
+size_t base32_str_size(size_t bytes);
+
+/**
+ * base32_data_size - Calculate how many bytes of data in a base32 string
+ * @str: the string
+ * @strlen: the length of str to examine.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * const char str[] = "MZXQ====";
+ * unsigned char buf[base32_data_size(str, strlen(str))];
+ *
+ * base32_decode(str, strlen(str), buf, sizeof(buf));
+ */
+size_t base32_data_size(const char *str, size_t strlen);
+#endif /* CCAN_STR_BASE32_H */