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Used Guid Reporting

Ever wondered if that that GUID you're about to use has already been consumed?

No.

Well you should. Check the twitter feed - twitter.com/UsedGuid, and start reporting your usage of GUIDs. It's the right thing to do.

Throw away those old paper based systems.

Nick's complete post on this.

Web Site

http://usedguids.apphb.com/

API endpoint

http://usedguids.apphb.com/api/UsedGuid

Usage

1. Supply the guid you would like to use/reserve.
2. Get a response

• Either
  • 200 ok, you're set.
  • 4xx, 5xx something went wrong, see the response message.

Curl

curl http://usedguids.apphb.com/api/UsedGuid \
    -d Guid="64b798cb-1013-48bb-8f30-474e35fbba7a" \
    -d UsedBy="CurlTest" \

Tech

ASP.NET Web API on AppHarbor, TweetSharp Nuget package

More Usage Samples

Message Sample (e.g. fiddler)

Header:

Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
Host: usedguids.apphb.com

Request Body:

{ "Guid":"64b798cb-1013-48bb-8f30-474e35fbba7a" , "UsedBy":"Your Name" }

jQuery ajax post exmaple:

    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        dataType: 'json',
        contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
        url: 'http://usedguids.apphb.com/api/UsedGuid',
        data: JSON.stringify({ Guid: '*your_guid*', UsedBy: '*your_name*' })
    });