Answers.Body: <p>MattWire has done an extension <a href="https://github.com/mattwire/uk.co.mjwconsult.checksum" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/mattwire/uk.co.mjwconsult.checksum</a> which indicates you can send a checksum via an external mail system - but you would be needing to copy/paste a different checksum for each and every contact you are sending to</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>A checksum isn't store anywhere until it is <em>generated</em>. So there is no way to export them (like from a report), you should generate them first. The checksum is apparently made up from the contact hash and some things like an expiry date.</p>
  
  <p>More here
  <a href="https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/381/how-do-contact-hashes-work-and-how-do-i-keep-them-secure">How do contact hashes work, and how do I keep them secure?</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>There is an API which checks a checksum specifically from online pages, that might help you? You can find it here : <a href="https://civicrm.org/extensions/validate-checksum-api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://civicrm.org/extensions/validate-checksum-api</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>Is it possible to export a checksum?  This is an essential step to using a range of external services - alternate bulk email(Mail Chimp),  QR code creation for name tags, etc.</p>
  
  <p>But checksum does not appear as a field for exporting.  Is there an alternate method for either generating the checksum or exporting it?</p>
  
Tags: <export><checksum>
Title: Export Checksum
ThreadText: # Export Checksum
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-22)
  
  Is it possible to export a checksum? This is an essential step to using a range of external services - alternate bulk email(Mail Chimp), QR code creation for name tags, etc.
  
  But checksum does not appear as a field for exporting. Is there an alternate method for either generating the checksum or exporting it?
  
  **Tags:** export, checksum
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-03-15. Score: 1
  
  MattWire has done an extension <https://github.com/mattwire/uk.co.mjwconsult.checksum> which indicates you can send a checksum via an external mail system - but you would be needing to copy/paste a different checksum for each and every contact you are sending to
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-13. Score: 1
  
  A checksum isn't store anywhere until it is *generated*. So there is no way to export them (like from a report), you should generate them first. The checksum is apparently made up from the contact hash and some things like an expiry date.
  
  More here
  [How do contact hashes work, and how do I keep them secure?](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/381/how-do-contact-hashes-work-and-how-do-i-keep-them-secure)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-03-15. Score: 0
  
  There is an API which checks a checksum specifically from online pages, that might help you? You can find it here : <https://civicrm.org/extensions/validate-checksum-api>
  
  
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