Find an assets UUID


(Rhys) #1

Squiz Matrix v6.40.0

Hi All

Apologies if this if obvious, I have checked the docs, and this forum

How can I find an assets UUID

They only seem to appear if an asset does not have a URL

How do I find them now

On the preview screen of an asset without a URL you will get the warning

Warning This asset has no URL applied. The URL used for this preview is “https://www.example.au/?external-uuid=c626fbea-7288-4799-8741-bb0e7e4daa63”.

If that asset gets a url, that id is still usable with the ?external-uuid= appended to a URL

You can also search matrix for that UUID to find that asset

Why do I want to find them

I have a lot of assets that don’t have URLs being cached in search results

Id like to use an asset listing to list them all

how can I find an assets UUID

is there a keyword or modified key word for UUID

Does matrix generate them using the asset_id as a ‘seed’ or something

Thank you