NAME¶

URI::_punycode - encodes Unicode string in Punycode

SYNOPSIS¶

  use strict;
  use warnings;
  use utf8;
  use URI::_punycode qw(encode_punycode decode_punycode);
  # encode a unicode string
  my $punycode = encode_punycode('http://☃.net'); # http://.net-xc8g
  $punycode = encode_punycode('bücher'); # bcher-kva
  $punycode = encode_punycode('他们为什么不说中文'); # ihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye
  # decode a punycode string back into a unicode string
  my $unicode = decode_punycode('http://.net-xc8g'); # http://☃.net
  $unicode = decode_punycode('bcher-kva'); # bücher
  $unicode = decode_punycode('ihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye'); # 他们为什么不说中文

DESCRIPTION¶

URI::_punycode is a module to encode / decode Unicode strings into Punycode <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3492>, an efficient encoding of Unicode for use with IDNA <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5890>.

FUNCTIONS¶

All functions throw exceptions on failure. You can "catch" them with Syntax::Keyword::Try or Try::Tiny. The following functions are exported by default.

  my $punycode = encode_punycode('http://☃.net');  # http://.net-xc8g
  $punycode = encode_punycode('bücher'); # bcher-kva
  $punycode = encode_punycode('他们为什么不说中文') # ihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye

  my $unicode = decode_punycode('http://.net-xc8g'); # http://☃.net
  $unicode = decode_punycode('bcher-kva'); # bücher
  $unicode = decode_punycode('ihqwcrb4cv8a8dqg056pqjye'); # 他们为什么不说中文

AUTHOR¶

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net> is the author of IDNA::Punycode which was the basis for this module.

SEE ALSO¶

IDNA::Punycode, RFC 3492 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3492>, RFC 5891 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5891>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶

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