url as hash ? about hashids HOT 8 CLOSED

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Good question!
We are planning to use it in URL also.

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It depends. Using Hashids won't expose the user ID to the public. Though, if it is okay to expose the UUID or whatever you're using then there is no problem in using the that within the URL. It really depends on your solution and how you want to implement it.

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You can look at hashes as permalinks which can be persistent through time (ID's can change for some reason). ID can change if you have software upgrade which has changes to database structure. If you store hash in database you have some sort of persistence for existing records.
Hashes are "better looking":

• not incremental as ID's
• not so obviously "hackable" (you could add some sort of numeric salt to integer under it)

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I have a solid part I can use from my URL, as it comes from my database, I only need to shorten my URL this way.

I will use a uuidv4 as hash in my case.

That's why.

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Is someone willing to post an example as I'm confused using the example.

This using a uuid

Thanks!

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Maybe this helps shed some light? Considering UUID's are strings..

Do not encode strings. We've had several requests to add this feature — "it seems so easy to add". We will not add this feature for security purposes, doing so encourages people to encode sensitive data, like passwords. This is the wrong tool for that.

http://hashids.org/php/ [What not to do, bullet 2]

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I'm not sure I'm following this. Is this still an issue?

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Closing due to inactivity.

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