leafo / lua-base58

base58 decode and encode for strings in pure lua

base58

A Lua module for converting strings to base58. It works by converting your string into an interal big integer representation, then diving out the base58 components.

Example

local base58 = require("base58")
print(base58.encode_base58("Hello world"))
print(base58.decode_base58("TvjnTzXAiTprExJ"))

Install

luarocks install base58

Reference

All functions are available in the base58 module:

local base58 = require("base58")

The following alphabet is included and used by default. It's currently not possible to configure the alphabet without editing the source.

rpshnaf39wBUDNEGHJKLM4PQRST7VWXYZ2bcdeCg65jkm8oFqi1tuvAxyz

encode_base58(string)

Encodes the string into base58

decode_base58(string)

Decodes base58 back into original string. If the input passed in contains invalid characters nil and an error message are returned.

Contact

Author: Leaf Corcoran (leafo) (@moonscript)
Email: [e-mail]
Homepage: http://leafo.net
License: MIT