Relying on content ID - ls/sp

Masters,

I have few DCR's in one evnironment(DEV), once deployed to LSCS, I'm planning to retrieve it using lscs rest based api from lscs repository. for ex:
[php]http://xxxx:1876/lscs/v1/document/id/85939e4e44d167a4388e44a4ca7957ab[/php]

My question is can I depend on the ID i'm using when I migrate the DCR's to other environment (Prod/QA). If yes then what happens if some editor delete's the DCR's and creates a new DCR which gets a new ID. Should I go by something like below? Here I see the scenario of what if there are some junk/unused/test/corrupted DCR's available. The below query definetely pulls all matching documents and I can loop through get the ID to query back DCR independently.

[php]http://xxxxx:1876/lscs/v1/document?q=TeamSite/Templating/DCR/Type Smiley Tongue

roduct*[/php]

Any suggestions/questions/concerns/best practices are all appreciated.

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Adam Stoller

Do not rely on vendor internally generated IDs.
They can, and I believe do, differ from server to server.
If you want to use an ID - add your own ID field (EA or content field) that you have control over.

sheikh1

Do not rely on vendor internally generated IDs.
They can, and I believe do, differ from server to server.
If you want to use an ID - add your own ID field (EA or content field) that you have control over.

That's a great idea. btw I'm glad that support able to resolve your new site creation issue in short time.

Rick Poulin

If you want to use an ID - add your own ID field (EA or content field) that you have control over.

And you only need this if you explicitly want IDs for whatever reason.. Your unique identifier can just as well be the area relative path.

sheikh1

And you only need this if you explicitly want IDs for whatever reason.. Your unique identifier can just as well be the area relative path.

Thanks guys.
That's correct. Having a unique variable is helpful when there are any promo's/campaigns, otherwise I don't see further better options to uniquely identify a DCR type and catch the correct DCR to read its contents.