b64uuid

A small library and tool to encode/decode a python UUID object to/from a 22 characters shorter URL safe base64 string.
We can use it to make UUID string a little shorter.
Installation
Check https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/ for more details.
Command Line Usage
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Make a random short ID
$ b64uuid
bxntPh4PSA6-OMDfBXMLhQ
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Short ID from UUID
$ b64uuid -u 2863a16d-b6ae-45a2-9d74-98d20377d56a
KGOhbbauRaKddJjSA3fVag
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Short ID to UUID
$ b64uuid -s KGOhbbauRaKddJjSA3fVag
2863a16d-b6ae-45a2-9d74-98d20377d56a
Library Usage
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Shorten UUID string
>>> from uuid import uuid1
>>> from b64uuid import B64UUID
>>>
>>> uid = uuid1()
>>> str(uid)
'cb6e319c-d793-11ea-9619-1cb72cde3f7f'
>>> bid = B64UUID(uid)
>>> str(bid)
'y24xnNeTEeqWGRy3LN4_fw'
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Generate a new short ID
>>> from b64uuid import B64UUID
>>>
>>> B64UUID().string
'Ft018l4aTwalxqDHMQoqTQ'
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Restore UUID from short ID
>>> 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
CONTRIBUTING
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Changelog
v0.1
AUTHORS