simpleuid 0.1.3

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.

Installation

Install using PIP

pip install simpleUID

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

Usage

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 will take the same arguments, existing functions are:

Function	Args(with default)	Returns
string	length=6, prefix	6 character long string
integer	length=6, prefix	6 character long integer
password	length=8, prefix	10 character alphanumeric password with at least one lowercase character, at least one uppercase character, and at least three digits
database	cursor, method="string", length=6, prefix	6 character long string excl. prefix

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

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