longConvert

Converts an ID to the signed long integer representation used internally

Request: requestType is longConvert id is the numerical ID, in decimal form but equivalent to an 8-byte unsigned integer as produced by SHA-256 hashing

Response:

(S) stringID is the numerical ID (S) longID is the signed long integer (8-bytes) representation of the ID used internally, returned as a string (N) requestProcessingTime is the API request processing time (in millisec)

Note: Java does not support unsigned integers, so any unsigned ID (such as a block ID) visible in the BRS client is represented internally as a signed integer.

Example:

Request:

http://localhost:801/BEAM?requestType=longConvert&id=16922903237994405232

Response:

{ “stringId”: “16922903237994405232”, “requestProcessingTime”: 0, “longId”: “-1523840835715146384” }