Use alphanumeric API tokens instead of ints

src/api/api_server.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from src.engines.engine_manager import EngineManager
 from src.render_queue import RenderQueue, JobNotFoundError
 from src.utilities.config import Config
 from src.utilities.misc_helper import system_safe_path, current_system_os, current_system_cpu, \
-    current_system_os_version
+    current_system_os_version, num_to_alphanumeric
 from src.utilities.server_helper import generate_thumbnail_for_job
 from src.utilities.zeroconf_server import ZeroconfServer
 
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ def jobs_json():
     try:
         hash_token = request.args.get('token', None)
         all_jobs = [x.json() for x in RenderQueue.all_jobs()]
-        job_cache_token = str(json.dumps(all_jobs).__hash__())
-
+        job_cache_int = int(json.dumps(all_jobs).__hash__())
+        job_cache_token = num_to_alphanumeric(job_cache_int)
         if hash_token and hash_token == job_cache_token:
             return [], 204  # no need to update
         else:

src/utilities/misc_helper.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 import shutil
 import socket
+import string
 import subprocess
 from datetime import datetime
 
@@ -156,3 +157,19 @@ def is_localhost(comparison_hostname):
         return comparison_hostname == local_hostname
     except AttributeError:
         return False
+
+
+def num_to_alphanumeric(num):
+    # List of possible alphanumeric characters
+    characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
+
+    # Make sure number is positive
+    num = abs(num)
+
+    # Convert number to alphanumeric
+    result = ""
+    while num > 0:
+        num, remainder = divmod(num, len(characters))
+        result += characters[remainder]
+
+    return result[::-1]  # Reverse the result to get the correct alphanumeric string