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  • MarkShnier__You's avatar
    MarkShnier__You
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    5 years ago
    np


    a=dr. This means Action = Display Record
    r=c9 this means to display the record c9, but the c9 I think is base 64 encoded.

    often you see

    &rid=123

    that means to act on record ID 123. 

    When it just says r and not rid, then it expects Base 64 encoding. 




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    • AustinK's avatar
      AustinK
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      5 years ago
      Quick Base is using a proprietary(afaik) base 32 encoding of some sort. The command itself is QB32Encode to find the r when you just have the rid.

      Base 64 encode 500 = NTAw

      Base 32 encode 500 = GUYDA===

      QB32 encode 500 = rw

      I assume this is just like a URL friendly version of some type of encoding. But I really have no clue why it was done in this way.

      Fun fact(disclaimer: fact may not be fun) I found when messing with this is Quick Base actually does have a limit on the number they will convert using this function and the limit is 5000000000000000000. After 19 numbers it spits out only "-a" as a result.