NAME
   Convert::Base32 - Encoding and decoding of base32 strings

SYNOPSIS
     use Convert::Base32;

     $encoded = encode_base32("\x3a\x27\x0f\x93");
     $decoded = decode_base32($encoded);

DESCRIPTION
   This module provides functions to convert string from / to Base32
   encoding, specified in RACE internet-draft. The Base32 encoding is
   designed to encode non-ASCII characters in DNS-compatible host name
   parts.

   See http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idn-race-03.txt for
   more details.

FUNCTIONS
   Following functions are provided; like "MIME::Base64", they are in
   @EXPORT array. See the Exporter manpage for details.

   encode_base32($str)
       Encode data by calling the encode_base32() function. This function
       takes a string to encode and returns the encoded base32 string.

   decode_base32($str)
       Decode a base32 string by calling the decode_base32() function. This
       function takes a string to decode and returns the decoded string.

       This function might throw the exceptions such as "Data contains
       non-base32 characters", "Length of data invalid" and "PADDING number
       of bits at the end of output buffer are not all zero".

AUTHOR
       Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <[email protected]>

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
       it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
       http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-idn-race-03.txt, the
       MIME::Base64 manpage, the Convert::RACE manpage.