In <[email protected]> Richard
<[email protected]> writes:
> I want to create a URL-safe unique ID for URL's.
> Currently I use:
> url_id = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(url)
> >>> base64.urlsafe_b64encode('docs.python.org/library/uuid.html')
> 'ZG9jcy5weXRob24ub3JnL2xpYnJhcnkvdXVpZC5odG1s'
> I would prefer more concise ID's.
> What do you recommend? - Compression?
Does the ID need to contain all the information necessary to recreate the
original URL?
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