This example demonstrates how the library is used to convert ASCII compatible names to internationalized domain names.
/* example4.c --- Example ToUnicode() code showing how to use Libidn. * Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Simon Josefsson * * This file is part of GNU Libidn. * * GNU Libidn is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * GNU Libidn is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with GNU Libidn; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA * */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <locale.h> /* setlocale() */ #include <stringprep.h> /* stringprep_locale_charset() */ #include <idna.h> /* idna_to_unicode_lzlz() */ /* * Compiling using libtool and pkg-config is recommended: * * $ libtool cc -o example4 example4.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs libidn` * $ ./example4 * Input domain encoded as `ISO-8859-1': www.xn--rksmrgsa-0zap8p.example * Read string (length 33): 77 77 77 2e 78 6e 2d 2d 72 6b 73 6d 72 67 73 61 2d 30 7a 61 70 38 70 2e 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 * ACE label (length 23): 'www.räksmörgåsa.example' * 77 77 77 2e 72 e4 6b 73 6d f6 72 67 e5 73 61 2e 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 * $ * */ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { char buf[BUFSIZ]; char *p; int rc; size_t i; setlocale (LC_ALL, ""); printf ("Input domain encoded as `%s': ", stringprep_locale_charset ()); fflush (stdout); fgets (buf, BUFSIZ, stdin); buf[strlen (buf) - 1] = '\0'; printf ("Read string (length %d): ", strlen (buf)); for (i = 0; i < strlen (buf); i++) printf ("%02x ", buf[i] & 0xFF); printf ("\n"); rc = idna_to_unicode_lzlz (buf, &p, 0); if (rc != IDNA_SUCCESS) { printf ("ToUnicode() failed (%d): %s\n", rc, idna_strerror (rc)); exit (1); } printf ("ACE label (length %d): '%s'\n", strlen (p), p); for (i = 0; i < strlen (p); i++) printf ("%02x ", p[i] & 0xFF); printf ("\n"); free (p); return 0; }