uuidutils

UUID related utilities and helper functions.

Added in version 1.1.

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.