There's a typemap problem between const uint8_t* and target-language strings, but I can create parsers in python and php.

src/bindings/swig/hammer.i

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 %module hammer
 
+%include "typemaps.i"
+%include "stdint.i"
+
+ // All the include paths are relative to the build, i.e., ../../. If you need to build these manually (i.e., not with scons), keep that in mind.
 %{
 #include "allocator.h"
 #include "hammer.h"
@@ -8,4 +12,5 @@
 %include "allocator.h"
 %include "hammer.h"
 
+%apply const char* { const uint8_t* }