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{-|
Various utility functions
-}
module Web.ZeroBin.Utils
  ( toWeb
  , makePassword
  ) where

import Crypto.Random.Entropy (getEntropy)
import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
import Data.ByteString.Base64 (encode)
import Data.ByteString.Char8 (unpack)

-- | Encodes to base64 and drops padding '='.
toWeb ::
     ByteString -- ^ the data to encode
  -> String -- ^ base64 string without padding
toWeb = takeWhile (/= '=') . unpack . encode

-- | Makes a random password
makePassword ::
     Int -- ^ the number of bytes of entropy
  -> IO String -- ^ random byte-string encoded by 'toWeb'
makePassword n = toWeb `fmap` getEntropy n