uuid_shortener
uuid_shortener is a library for shortening UUIDs into an alphanumerical format suitable for usage in URLs.
The alphanumerical format is Flicker base 58 encoding.
Installation
from Pypi:
pip install uuid-shortener-py
Module usage
The UuidShortener object can be created with/without a prefix.
Example 1: without prefix
from uuid_shortener import UuidShortener
from uuid import uuid4
if __name__ == "__main__":
print('******** Without prefix')
shortener = UuidShortener()
uuid_4 = uuid4()
short_uuid = shortener.shorten(uuid_4)
unshortened_uuid = shortener.unshorten(short_uuid)
print(f'Uuid to shorten: {uuid_4}')
print(f'shortened uuid: {short_uuid}')
print(f'unshortened uuid(original uuid): {shortener.unshorten(short_uuid)}')Output 1:
******** Without prefix
Uuid to shorten: 177d1b53-77d5-42b2-8b8f-8d86579deb52
shortened uuid: 3Ueemi554rN46ioLFw3dZG
unshortened uuid(original uuid): 177d1b53-77d5-42b2-8b8f-8d86579deb52
Example 2: with prefix
from uuid_shortener import UuidShortener
from uuid import uuid4
if __name__ == "__main__":
print('******** With prefix')
shortener = UuidShortener('meow')
uuid_4 = uuid4()
short_uuid = shortener.shorten(uuid_4)
unshortened_uuid = shortener.unshorten(short_uuid)
print(f'Uuid to shorten: {uuid_4}')
print(f'shortened uuid: {short_uuid}')
print(f'unshortened uuid (original uuid): {shortener.unshorten(short_uuid)}')Output 2:
******** With prefix
Uuid to shorten: 2bea23d4-2b96-485d-8788-0c606ab93319
shortened uuid: meow-6qwbaCZnHtxJsj4uJTKJSV
unshortened uuid (original uuid): 2bea23d4-2b96-485d-8788-0c606ab93319
As an easy, one-way generator
from uuid_shortener import ShortUuidGenerator
from uuid import uuid4
if __name__ == "__main__":
print('******** Generator')
uuid_gen = ShortUuidGenerator(prefix='meow', uuid=uuid4)
print('Shortened uuid 1: {}'.format( uuid_gen() ))
print('Shortened uuid 2: {}'.format( uuid_gen() ))Output 3:
******** Generator
Shortened uuid 1: meow-9ubC52uXU1MM9PcrUMaNNc
Shortened uuid 2: meow-wqTnxvHfWzrPvREcVi5RAf
