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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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'