Both ipdb_link and ipdb_id come from the machines endpoint. From a database perspective, those two fields are basically interchangeable - meaning we don't need both of them. The hyperlink to ipdb can be easily constructed using only the ipdb_id. Having a separate field with the full hyperlink is unnecessary.
I have no plans to remove ipdb_link from the database - though doing so would slightly increase the requests! But just in case we remove it at some point, let's just replace ipdb_link with ipdb_id in our code. I'm going to do the same on the website.
RyanTG
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1 year ago
Both ipdb_link and ipdb_id come from the machines endpoint. From a database perspective, those two fields are basically interchangeable - meaning we don't need both of them. The hyperlink to ipdb can be easily constructed using only the ipdb_id. Having a separate field with the full hyperlink is unnecessary.
I have no plans to remove ipdb_link from the database - though doing so would slightly increase the requests! But just in case we remove it at some point, let's just replace ipdb_link with ipdb_id in our code. I'm going to do the same on the website.