lua-psl

Bindings to libpsl, a C library that handles the Public Suffix List (PSL).

The PSL is a list of domains where there may be sub-domains outside of the administrator's control. e.g. the administrator of '.com' does not manage 'github.com'.

This list has found use in many internet technologies including:

• preventing cross-domain cookie leakage
• allowance of issuing wildcard TLS certificates

More information can be found at publicsuffix.org

Documentation

Can be found at https://daurnimator.github.io/lua-psl/

Features

• Compatible with Lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and LuaJIT

Status

• This project was started in late 2016
• Binds all functions available from libpsl up to the 0.19 release

Installation

It's recommended to install lua-psl by using luarocks.

$ luarocks install psl

Dependencies

• libpsl >= 0.4.0

For running tests

• busted

Development

Getting started

• Clone the repo:

  $ git clone https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-psl.git
  $ cd lua-psl
  

• Install your local copy:

  $ luarocks make psl-scm-0.rockspec
  

• Run tests (install tools first)

  $ busted
  

Generating documentation

Documentation is written in markdown and intended to be consumed by pandoc. See the doc/ directory for more information.