Universal ID about anime-offline-database HOT 6 CLOSED

I know I'm butting in here, but honestly I don't there are other databases as complete as the ones already listed.

from anime-offline-database.

Hi @thoughtsunificator,
I am not entirely sure if I get what your intention is here. You'd like to add an ID to link two entries? If two different sites such as kitsu and mal have a link in the source property of the same entry they represent the same anime. Related anime property works the same way.

Actually there was a UUID for each entry when I started this project. However this proved to be an obstacle. Since I provide weekly updates and there are quite a lot of changes in the databases of mal, kitsu and the rest, it would make the merge process very complex and intense if I wanted to keep static IDs.
That's why I removed the UUID and I don't plan to add it again, because I don't see any necessity for it. The ID for each anime is the URL(s) in the source.

from anime-offline-database.

@thoughtsunificator did I understand your question correctly? Did this answer your question?

from anime-offline-database.

I was thinking of an ID that would stick and could be reused later to identify an anime. I am not sure how to explain that but currently that's not how it works I guess since it's only an array of objects unless the order never changes you cannot identify an entry.

from anime-offline-database.

So I got your question right. I already explained why I wouldn't add such an ID again.
Maybe you can tell us about what you want to achieve using that ID and maybe we can help you with a solution based on the the current format of the database.

Example: If you work specifically with MAL in some way you already have a MAL ID. For Death Note that would be 1535. Or even the whole URL: https://myanimelist.net/anime/1535. The URL can be used as an identifier for this anime within the database. Same goes for each URL in the source. You just have to check for the entry which contains that link. The order doesn't matter.

from anime-offline-database.

There was no activity here, so I assume it is not relevant anymore. Therefore I close this issue.

from anime-offline-database.