b64uuid¶

A small Python library and command-line tool to encode/decode UUID to/from a 22 characters shorter URL safe base64 string.

We can use it to make UUID string a little shorter.

Installation¶

Installing from PyPI:
```
pip install b64uuid
```
Installing from a local src tree:
```
pip install .
```
or
```
python setup.py install
```

Check https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages for more details.

Command Line Usages¶

Make a random short ID
```
$ b64uuid
bxntPh4PSA6-OMDfBXMLhQ
```

Short ID from UUID

$ b64uuid -u 2863a16d-b6ae-45a2-9d74-98d20377d56a
KGOhbbauRaKddJjSA3fVag

Short ID to UUID

$ b64uuid -s KGOhbbauRaKddJjSA3fVag
2863a16d-b6ae-45a2-9d74-98d20377d56a

Library Usages¶

Make a random short ID

>>> from b64uuid import B64UUID
>>>
>>> B64UUID().string
'Ft018l4aTwalxqDHMQoqTQ'

Short ID from UUID

>>> from uuid import uuid1
>>> from b64uuid import B64UUID
>>>
>>> uid = uuid1()
>>> str(uid)
'cb6e319c-d793-11ea-9619-1cb72cde3f7f'
>>> bid = B64UUID(uid)
>>> str(bid)
'y24xnNeTEeqWGRy3LN4_fw'

Short ID to UUID

>>> from uuid import uuid1
>>> from b64uuid import B64UUID
>>>
>>> uid = uuid1()
>>> uid.hex
'95327416d79411ea96191cb72cde3f7f'
>>> short_id = B64UUID(uid).string
>>> short_id
'lTJ0FteUEeqWGRy3LN4_fw'
>>> B64UUID(short_id).uuid.hex
'95327416d79411ea96191cb72cde3f7f'