Handling UUID v1mc in Python

pjuu_uuid.py

# UUID v1mc Python
import random
from uuid import uuid1

random_node = random.randrange(0, 1<<48L) | 0x010000000000L
print uuid1(random_node).hex

# Covert hex encoded UUID back to a UUID
from uuid import UUID

hex_uuid = '76d248b5392d11e6a77acb544f53c268'
print UUID(hex=hex_uuid)

# Early users where given auto incrementing IDs
# This was only roughly the first 100 users
# To turn the number into a UUID

from uuid import UUID
print UUID(int=1)

# To turn either into a UUID we need to
from uuid import UUID
try:
  user_id = UUID(hex=id)
except ValueError:
  user_id = UUID(int=int(id))