From 325a150cc40e6233286248da6ca92760eb3d3190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Mowen <nickmowen213@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 08:15:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Use datetime as ID

---
 frigate/api/classification.py             |  6 ++----
 frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py | 10 +++-------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/api/classification.py b/frigate/api/classification.py
index 8f0fb6462..d0fcf775c 100644
--- a/frigate/api/classification.py
+++ b/frigate/api/classification.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 """Object classification APIs."""
 
+import datetime
 import logging
 import os
-import random
 import shutil
-import string
 
 import cv2
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request, UploadFile
@@ -120,8 +119,7 @@ def train_face(request: Request, name: str, body: dict = None):
         )
 
     sanitized_name = sanitize_filename(name)
-    rand_id = "".join(random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits, k=6))
-    new_name = f"{sanitized_name}-{rand_id}.webp"
+    new_name = f"{sanitized_name}-{datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()}.webp"
     new_file_folder = os.path.join(FACE_DIR, f"{sanitized_name}")
 
     if not os.path.exists(new_file_folder):
diff --git a/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py b/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py
index d91ab9b80..8fe47b23a 100644
--- a/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py
+++ b/frigate/data_processing/real_time/face.py
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import datetime
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import random
 import shutil
-import string
 from typing import Optional
 
 import cv2
@@ -343,11 +341,7 @@ class FaceRealTimeProcessor(RealTimeProcessorApi):
 
             return {"success": True, "score": score, "face_name": sub_label}
         elif topic == EmbeddingsRequestEnum.register_face.value:
-            rand_id = "".join(
-                random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits, k=6)
-            )
             label = request_data["face_name"]
-            id = f"{label}-{rand_id}"
 
             if request_data.get("cropped"):
                 thumbnail = request_data["image"]
@@ -376,7 +370,9 @@ class FaceRealTimeProcessor(RealTimeProcessorApi):
 
             # write face to library
             folder = os.path.join(FACE_DIR, label)
-            file = os.path.join(folder, f"{id}.webp")
+            file = os.path.join(
+                folder, f"{label}_{datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()}.webp"
+            )
             os.makedirs(folder, exist_ok=True)
 
             # save face image