---
name: "Encode::Base58"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libencode-base58-perl"
version: "0.01-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Encode::Base58"
---

# Encode::Base58(3pm)

Base58 encodings (for Flickr short URI)

## NAME

Encode::Base58 - Base58 encodings (for Flickr short URI)

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Encode::Base58;
  my $short  = encode_base58($number);
  my $number = decode_base58($short);
```

## DESCRIPTION

Encode::Base58 is a base58 encoder/decoder implementation in Perl. Base58 encoding is used in shortening ID numbers into a short string for Flickr's short URL (`"flic.kr"`).

## AUTHOR

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa \<miyagawa@bulknews.net\>

## LICENSE

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

## SEE ALSO

\<http://www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157616713786392/\>

\<http://gist.github.com/101753\> (in Ruby)

\<http://gist.github.com/101674\> (in Objective-C and unit tests)