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.