[development] Is there a module that ......

[Andrew Berry]

There is also URL Access: http://drupal.org/project/url_access

Same idea, but never really fleshed it out as the client changed their mind.

--Andrew

On 2010-11-08, at 6:24 AM, Chris Skene wrote:

> There is a module waiting for approval on Drupal.org that creates direct links to nodes and users based on a UUID assigned by the   UUID module, in the form example.com/uuid/xxx-xxx-xxx etc.
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> http://drupal.org/node/894786
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> On 08/11/2010, at 10:16 PM, Greenman wrote:
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>> Hi Folks
>> 
>> I use this pattern often, but have not found a module that does it, so I could just not know the correct name for things. 
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>> * Create a unique key, normally an MD5 hash
>> * assign a set of data to the key and store this in the DB
>> * Create a url with this key in it
>> * When someone visits this url, load my stored data and do a bunch of things
>> 
>> I use this for obfuscated action urls, transactions and various other things, and keep doubting that I am the only one doing this. The url bit of this is just a use case, the main functionality I find myself building is the tool to create and retrieve datasets. 
>> 
>> Any existing module for this ? 
>> 
>> Peter
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