Best way to determine if the actual image has changed...

mattwright

I am wondering when the Serial item of images.get changes? I am trying to find the best way to determine if the actual image has changed. I started with LastUpdated, as it is available even for anonymous users, but it appears that will change when the image is simply moved between albums.

Now I am planning to use MD5Sum, hoping that will only change when the actual image file changes. That requires a login, which is ok, but not ideal.

The documentation for Serial wasn't extremely clear on what types of changes to the image would change this value: "The current revision of this image (or video)." Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks,

Matt

devbobo

Anything that actually modifies the image as opposed to the image metadata increments the serial number.

ie. rotating, cropping, applying color effects, replacing the image.

Cheers,

David

mattwright

great

devbobo wrote:

Anything that actually modifies the image as opposed to the image metadata increments the serial number.

ie. rotating, cropping, applying color effects, replacing the image.

Perfect -- thanks!