Democritus Uuids

Democritus functions^[1] for working with uuids.

[1] Democritus functions are simple, effective, modular, well-tested, and well-documented Python functions.

We use d8s (pronounced "dee-eights") as an abbreviation for democritus (you can read more about this here).

Installation

pip install d8s-uuids

Usage

You import the library like:

from d8s_uuids import *

Once imported, you can use any of the functions listed below.

Functions

• def uuid4_examples(n: int = 10, *, uuids_as_strings: bool = True) -> Union[List[str], List[uuid.UUID]]:
      """Create n uuids."""
  

• def uuid4() -> str:
      """Create a random UUID."""
  

• def uuid3(name: str, *, namespace: Optional[uuid.UUID] = None) -> str:
      """Create a random uuid based on the given name."""
  

• def uuid5(name: str, *, namespace: Optional[uuid.UUID] = None) -> str:
      """Create a random uuid based on the given name."""
  

• def is_uuid(possible_uuid: Union[str, uuid.UUID], *, version: Optional[int] = None) -> bool:
      """Return whether or not the possible_uuid is a uuid."""
  

Development

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Credits

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