pUUID 1.2.0
Prefixed UUIDs for Python with Pydantic & SQLAlchemy support.
Requires Python: >=3.14

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**pUUID** - Prefixed UUIDs for Python with **Pydantic** & **SQLAlchemy** support.

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# pUUID - Prefixed UUIDs for Python

Raw UUIDs like `019b9a2e-9856-...` are annoying to work with. They provide no context in logs, traces or bug reports and offer no safe guards against accidental ID swapping in code. `pUUID` provides prefixed UUIDs for python with minimal overhead and strong type guarantees.

## Features

- **Human-Friendly:** Immediate context with prefixed UUIDs (e.g. `user_019b9a2e...`).
- **Strong type guarantees:** Prevent passing of a `CustomerID` into a `payment_id` field.
- **Standard Compliant:** Supports all UUID versions from [RFC 9562](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9562.html).
- **Pydantic support.** [(Read more)](https://puuid.digon.io/quick_start/#pydantic-integration)
- **SQLAlchemy support.** [(Read more)](https://puuid.digon.io/quick_start/#sqlalchemy-integration)

## Installation

```bash
# NOTE: pUUID requires python 3.14+
pip install pUUID

# For Pydantic support:
pip install 'pUUID[pydantic]'

# For SQLAlchemy support:
pip install 'pUUID[sqlalchemy]'
```

## Usage

Define a domain-specific ID by inheriting from a versioned base:

```python
from typing import Literal
from puuid import PUUIDv7

UserUUID = PUUIDv7[Literal["user"]]

# Generation
uid = UserUUID()
print(uid) # user_019b956e-ed25-70db-9d0a-0f30fb9047c2

# Deserialization
uid2 = UserUUID.from_string("user_019b956e-ed25-70db-9d0a-0f30fb9047c2")
```

## Resources

- [Online documentation](https://puuid.digon.io)
- [API Reference](https://puuid.digon.io/api_ref)
- [Changelog](https://puuid.digon.io/changelog)
- [Coverage Report](https://puuid.digon.io/coverage)
- [How to contribute](https://gitlab.com/DigonIO/puuid/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Alternatives

If you only need lexicographically sortable IDs and want to build the **SQLAlchemy** support yourself, these two projects might be for you:

- [**TypeID**](https://github.com/akhundMurad/typeid-python) - **pUUID** supports all **UUID** versions because it uses Python’s standard `uuid` library for **UUID** generation, while **TypeID** uses a custom generator that comes with performance improvements but only supports **UUIDv7**. **TypeID** does not support **SQLAlchemy** out of the box.
- [**UPID**](https://github.com/carderne/upid) - **UPID** implements a modified version of the **ULID** standard, which was designed before **UUIDv7** was available. **UPID** does not support **SQLAlchemy** out of the box.

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## License

- **Library source code:** Licensed under [LGPLv3](https://spdx.org/licenses/LGPL-3.0-only.html).