Magic GUIDs contain a pattern that is verifiable if the magic number is known. Two magic GUIDs can be compared to check if they were generated using the same magic number.

Installation

To install from a repository

python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/eudoxys/mguid

Documentation

See https://www.eudoxys.com/mguid/ for online documentation.

Shell Usage

Command line help:

mguid help

Create a magic GUID:

mguid random

Create a GUID using a magic number

mguid random=123

Compare magic GUIDs

a=$(mguid random=123)
echo $a
b=$(mguid random=123)
echo $b
c=$(mguid random=456)
echo $c
mguid same=$a,$b && echo yes || echo no
mguid same=$a,$c && echo yes || echo no

Python Usage

Import the module

import mguid

Generate a magic GUID:

mg.random()

Check a magic GUID:

mg.check(mg.random())

Compare two magic GUIDs:

mg.same(mg.random(123),mg.random(123))
mg.same(mg.random(123),mg.random(456))

Contributions

The implementation code is located in mguid.py.

After updating the code, you must update and push the documentation using the Makefile, e.g.

make
git commit -a -m "Updated code"
git push