# # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain # a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT # WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations # under the License. """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 magnum.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(random_bytes)[:12] return encoded.lower() def generate_id(): """Generate a short (12 character), random id.""" return get_id(uuid.uuid4())