diff --git a/include/ipfs/path/path.h b/include/ipfs/path/path.h
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+++ b/include/ipfs/path/path.h
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+#ifndef IPFS_PATH_H
+   #define IPFS_PATH_H
+
+   char *ErrPath[] = {
+       NULL,
+       // ErrBadPath is returned when a given path is incorrectly formatted
+       "invalid 'ipfs ref' path",
+       // Paths after a protocol must contain at least one component
+       "path must contain at least one component",
+       "TODO: ErrCidDecode",
+       NULL,
+       "no link named %s under %s"
+   };
+
+   enum {
+       ErrBadPath = 1,
+       ErrNoComponents,
+       ErrCidDecode,
+       ErrNoLink,
+       ErrNoLinkFmt
+   } PathErrs;
+
+   char* PathFromCid (char *c);
+   char** Segments (char *p);
+   int SegmentsLength (char **s);
+   void FreeSegments (char ***s);
+   int IsJustAKey (char *p);
+   int PopLastSegment (char *p, char **str);
+   char *PathFromSegments(char *prefix, char **seg);
+   int ParseCidToPath (char *dst, char *txt);
+   int ParsePath (char *dst, char *txt);
+   int PathIsValid (char *p);
+#endif // IPFS_PATH_H
diff --git a/path/path.c b/path/path.c
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+++ b/path/path.c
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+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ipfs/path/path.h>
+
+// FromCid safely converts a cid.Cid type to a Path type
+char* PathFromCid (char *c)
+{
+   char *rpath;
+
+   rpath = malloc(strlen(c) + 7);
+   if (!rpath) return NULL;
+   strcpy(rpath, "/ipfs/");
+   strcat(rpath, c);
+   return rpath;
+}
+
+char** Segments (char *p)
+{
+   int slash_count, i;
+   char *c, **rsegs, *rbuf;
+
+   if (*p == '/') p++; // Ignore leading slash
+
+   for (c = p , slash_count = 0 ; *c ; c++) {
+      if (*c == '/') slash_count++;
+   }
+
+   if (!slash_count) return NULL;
+
+   rbuf = malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
+   if (!rbuf) return NULL;
+
+   rsegs = malloc(sizeof(char*) * (slash_count + 2)); // slashs splits plus NULL pointer termination
+   if (!rsegs) {
+      free(rbuf);
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   strcpy(rbuf, p); // keep original
+   for (rsegs[0] = strtok(rbuf, "/"), i = 0 ; (rsegs[i] = strtok(NULL, "/")) ; i++);
+
+   return rsegs;
+}
+
+// Count Segments
+int SegmentsLength (char **s)
+{
+   int r = 0;
+
+   if (!s) return 0;
+   while (s[r]) r++;
+
+   return r;
+}
+
+// free memory allocated by Segments
+void FreeSegments (char ***s)
+{
+   if (*s && **s) {
+      free(**s); // free string buffer
+      free(*s); // free array
+      *s = NULL;
+   }
+}
+
+// IsJustAKey returns true if the path is of the form <key> or /ipfs/<key>.
+int IsJustAKey (char *p)
+{
+   char **parts;
+   int ret = 0;
+   parts = Segments (p);
+   if (parts) {
+      if (SegmentsLength (parts) == 2 && strcmp (parts[0], "ipfs") == 0) ret++;
+      FreeSegments(&parts);
+   }
+   return ret;
+}
+
+// PopLastSegment returns a new Path without its final segment, and the final
+// segment, separately. If there is no more to pop (the path is just a key),
+// the original path is returned.
+int PopLastSegment (char *p, char **str)
+{
+   if (IsJustAKey(p)) return 0;
+   *str = strrchr(p, '/');
+   if (!*str) return -1; // error
+   **str = '\0';
+   *str++;
+   return 0;
+}
+
+char *PathFromSegments(char *prefix, char **seg)
+{
+   int retlen, i;
+   char *ret;
+
+   if (!prefix || !seg) return NULL;
+
+   retlen = strlen(prefix);
+   for (i = 0 ; seg[i] ; i++) {
+      retlen += strlen(seg[i]) + 1;
+   }
+
+   ret = malloc(retlen + 1);
+   if (!ret) return NULL;
+
+   strcpy(ret, prefix);
+   for (i = 0 ; seg[i] ; i++) {
+      strcat(ret, "/");
+      strcat(ret, seg[i]);
+   }
+   return ret;
+}
+
+int ParseCidToPath (char *dst, char *txt)
+{
+   char *c, *r;
+
+   if (!txt || txt[0] == '\0') return ErrNoComponents;
+
+   c = cidDecode(txt);
+
+   if (!c) {
+      return ErrCidDecode;
+   }
+
+   r = PathFromCid(c);
+   free(c);
+
+   if (!r) {
+      return ErrCidDecode;
+   }
+   strcpy (dst, r);
+   free (r);
+   return 0;
+}
+
+int ParsePath (char *dst, char *txt)
+{
+   int err, i;
+   char *c;
+
+   if (!txt || txt[0] == '\0') return ErrNoComponents;
+
+   if (*txt != '/' || strchr (txt+1, '/') == NULL) {
+      if (*txt == '/') {
+         txt++;
+      }
+      err = ParseCidToPath (dst+6, txt);
+      if (err == 0) {
+         memcpy (dst, "/ipfs/", 6);
+         return 0;
+      }
+      return err;
+   }
+
+   c = txt;
+   for (i = 0 ; (c = strchr(c, '/')) ; i++) c++;
+   if (i < 3) return ErrBadPath;
+
+   if (strcmp (txt, "/ipfs/") == 0) {
+      char buf[strlen(txt+5)];
+      strcpy (buf, txt+6); // copy to temp buffer.
+      c = strchr(buf, '/');
+      if (c) *c = '\0';
+      return ParseCidToPath(dst, buf);
+   } else if (strcmp (txt, "/ipns/") != 0) {
+      return ErrBadPath;
+   }
+   return 0;
+}
+
+int PathIsValid (char *p)
+{
+   char buf[4096];
+   return ParsePath(buf, p);
+}