1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/namestore/namestore_common.c b/src/namestore/namestore_common.c
index 47029b73b..403374809 100644
--- a/src/namestore/namestore_common.c
+++ b/src/namestore/namestore_common.c
@@ -71,6 +71,25 @@ struct NetworkRecord
 
 GNUNET_NETWORK_STRUCT_END
 
+/**
+ * Convert a string from to local codeset to UTF-8 lowercase
+ * @param src source string
+ * @return converted result
+ */
+char *
+GNUNET_NAMESTORE_normalize_string (const char *src)
+{
+  char *utf_8_str;
+
+  GNUNET_assert (NULL != src);
+  /* Convert to UTF8 */
+  utf_8_str = GNUNET_STRINGS_to_utf8 (src, strlen (src), nl_langinfo (CODESET));
+  GNUNET_assert (NULL != utf_8_str);
+  /* normalize */
+  GNUNET_STRINGS_utf8_tolower(utf_8_str, &utf_8_str);
+  return utf_8_str;
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Convert a short hash to a string (for printing debug messages).