How to create a GUID/UUID in Python

Question

How do I create a GUID in Python that is platform independent? I hear there is a method using ActivePython on Windows but it's Windows only because it uses COM. Is there a method using plain Python?

Answer 1

To create GUID/UUID you can use the following piece of code:-

import uuid

uuid.uuid4()

str(uuid.uuid4()) 

uuid.uuid4().hex