Re: Using UUIDs in the URL

Richard Frovarp schrieb:
> Is there a way to call a page via it's UUID from a
browser? My issue is
> that we translate from UUIDs to URLs when a page is
being edited.

That's a very good point.

> If an
> object being targeted (image or link) changes path
while the page is
> being edited, it then becomes lost. Links really don't
matter if they
> are left as lenya-document as they aren't rendered.
However, images need
> to be rendered. If there is some way of accessing a
document via HTTP
> using it's UUID, a pre-processing instruction can be
put in to handle
> creating those URLs, and things will be good.

We should certainly introduce such a URL space. It will also
be helpful
for debugging. Should we use a particular prefix, or does
the UUID space
itself provide enough safety from name clashes?

  ///.png

In theory, this would be sufficient:

- It is very unlikely to have a URL with this syntax which
is
  not a UUID.

- If the "natural" URL space uses UUIDs, there is
no risk for clashes
  because UUIDs are unique.

The problem is that we'd need to check if a document with
this
UUID exists for each call which matches

  ///????????-????-????-????-????????????

to avoid masking the "natural" URL space of the
publication.
Considering this, it might make sense to use a particular
prefix, e.g.:

  ///lenya-uuid/.png

WDYT?

-- Andreas


-- 
Andreas Hartmann, CTO
BeCompany GmbH
http://www.becompany.ch


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