uuidutils¶

UUID related utilities and helper functions.

oslo_utils.uuidutils.generate_uuid(dashed=True)¶

Creates a random uuid string.

Parameters

dashed (bool) – Generate uuid with dashes or not

Returns

string

oslo_utils.uuidutils.is_uuid_like(val)¶

Returns validation of a value as a UUID.

Parameters

val (string) – Value to verify

Returns

bool

Changed in version 1.1.1: Support non-lowercase UUIDs.