defmodule Aprs.EncodingUtils do @moduledoc """ Utilities for handling encoding issues in APRS packet data. APRS packets can contain arbitrary bytes that may not be valid UTF-8, which causes issues when trying to JSON encode the data for transmission to web clients. """ @doc """ Sanitizes a binary to ensure it can be safely JSON encoded. If the binary is valid UTF-8, returns it as-is. If it contains invalid UTF-8 sequences, replaces them with the Unicode replacement character (�) or removes them entirely. ## Examples iex> Aprs.EncodingUtils.sanitize_string("Hello World") "Hello World" iex> Aprs.EncodingUtils.sanitize_string(<<72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 211, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100>>) "HelloWorld" """ def sanitize_string(binary) when is_binary(binary) do if String.valid?(binary) do binary else # Replace invalid UTF-8 sequences with replacement character or remove them scrub_invalid_utf8(binary) end end def sanitize_string(nil), do: nil def sanitize_string(other), do: other @doc """ Sanitizes all string fields in an APRS packet to ensure safe JSON encoding. """ def sanitize_packet(%Aprs.Packet{} = packet) do %{ packet | information_field: sanitize_string(packet.information_field), data_extended: sanitize_data_extended(packet.data_extended) } end @doc """ Sanitizes string fields in the data_extended structure. """ def sanitize_data_extended(nil), do: nil def sanitize_data_extended(%{comment: comment} = data_extended) when is_map(data_extended) do %{data_extended | comment: sanitize_string(comment)} end def sanitize_data_extended(%Parser.Types.MicE{message: message} = mic_e) do %{mic_e | message: sanitize_string(message)} end def sanitize_data_extended(data_extended), do: data_extended # Private helper functions defp scrub_invalid_utf8(binary) do binary |> :binary.bin_to_list() |> Enum.filter(&valid_byte?/1) |> Enum.map(&scrub_byte/1) |> :binary.list_to_bin() |> String.trim() end # Check if byte should be kept defp valid_byte?(byte) when byte >= 32 and byte <= 126, do: true defp valid_byte?(byte) when byte in [9, 10, 13], do: true defp valid_byte?(_byte), do: false # Keep valid bytes as-is defp scrub_byte(byte), do: byte @doc """ Converts a binary to a hex string representation for debugging. ## Examples iex> Aprs.EncodingUtils.to_hex(<<72, 101, 108, 108, 111>>) "48656C6C6F" """ def to_hex(binary) when is_binary(binary) do binary |> :binary.bin_to_list() |> Enum.map(&Integer.to_string(&1, 16)) |> Enum.map_join("", &String.pad_leading(&1, 2, "0")) end @doc """ Returns information about a binary's encoding validity. ## Examples iex> Aprs.EncodingUtils.encoding_info("Hello") %{valid_utf8: true, byte_count: 5, char_count: 5} iex> Aprs.EncodingUtils.encoding_info(<<72, 101, 211, 108, 111>>) %{valid_utf8: false, byte_count: 5, invalid_at: 2} """ def encoding_info(binary) when is_binary(binary) do valid = String.valid?(binary) byte_count = byte_size(binary) base_info = %{ valid_utf8: valid, byte_count: byte_count } if valid do Map.put(base_info, :char_count, String.length(binary)) else # Try to find where the invalid sequence starts invalid_at = find_invalid_byte_position(binary, 0) Map.put(base_info, :invalid_at, invalid_at) end end defp find_invalid_byte_position(<<>>, _pos), do: nil defp find_invalid_byte_position(binary, pos) do case binary do <> -> if String.valid?(head) do find_invalid_byte_position(tail, pos + 1) else pos end _ -> pos end end end