hi, I apologize if this is not the right place... but since I'm attempting to use this library (version 0.2.1) to decode a base45 string... I really would need to figure out if I'm not testing with a malformed string... or if it is a library problem...

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seems to get me a

    buf = [BASE45_CHARSET.index(c) for c in s]
  File "/home/gms/tmp/local/qr_encode_disaster_recovery/.p3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/__init__.py", line 32, in <listcomp>
    buf = [BASE45_CHARSET.index(c) for c in s]
ValueError: substring not found

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/gms/tmp/local/qr_encode_disaster_recovery/.p3/bin/base45", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/gms/tmp/local/qr_encode_disaster_recovery/.p3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/cli.py", line 28, in main
    sys.stdout.buffer.write(b45decode(data.decode()))
  File "/home/gms/tmp/local/qr_encode_disaster_recovery/.p3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/__init__.py", line 45, in b45decode
    raise ValueError("Invalid base45 string")
ValueError: Invalid base45 string

I initially opened the ticket on this other project... siddolo/eHealthDecoder#2

How would I go about using this tool from the shell?

python --version                                                                                                                 
Python 3.9.5

echo -e 'alfa' | ./base45 --encode
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/c0rn3j/.local/bin/./base45", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/c0rn3j/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/cli.py", line 25, in main
    sys.stdout.write(b45encode(data))
TypeError: write() argument must be str, not bytes

cat cert | ./base45 --decode
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/c0rn3j/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/__init__.py", line 32, in b45decode
    buf = [BASE45_CHARSET.index(c) for c in s]
  File "/home/c0rn3j/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/__init__.py", line 32, in <listcomp>
    buf = [BASE45_CHARSET.index(c) for c in s]
ValueError: substring not found

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/c0rn3j/.local/bin/./base45", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/c0rn3j/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/cli.py", line 28, in main
    sys.stdout.buffer.write(b45decode(data.decode()))
  File "/home/c0rn3j/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/base45/__init__.py", line 45, in b45decode
    raise ValueError("Invalid base45 string")
ValueError: Invalid base45 string

cert contents

HC1:NCFOXN%TS3DH3ZSUZK+.V0ETD%65NL-AH-R6IOO6+IUKRG*I.I5BROCWAAT4V22F/8X*G3M9JUPY0BX/KR96R/S09T./0LWTKD33236J3TA3M*4VV2 73-E3GG396B-43O058YIB73A*G3W19UEBY5:PI0EGSP4*2DN43U*0CEBQ/GXQFY73CIBC:G 7376BXBJBAJ UNFMJCRN0H3PQN*E33H3OA70M3FMJIJN523.K5QZ4A+2XEN QT QTHC31M3+E32R44$28A9H0D3ZCL4JMYAZ+S-A5$XKX6T2YC 35H/ITX8GL2-LH/CJTK96L6SR9MU9RFGJA6Q3QR$P2OIC0JVLA8J3ET3:H3A+2+33U SAAUOT3TPTO4UBZIC0JKQTL*QDKBO.AI9BVYTOCFOPS4IJCOT0$89NT2V457U8+9W2KQ-7LF9-DF07U$B97JJ1D7WKP/HLIJLRKF1MFHJP7NVDEBU1J*Z222E.GJF67Z JA6B.38O4BH*HB0EGLE2%V -3O+J3.PI2G:M1SSP2Y3D38-G9C+Q3OT/.J1CDLKOYUV5C3W1A:75S4LB:6REPKM3ZYO4+QDNDLT2*ESLIH

hi, i have tried to install using pip
and result
ERROR: No matching distribution found

maybe for missing setup.py ?

I see that the code mentions
Python >= 3.6 but PyPI mentions
Requires: Python >=3.7, <4.0

Would be great if we could have PyPI match the code.

PS: thank you for the effort of making and maintaining this!

hi!
I tried installing base45 by pip install base45 (or pip3 install base45), but I got this:

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement base45 (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for base45

any hint?

Alessandro

Hello,
just a question, is Python 3.7 absolutely necessary?

When installing base45 with pip3 install base45 on RBPi - with Python v3.10.0 I get the "Could not find a version that staisfies tge requirement base45 (from versions: ) No Matching distribution found for base 45"

Is Python 3.10 or RBPi not supported?