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generate a meteor-style object ID from python for use in mongoDB
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| def genMeteorID(): | |
| return('%024x' % random.randrange(16**24)) |
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See here for an implementation that's closer to Meteor's one and handles different sizes.
I'm shamelessly hi-jacking because this is the first result on Google for "meteor id python". ❤️