slugid

import slugid # Generate a standard v4 slug standard_slug = slugid.v4() print(f"Standard Slug: {standard_slug}") # Generate a 'nice' slug (guaranteed not to start with '-') nice_slug = slugid.nice() print(f"Nice Slug: {nice_slug}") # Decode a slug back to a UUID string (requires converting to a full UUID object first) # For full round-trip, you might need to use the `uuid` library directly or a helper function import uuid def decode_slugid(slug): # slugid's internal decode function isn't directly exposed for all use cases # This demonstrates the principle of converting to UUID # Note: slugid itself primarily focuses on *generating* slugs from UUIDs # To decode, you'd typically base64url decode the 22-char string and then reconstruct UUID # The underlying Python `uuid` library handles the canonical UUID representation. # A direct decode function for the slugid string to uuid.UUID object is not directly exposed for Python slugid library itself, # but the concept relies on standard base64url decoding. # For simplicity, if you have a UUID string, you can convert it to a slugid. # Let's show how to convert a UUID string to slugid, and then conceptually, it could be reversed if a direct method was exposed. return uuid.UUID(bytes=uuid.b64decode(slug + '==')) #Conceptual decoding, might need adjustments based on exact implementation # Example of encoding a UUID to a slug some_uuid = uuid.uuid4() encoded_slug = slugid.encode(some_uuid) print(f"UUID {some_uuid} encoded to slug: {encoded_slug}") # While slugid.py doesn't expose a direct `decode` for the slug string to uuid.UUID # the underlying principle is base64url decoding, which can be done with `uuid` module's helper functions.