Recent snippets posted on Snipplr.com https://snipplr.com/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:12:51 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/23226/flickr--generate-flickr-shortened-url <p>A short photo id is a base58 conversion of the photo id. Base58 is like base62 [0-9a-zA-Z] with some characters removed to make it less confusing when printed. (namely 0, O, I, and l). So that leaves an alphabet of: 123456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ</p> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:52:44 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/23226/flickr--generate-flickr-shortened-url