How to create a GUID/UUID in Python

You can use the uuid module in Python to generate a globally unique identifier (GUID), also known as a universally unique identifier (UUID). Here is an example of how to generate a UUID in Python:

Generate a random uuid in Python

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You can also use the uuid1() function to generate a UUID based on the host ID and current time:

Generate a uuid based on host ID and current time in Python

You can also use uuid3() and uuid5() to create UUIDs based on the MD5 and SHA-1 hash respectively, with an additional namespace.

Generate a uuid based on the MD5 and SHA-1 hash respectively, with an additional namespace in Python