NATS, encoded vs non-encoded URLS

**Deej** · 07-04-2008, 01:53 PM

can you not just replace the string?

and i do think theres a person or service that has done this...

**just a punk** · 07-04-2008, 02:00 PM

Originally posted by brandonstills

Is it encoded or encrypted? Meaning is it proprietary and can I do this, or am I forced to recreate my database with the unencoded URLs? Anyone know the format/algorithm for this?

Yes, it is. You have to base64decode it, replace the affiliate id then base64encode it again. It's very easy actually. Just don't forget to remove trailing "="'s from the encoded string.

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**brandonstills** · 07-04-2008, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by cyberxxx

Yes, it is. You have to base64decode it, replace the affiliate id then base64encode it again. It's very easy actually. Just don't forget to remove trailing "="'s from the encoded string.

Thanks, didn't realize it was so simple. What do the different fields mean?

From the encoded there's:
STRING, param1, param2, param3, param4

It looks like param 4 is the gallery id, what are the other ones? One of them is probably the campaign code I'm guessing.

Also, decoding the string results in 3 additional fields:
[param a]:[param b]:[param c]

What do these mean / correspond to?

**just a punk** · 07-04-2008, 02:31 PM

Originally posted by brandonstills

Thanks, didn't realize it was so simple. What do the different fields mean?

From the encoded there's:
STRING, param1, param2, param3, param4

It looks like param 4 is the gallery id, what are the other ones? One of them is probably the campaign code I'm guessing.

Also, decoding the string results in 3 additional fields:
[param a]:[param b]:[param c]

What do these mean / correspond to?

(affiliate id)

campaign id)

site id)

**brandonstills** · 07-04-2008, 02:39 PM

thanks

**peedy** · 07-05-2008, 10:52 AM

WTF? lol, now I know why I didn't become a programmer!

**GrouchyAdmin** · 07-05-2008, 12:37 PM

Don't forget that the encoded URLs generally use the database entry id, which is auto_increment. Basically, get the last value, pad it with =, as apropos (although PHP will base64_decode a stripped string/value), and just affil:campaign:site (plus optional 4 comma terminated)

**dfa** · 07-05-2008, 12:47 PM

but are there other reasons people choose the encoded rather than the unencoded? Is this some kind of security / fraud thing as well?

i was thinking about the same thing earlier...anyone know the answer?

NATS, encoded vs non-encoded URLS

NATS, encoded vs non-encoded URLS

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