21-03-2015 08:12 PM
Hi,
Can anyone tell me what the format is of the absolute identifier (IDABS)? Is it a generated string or a different base? I tried quite a range of base conversions from 64 - 128.
Thanks!
Greg
I found this:
An absolute identifier is a string of characters associated with each object in the repository.
An absolute identifier provides a unique way to identify an object in the repository so that even if the object is renamed all the links to it are retained.
It is available though two properties:
Absolute identifier (also called idabs or _idabs)
Size: 12 char
Absolute identifier base 16 (also called hexaidabs or _hexaidabs)
Size: 16 char 16 base: each char is on of the following char.: 0123456789abcdef
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24-03-2015 03:55 PM
Thank you! I had just begun exploring the Toolkit class.
Thanks,
Greg
24-03-2015 03:51 PM
Hello
This algoryhm is not public
However, with the object MegaToolKit (available from MetaApplication or MegaCurrentEnvironment) useful functions are available
Example (VB script)
'get toolkit Set oToolKit = GetRoot.CurrentEnvironment.Toolkit 'get object and ID Set oObj = GetRoot.GetObjectFromId("~8rG5Ll188rS0[MEGA]") sID = oObj.GetId sID64 = oObj.GetProp("_idabs") sID16 = oObj.GetProp("_hexaidabs") 'convert sID16to64 = oToolkit.GetString64FromId(sID) ID64to16 = oToolkit.GetStringFromId(sID) 'generate valid ID sValidId = oToolkit.GenerateID sValidId64 = oToolkit.GetString64FromId(sValidId) sValidId16 = oToolkit.GetStringFromId(sValidId) Print "ID (base 64): " & sID64 Print "ID (base 16): " & sID16 Print "Get ID (base 64) from ID (base 16) :" & sID16to64 Print "Get ID (base 16) from ID (base 64) :" & ID64to16 Print "Valid ID (Base 64) : " & sValidId64 Print "Valid ID (Base 16) : " & sValidId16
23-03-2015 02:28 PM
Thank you.
We are not planning to generate our own. We are trying to understand the conversion from the HexIDABS to the character one.
Can you share the algorithm?
Thanks!
Greg
23-03-2015 11:07 AM
Hello gmarkow
Absolute identifier are generated by the MEGA/HOPEX platform only using a specific algorythm.
Do not try to generate it yourself: you could create a value considered as invalid.
Additional informations regarding absolute identifier