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uuid

128-bit UUIDs. Supports versions 1, 3, 4, 5 from RFC 4122 and versions 6, 7, 8 from RFC 9562 (added in 3.14).

Source-of-record: Lib/uuid.py, uuid docs.

Constructors​

FunctionVersion
uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=None)Time-based.
uuid3(namespace, name)MD5 name hash.
uuid4()Random.
uuid5(namespace, name)SHA-1 name hash.
uuid6(node=None, clock_seq=None) (3.14+)Reordered v1.
uuid7() (3.14+)Unix-time + random.
uuid8(a=None, b=None, c=None) (3.14+)Custom.
UUID(hex=None, bytes=None, bytes_le=None, fields=None, int=None, version=None, *, is_safe=SafeUUID.unknown)Parse / build.

Attributes​

bytes, bytes_le, fields, time_low, time_mid, time_hi_version, clock_seq_hi_variant, clock_seq_low, node, time, clock_seq, hex, int, urn, variant, version, is_safe.

Namespaces​

NAMESPACE_DNS, NAMESPACE_URL, NAMESPACE_OID, NAMESPACE_X500.

Variant constants​

RESERVED_NCS, RFC_4122, RESERVED_MICROSOFT, RESERVED_FUTURE.

SafeUUID.safe, unsafe, unknown.

Gopy status​

AreaState
Versions 1, 3, 4, 5Complete.
Versions 6, 7, 8 (3.14)Complete.
MAC discovery (getnode)Complete.

Reference​

  • CPython 3.14: uuid.
  • Lib/uuid.py.
  • module/uuid/. gopy port.
  • RFC 4122, RFC 9562.