Python-KSUID

This library is inspired by Segment's KSUID implementation: https://github.com/segmentio/ksuid

What is a ksuid?

A ksuid is a K sorted UID. In other words, a KSUID also stores a date component, so that ksuids can be approximately sorted based on the time they were created.

Read more here

Usage

pip install svix-ksuid

Examples

Default ksuid

Generate a ksuid without passing a specific datetime

In [1]: from ksuid.ksuid import Ksuid

In [2]: ksuid = Ksuid()

In [3]: f"Base62: {ksuid}"
Out[3]: 'Base62: 1srOrx2ZWZBpBUvZwXKQmoEYga2'

In [4]: f"Bytes: {bytes(ksuid)}"
Out[4]: "Bytes: b'\\r5\\xc43\\xe1\\x93>7\\xf2up\\x87c\\xad\\xc7tZ\\xf5\\xe7\\xf2'"

In [5]: f"Datetime: {ksuid.datetime}"
Out[5]: 'Datetime: 2021-05-21 14:04:03'

In [6]: f"Timestamp: {ksuid.timestamp}"
Out[6]: 'Timestamp: 1621627443'

In [7]: f"Payload: {ksuid.payload}"
Out[7]: "Payload: b'\\xe1\\x93>7\\xf2up\\x87c\\xad\\xc7tZ\\xf5\\xe7\\xf2'"

ksuid from datetime

In [1]: datetime = datetime(year=2021, month=5, day=19, hour=1, minute=1, second=1, microsecond=1)

In [2]: datetime
Out[2]: datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 19, 1, 1, 1, 1)

In [3]: ksuid = Ksuid(datetime)

In [4]: ksuid.datetime
Out[4]: datetime.datetime(2021, 5, 19, 1, 1, 1)

In [5]: ksuid.timestamp
Out[5]: 1621407661

ksuid from base62

In [1]: ksuid = Ksuid()

In [2]: ksuid.timestamp
Out[2]: 1621634852

In [3]: f"Base62: {ksuid}"
Out[3]: 'Base62: 1srdszO8Xy2cR6CnARnvxCfRmK4'

In [4]: ksuid_from_base62 = Ksuid.from_base62("1srdszO8Xy2cR6CnARnvxCfRmK4")

In [5]: ksuid_from_base62.timestamp
Out[5]: 1621634852

ksuid from bytes

In [1]: ksuid = Ksuid()

In [2]: ksuid_from_bytes = ksuid.from_bytes(bytes(ksuid))

In [3]: f"ksuid: {ksuid}, ksuid_from_bytes: {ksuid_from_bytes}"
Out[3]: 'ksuid: 1sreAHoz6myPhXghsOdVBoec3Vr, ksuid_from_bytes: 1sreAHoz6myPhXghsOdVBoec3Vr'

In [4]: ksuid == ksuid_from_bytes
Out[4]: True

Compare ksuid(s)

In [1]: ksuid_1
Out[1]: <ksuid.ksuid.Ksuid at 0x7f8868dfcbb0>

In [2]: ksuid_2
Out[2]: <ksuid.ksuid.Ksuid at 0x7f88480de460>

In [3]: f"ksuid_1: {ksuid_1}, ksuid_2: {ksuid_2}"
Out[3]: 'ksuid_1: 1sreAHoz6myPhXghsOdVBoec3Vr, ksuid_2: 1sreAHoz6myPhXghsOdVBoec3Vr'

In [4]: ksuid_1 == ksuid_2
Out[4]: True