# Using Gramps Web API for adding new information

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**Category:** Gramps Web\
**Created:** [October 10, 2025, 7:22am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/using-gramps-web-api-for-adding-new-information/8652 "2025-10-10T07:22:40Z")\
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Gramps (for desktops) encodes a creation timestamp to ensure unique handles.

There is [a discussion about decoding handles in another thread](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/handle-and-change-columns-in-sqlite-export/986).

I do not know if Gramps Web follows the same approach. So this may not apply if the Gramps Web frontend is determining the handle.

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