Generate Hash UUID

generate_hash_UUID.py

def generate_hash_UUID(name):
    """
    Generate a UUID based on the hashed string
    Args: name (str): Name of the entity.
    Returns: str: UUID of the entity.
    """
    # Hash the string using a hashing algorithm (e.g., SHA-256)
    hashed_string = hashlib.sha256(name.encode()).hexdigest()
    # Generate a UUID based on the hashed string
    uuid_from_hash = uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_OID, hashed_string)
    return uuid_from_hash

This function creates a UUID from a hash of a given string.

If the string, like a name, stays the same the same UUID will be generated. So there is no need to keep an index file for all the entities and their correspnding UUIDs.