snowflake-util
A Python library for generating Discord, Twitter, Instagram and custom snowflakes.
A snowflake is a unique identifier for a resource that includes, among other things, a timestamp of when such a snowflake was created. Snowflakes are used by Twitter, Discord or Instagram. They were created by Twitter in 2010.
Developed by TheMultii (c) 2022-present
Installing
# Linux/macOS
python3 -m pip install -U snowflake-util
# Windows
py -3 -m pip install -U snowflake-util
Examples of How To Use
Creating a custom snowflake
from datetime import datetime
import snowflake
config = snowflake.SnowflakeConfig(
epoch=snowflake.Epoch.discord, # or Unix timestamp in milliseconds with maximum length of 13 digits.
leading_bit=False,
timestamp_length=42,
param1_length=5,
param2_length=5,
sequence_length=12
)
SnowClass = snowflake.Snowflake(config)
custom_snowflake = SnowClass.generate_snowflake(param1=11, param2=3, sequence=753)
custom_snowflake_TS = SnowClass.generate_snowflake(param1=14, param2=9, sequence=357, date=datetime(2021, 8, 8, 8, 8, 0, 0))
print(custom_snowflake, SnowClass.parse_snowflake(custom_snowflake))
print(custom_snowflake_TS, SnowClass.parse_snowflake(custom_snowflake_TS))
Creating a Discord snowflake
SnowClass = snowflake.Snowflake()
discord_snowflake = SnowflakeClass.generate_discord_snowflake(worker=5, process=5, sequence=222, date=datetime(2022, 1, 1, 16, 15, 0, 0))
print(y, SnowflakeClass.parse_discord_snowflake(discord_snowflake))
Creating a Twitter snowflake
SnowClass = snowflake.Snowflake()
twitter_snowflake = SnowflakeClass.generate_twitter_snowflake(machine=333, sequence=666, date=datetime(2022, 1, 1, 16, 15, 0, 0))
print(y, SnowflakeClass.parse_twitter_snowflake(twitter_snowflake))
Creating an Instagram snowflake
SnowClass = snowflake.Snowflake()
instagram_snowflake = SnowflakeClass.generate_instagram_snowflake(shard=1605, sequence=420, date=datetime(2020, 6, 11, 8 ,13))
print(y, SnowflakeClass.parse_instagram_snowflake(instagram_snowflake))
IMPORTANT INFO:
- Generating any snowflakes does not require sending the date as an argument - the snowflake will be generated based on the current time.
-
snowflake.SnowflakeConfig
is not required if you want to use any of the ready-made templates for generating/reading snowflakes (Twitter, Discord, Instagram) - You can edit and read the current configuration settings using the
Snowflake.set_config()
andSnowflake.get_config()
methods. - All methods are documented in the code.
- The
leading_bit
is used by Twitter to generate snowflakes. - For custom configuration, sum of
leading_bit, timestamp_length, param1_length, param2_length, sequence_length
must be exactly 64. - Snowflakes can only be generated for dates that are after the set epoch.
- There must be a 64-bit representation for each snowflake.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_ID
- https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/a/2010/announcing-snowflake
License
MIT