Python UUID
>>> import uuid >>> # make a random UUID >>> uuid.uuid4() UUID('bd65600d-8669-4903-8a14-af88203add38') >>> # Convert a UUID to a string of hex digits in standard form >>> str(uuid.uuid4()) 'f50ec0b7-f960-400d-91f0-c42a6d44e3d0' >>> # Convert a UUID to a 32-character hexadecimal string >>> uuid.uuid4().hex '9fe2c4e93f654fdbb24c02b15259716c'