simpleUID 1.1.3

A simple and intuitive Python package for generating unique IDs.

SimpleUID (unique ID) for Python

A simple and intuitive Python package for generating unique IDs.

This package helps developers by bringing them some "quality of life" features. Stop rewriting the same piece of code in every project.

Table of Contents

1. Installation
   • Install using PIP
2. Usage
3. Support
4. Maintainer
5. Contibruting
6. License

Installation

Install using PIP

pip install simpleUID

Note that pip refers to the Python 3 package manager. In an environment where Python 2 is also present the correct command may be pip3.

Usage

For a more detailed explaination, visit the documentation.

Import simpleUID:

import simpleUID

Create a random string:

simpleUID.string()

You can specify the string length and a prefix:

simpleUID.string(length=20, prefix='start')

All functions are:

Function	Functionality
string	Generates a random string.
integer	Generates a random integer.
password	Generates an alphanumeric password with at least one lowercase character, at least one uppercase character, and at least three digits.
bytes	Generates a random byte string.
hex	Generates a random byte string.
urlsafe	Generates a random byte string.
var	Generates a string based on an array of variables.
database	Generates a random ID using the string or integer functions, then it checks it's uniqueness against database.

Keep in mind that the prefix for the integer function should be of type int.

Cursor

Currently only SQL cursor objects are supported. If you encounter issues with other cursor objects, please create an issue on GitHub. The cursor argument should be a dictionairy structured like the example below:

#### SQL example
cursor = {
    "cursor": cursor,
    "table": "table_name",
    "column": "column_name"
}

#### MongoDB example
cursor = {
    "cursor": mongo_client["db"],
    "column": "column_name",
    "type": "mongo"
}

Max Length

The default maximum length has been set to 1000. This is to prevent unnecessary use of hardware resources. If for some reason this should be ignored, set ignore_max_length to True.

Support

If you found a problem with the software, please create an issue on GitHub.

Maintainer

This project is maintained by Wibo Kuipers.

Contributing

Your contributions are highly appreciated. Please create a pull request on GitHub. Bigger changes need to be discussed with the development team via the issues section at GitHub first.

License

MIT LICENSE