brain:// Links

Local links to a thought take the following format:

brain://server-domain/brain-id/thought-id/HumanReadableName

• server-domain is optional if excluded, the default server will be assumed
• brain-id is may be excluded if the link is coming from inside of the same brain
• thought-id must always be included
• HumanReadbleName is ignored and is only added for convenience - it need not match the actual thought name

IDs are in “Short GUID” format. To convert these IDs to standard GUIDs such as those found in the JSON export, the following code can be used:

public static string ToShortGuid(this Guid newGuid) {
	string modifiedBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(newGuid.ToByteArray())
		.Replace('+', '-').Replace('/', '_') // avoid invalid URL characters
		.Substring(0, 22);
	return modifiedBase64;
}

public static Guid ParseShortGuid(this string shortGuid) {
	string base64 = shortGuid.Replace('-', '+').Replace('_', '/') + "==";
	Byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(base64);
	return new Guid(bytes);
}