Start writing base32 parser

README.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Eg: `pigeon identity show` becomes `./pigeon-cli show`.
  - [X] Don't double-ingest messages. It will screw up indexes.
  - [X] 100% test coverage
  - [X] Implement pigeon message find-all for peer feed. I will need to add index for `author => message_count`
- - [ ] Stop using base64 in favor of base32 with no padding? Simplifies support for legacy systems. Easy to implement.
+ - [ ] Switch to Crockford base32- Simplifies support for legacy systems. Easy to implement.
  - [ ] Need a way of importing / exporting a feeds blobs. (see "Bundle Brainstorming" below)
  - [ ] Need a way of adding a peers messages / blobs to bundles. (see "Bundle Brainstorming" below)
  - [ ] refactor `Bundle.create` to use `message find-all`.

crockford_base32.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+require_relative "./dist/pigeon"
+require "pry"
+
+# http://www.crockford.com/wrmg/base32.html
+class Base32
+  ENCODER = [
+    "0",
+    "1",
+    "2",
+    "3",
+    "4",
+    "5",
+    "6",
+    "7",
+    "8",
+    "9",
+    "A",
+    "B",
+    "C",
+    "D",
+    "E",
+    "F",
+    "G",
+    "H",
+    "J",
+    "K",
+    "M",
+    "N",
+    "P",
+    "Q",
+    "R",
+    "S",
+    "T",
+    "V",
+    "W",
+    "X",
+    "Y",
+    "Z",
+  ].freeze
+
+  DECODER = {
+    "0" => 0,
+    "O" => 0,
+
+    "1" => 1,
+    "I" => 1,
+    "L" => 1,
+
+    "2" => 2,
+    "3" => 3,
+    "4" => 4,
+    "5" => 5,
+    "6" => 6,
+    "7" => 7,
+    "8" => 8,
+    "9" => 9,
+    "A" => 10,
+    "B" => 11,
+    "C" => 12,
+    "D" => 13,
+    "E" => 14,
+    "F" => 15,
+    "G" => 16,
+    "H" => 17,
+    "J" => 18,
+    "K" => 19,
+    "M" => 20,
+    "N" => 21,
+    "P" => 22,
+    "Q" => 23,
+    "R" => 24,
+    "S" => 25,
+    "T" => 26,
+    "V" => 27,
+    "W" => 28,
+    "X" => 29,
+    "Y" => 30,
+    "Z" => 31,
+  }.freeze
+
+  def self.encode(string)
+    string
+      .each_byte
+      .to_a
+      .map { |x| x.to_s(2).rjust(8, "0") }
+      .join
+      .scan(/.{1,5}/)
+      .map { |x| x.rjust(5, "0") }
+      .map { |bits| ENCODER.fetch(bits.to_i(2)) }
+      .join
+  end
+
+  def self.decode(string)
+    string
+      .split("")
+      .map { |x| DECODER.fetch(x.upcase) }
+      .map { |x| x.to_s(2).rjust(5, "0") }
+      .join("")
+      .scan(/.{1,8}/)
+      .map do |x|
+      # This is where problems start.
+      # binding.pry if x.length != 5
+      x.to_i(2).chr
+    end
+      .join("")
+  end
+end
+
+[
+  "How razorback jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts.",
+  "Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag.",
+  "Crazy Fredrick bought many very exquisite opal jewels.",
+  "Jump by vow of quick, lazy strength in Oxford.",
+  "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.",
+  "How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.",
+  "Sphinx of black quartz: judge my vow.",
+  "Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.",
+  "Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex bud.",
+].select do |x|
+  puts "==="
+  y = Base32.encode(x)
+  z = Base32.decode(y)
+  puts y
+  puts z
+  puts x
+end

dist/pigeon.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require "base64"
 require "digest"
 require "ed25519"
 require "securerandom"