Consider using sequential ID with base64 encoded URLs for Person model/URLs

[brylie]

The Person model currently contains an id field which uses UUIDfor unique values. The reason UUID was chosen was so sequential IDs could be avoided in URLs. However, the UUID URLs are quite lengthy.

There may be a way to use the default, sequential ID field for users while adding Base64 encoding for URL parameter. The key functionality is that the URL should not be easy to guess from any given URL.

References

• https://dev.to/earthcomfy/django-reset-password-3k0l
• Similar to default auth URLs: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/auth/default/#using-the-views

[brylie]

Note, the UID b64 converter is used specifically for user IDs. There doesn't seem to be a general purpose base 64 path converter: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/http/urls/#path-converters