From 4e502a71fbb7708ee8484830f4cf36053b634617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sumanjeet0012 <sumanjeet0012@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:04:39 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: expose code property on Encoder class

---
 multibase/multibase.py  | 10 ++++++++++
 tests/test_multibase.py |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/multibase/multibase.py b/multibase/multibase.py
index 9447cbb..fad89cc 100644
--- a/multibase/multibase.py
+++ b/multibase/multibase.py
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ def __init__(self, encoding):
         self.encoding = encoding
         self._codec = ENCODINGS_LOOKUP[encoding]
 
+    @property
+    def code(self) -> bytes:
+        """
+        The multibase prefix byte for this encoding.
+
+        :return: prefix byte
+        :rtype: bytes
+        """
+        return self._codec.code
+
     def encode(self, data):
         """
         Encode data using this encoder's encoding.
diff --git a/tests/test_multibase.py b/tests/test_multibase.py
index 77bad99..a31e024 100644
--- a/tests/test_multibase.py
+++ b/tests/test_multibase.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ def test_encoder_class():
     """Test Encoder class."""
     encoder = Encoder("base64")
     assert encoder.encoding == "base64"
+    assert encoder.code == b"m"
 
     encoded = encoder.encode("hello")
     assert encoded.startswith(b"m")