Canoncial way to retrieve the IntID of an content object based on Dexterity

Question

The five.intid documentation states the following pattern for retrieving the IntID for an object:

from five.intid import site
intids = site.get_intids(app.plone)
intid_obj = intids.getId(app.plone.restrictedTraverse('path/to/object')

Is this the canoncical way also in Plone or is there some helper/utility method available wrapping the code above?

Just to note: Are you sure you want to use intids? Last time I asked similar question I got answers intids are not totally supported and you should avoid them... — Mikko Ohtamaa, Aug 15 '12 at 08:39
@MikkoOhtamaa: it's more that intids have, in the past, caused some problems for us, especially when used in combination with relationships. I've ironed out a few wrinkles since then. — Martijn Pieters, Aug 15 '12 at 09:21
What is the usecase? IntIds were originally intended for Zope 3, where the object could be retrieved directly without destroying the acquisition chain; in Z2 it needs to store paths too just to be able to rebuild the context, so you could just use paths yourself instead of an intid. — Martijn Pieters, Aug 15 '12 at 14:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '12 at 09:25

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I always use:

from zope.component import getUtility
from zope.intid.interfaces import IIntIds

intid = getUtility(IIntIds).getId(object)

as the intid utility is registered with the local component manager.

answered Aug 15 '12 at 09:25

Martijn Pieters

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