zun/higgins/common/short_id.py
Sheel Rana 1f26d590a4 Added common utilities
This patchset contains some common utilities like
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yaml load.

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"""Utilities for creating short ID strings based on a random UUID.
The IDs each comprise 12 (lower-case) alphanumeric characters.
"""
import base64
import uuid
import six
from higgins.common.i18n import _
def _to_byte_string(value, num_bits):
"""Convert an integer to a big-endian string of bytes with padding.
Padding is added at the end (i.e. after the least-significant bit) if
required.
"""
shifts = six.moves.xrange(num_bits - 8, -8, -8)
byte_at = lambda off: (value >> off if off >= 0 else value << -off) & 0xff
return ''.join(chr(byte_at(offset)) for offset in shifts)
def get_id(source_uuid):
"""Derive a short (12 character) id from a random UUID.
The supplied UUID must be a version 4 UUID object.
"""
if isinstance(source_uuid, six.string_types):
source_uuid = uuid.UUID(source_uuid)
if source_uuid.version != 4:
raise ValueError(_('Invalid UUID version (%d)') % source_uuid.version)
# The "time" field of a v4 UUID contains 60 random bits
# (see RFC4122, Section 4.4)
random_bytes = _to_byte_string(source_uuid.time, 60)
# The first 12 bytes (= 60 bits) of base32-encoded output is our data
encoded = base64.b32encode(six.b(random_bytes))[:12]
if six.PY3:
return encoded.lower().decode('utf-8')
else:
return encoded.lower()
def generate_id():
"""Generate a short (12 character), random id."""
return get_id(uuid.uuid4())