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This library provides an enhancement to the KSUID identifier first proposed and used by Segment.io, whose reference implementation exists here:
https://github.com/segmentio/ksuid
This library extends the KSUID specification as the PKSUID
specification
with a prefix, inspired by the Stripe prefixed IDs, such as txn_1032HU2eZvKYlo2CEPtcnUvl
.
This in turn makes it easy for developers to see at a glance the underlying type of the resource that the identifier refers to, and makes for easier reading/tracing of resources in various locations, such as log files.
The package is available on PyPi, simply install with:
pip install pksuid
This package is tested working with Python 3.6+
An example of how to use this library is as follows:
from pksuid import PKSUID
# generate a new unique identifier with the prefix usr
uid = PKSUID('usr')
# returns 'usr_24OnhzwMpa4sh0NQmTmICTYuFaD'
print(uid)
# returns: usr
print(uid.get_prefix())
# returns: 1643510623
print(uid.get_timestamp())
# returns: 2022-01-30 02:43:43
print(uid.get_datetime())
# returns: b'\x81>*\xccDJT\xf1\xbe\xa9\xf3&\xe8\xa5\xb2\xc1'
print(uid.get_payload())
# convert from a str representation back to PKSUID
uid_from_string = PKSUID.parse('usr_24OnhzwMpa4sh0NQmTmICTYuFaD')
# this can now be used as usual
# returns: 1643510623
print(uid_from_string.get_timestamp())
# conversion to and parsing from bytes is also possible
uid_as_bytes = uid.bytes()
uid_from_bytes = PKSUID.parse_bytes(uid_as_bytes)
# returns: 2022-01-30 02:43:43
print(uid_from_bytes.get_datetime())
# all the standard comparison operators are available
import time
ts = int(time.time())
lesser_uid, greater_uid = PKSUID('usr', timestamp = ts), PKSUID('usr', timestamp=ts + 5)
# returns True
print(lesser_uid < greater_uid)
# except for the case of equivalence operators (eq, ne), the prefix is not taken into account when comparing
prefixed_uid_1, prefixed_uid_2 = PKSUID('diff', timestamp = ts), PKSUID('prefix', timestamp=ts + 5)
# returns True
print(prefixed_uid_1 < prefixed_uid_2)
Run the unit tests with poetry run pytest
.
FAQs
Python package for generating prefixed ksuids.
We found that pksuid demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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