TypeIDs are a modern, type-safe, globally unique identifier based on the upcoming UUIDv7 standard. They provide a ton of nice properties that make them a great choice as the primary identifiers for your data in a database, APIs, and distributed systems. Read more about TypeIDs in their spec.

This particular implementation provides an pip package that can be used by any Python project.

• PyPI:

  pip install typeid-python

• Poetry:

  poetry add typeid-python

• Create TypeID Instance:

  from typeid import TypeID
  typeid = TypeID()
  print(typeid.prefix)  # ""
  print(typeid.suffix)  # "01h45ytscbebyvny4gc8cr8ma2" (encoded uuid7 instance)
  typeid = TypeID(prefix="user")
  print(typeid.prefix)  # "user"
  print(str(typeid))  # "user_01h45ytscbebyvny4gc8cr8ma2"

• Create TypeID from string:

  from typeid import TypeID
  typeid = TypeID.from_string("user_01h45ytscbebyvny4gc8cr8ma2")
  print(str(typeid))  # "user_01h45ytscbebyvny4gc8cr8ma2"

• Create TypeID from uuid7:

  from typeid import TypeID
  from uuid6 import uuid7
  uuid = uuid7()  # UUID('01890bf0-846f-7762-8605-5a3abb40e0e5')
  prefix = "user"
  typeid = TypeID.from_uuid(prefix=prefix, suffix=uuid)
  print(str(typeid))  # "user_01h45z113fexh8c1at7axm1r75"

• Install dependencies:

  pip install typeid-python[cli]

• To generate a new TypeID, run:

  $ python3 -m typeid.cli new -p prefix
  prefix_01h2xcejqtf2nbrexx3vqjhp41

• To decode an existing TypeID into a UUID run:

  $ python3 -m typeid.cli decode prefix_01h2xcejqtf2nbrexx3vqjhp41
  type: prefix
  uuid: 0188bac7-4afa-78aa-bc3b-bd1eef28d881

• And to encode an existing UUID into a TypeID run:

  $ python3 -m typeid.cli encode 0188bac7-4afa-78aa-bc3b-bd1eef28d881 --prefix prefix
  prefix_01h2xcejqtf2nbrexx3vqjhp41