the situation: i download every post i favourite on my account for redundancy as posts are semi frequently deleted, but only now i have realized that in my (unsorted) database of downloaded posts, i wouldn't actually be able to compare deleted posts to locally downloaded ones for ease of access without the help of MD5 as i have not changed any filenames.

is it possible to retrieve a hash from a deleted post so that i can find it in my local storage? i want to state that i'm not attempting to circumvent viewing deleted posts if such a thing is even possible.

Quick hack: just add .json to the post you want to see the MD5 of.
https://e621.net/posts/3498197 -> https://e621.net/posts/3498197.json

hexen said:
Quick hack: just add .json to the post you want to see the MD5 of.
https://e621.net/posts/3498197 -> https://e621.net/posts/3498197.json

thanks, this answered my problem! it is a little tedious to go through many deleted posts and append .json but i dont think there are any alternatives.

chiff0nism said:
thanks, this answered my problem! it is a little tedious to go through many deleted posts and append .json but i dont think there are any alternatives.

If they're all results for the same search query you can use posts.json

https://e621.net/posts.json?tags=fav:Chiff0nism%20status%3Adeleted

Or https://e621.net/posts.json?tags=id:123,456%20status:any. You can pass up to 100 ids like this. Also works with the md5 parameter.

Wow, thanks for this tip! Not sure I'd need it but that sounds pretty cool. Does the JSON have stuff like description? *checks*

{"post":{"id":#######,"created_at":"YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS-TZ:00","updated_at":"YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS-TZ:00","file":{"width":xxx,"height":yyy,"ext":"EXT","size":#####,"md5":"hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh","url":null},"preview":{"width":xxx,"height":yyy,"url":null},"sample":{"has":false,"height":xxx,"width":yyy,"url":null,"alternates":{}},"score":{"up":#,"down":#,"total":#},"tags":{"general":["feral","gynomorph","intersex","male","video_games"],"species":["eevee","eeveelution","pokémon_(species)"],"character":[],"copyright":["nintendo","pokémon"],"artist":[],"invalid":[],"lore":[],"meta":["low_res"]},"locked_tags":[],"change_seq":########,"flags":{"pending":false,"flagged":false,"note_locked":false,"status_locked":false,"rating_locked":false,"comment_disabled":false,"deleted":true},"rating":"s","fav_count":1,"sources":[],"pools":[],"relationships":{"parent_id":null,"has_children":false,"has_active_children":false,"children":[]},"approver_id":null,"uploader_id":#######,"description":"Descriptive text","comment_count":1,"is_favorited":false,"has_notes":false,"duration":null}}

Yes it does! :)
I removed the unique details to prevent abuse, but those are the fields. That's actually some very useful information.