Iran System Encoding 🇮🇷

A high-performance, professional Python library for the legacy Iran System character encoding. This package provides symmetrical encoding and decoding with automatic locale detection, smart number handling, and an exact port of the original C logic.

🚀 Key Features

• ✅ Bidirectional Conversion: Seamlessly convert between Unicode and Iran System encoding.
• ✅ Pure Python Core: Zero external dependencies. We removed arabic_reshaper and python-bidi to provide a faster and more stable internal implementation.
• ✅ C Extension Support: Includes a high-performance C source for optional compilation, delivering maximum speed.
• ✅ Intelligent Locale Detection:
  • Context-Aware: Automatically detects if the text is Persian (fa) or English (en).
  • Smart Numbers: Automatically converts digits to Iran System format in Persian contexts, and keeps them as ASCII in English contexts.
• ✅ Precise Visual Ordering: Implements the exact rule-based reshaping and visual layout logic from original legacy C systems.
• ✅ Command-Line Interface (CLI): A built-in tool for quick terminal-based operations.

📦 Installation

pip install iran-encoding

🛠 Usage Guide

Python API

import iran_encoding

# 1. Encoding (Unicode -> Iran System)
# Automatically handles reshaping and visual ordering
text = "سلام دنیا 123"
encoded = iran_encoding.encode(text)
print(encoded.hex())

# 2. Decoding (Iran System -> Unicode)
decoded = iran_encoding.decode(encoded)
print(decoded) # Output: "سلام دنیا ۱۲۳"

# 3. Smart Locale Detection
# Persian letters trigger the 'fa' locale
print(iran_encoding.detect_locale("Hello سلام")) # 'fa'

# If only English text and numbers are present, it uses 'en'
# and converts Persian digits to ASCII if necessary.
print(iran_encoding.detect_locale("Hello ۱۲۳")) # 'en'

Command-Line Interface

The library includes a CLI tool named iran-encoding:

# Encode text to hex
iran-encoding encode "سلام دنیا"

# Decode Iran System hex to Unicode
iran-encoding decode-hex "a8 f3 91 f4"

# Decode raw byte string literal
iran-encoding decode "b'\xa8\xf3\x91\xf4'"

⚙️ Technical Overview

Unlike modern Unicode, Iran System is a visual encoding. This means the specific byte code for a letter depends on its shape (initial, medial, final, or isolated).

This library utilizes a verified port of legacy C algorithms to:

1. Reshape characters based on surrounding context.
2. Order the visual layout for right-to-left display.
3. Handle Alphanumeric sequences correctly within bi-directional text.

Our implementation ensures 100% compatibility with legacy databases and hardware terminals.

🧪 Testing & Quality

We prioritize reliability. Our test suite covers 100% of the core conversion logic:

python3 -m pytest tests/

📄 License & Support

• License: MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
• Support: For professional support and inquiries, contact Iran-System-encoding@movtigroup.ir.
• Author: Iran System encoding (MovtiGroup)

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on our GitHub repository.