return Encode::decode("utf8", uri_unescape($data));
}
+sub decode_utf8_parameters {
+ my ($param) = @_;
+
+ foreach my $p (qw(comment description firstname lastname)) {
+ $param->{$p} = decode('utf8', $param->{$p}) if $param->{$p};
+ }
+
+ return $param;
+}
+
sub random_ether_addr {
my $rand = Digest::SHA1::sha1_hex(rand(), time());