Hashid-enabled PrimaryKeyField for Peewee ORM

fields.py

from peewee import PrimaryKeyField
from hashids import Hashids

class HashidPrimaryKeyField(PrimaryKeyField):
    hashid = Hashids(min_length=16)

    @property
    def prefix(self):
        return self.model_class.__name__.lower() + '_'

    def db_value(self, value):
        try:
            return self.hashid.decode(value.replace(self.prefix, ''))
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            return super().db_value(value)

    def python_value(self, value):
        hashed = self.hashid.encode(value)
        return self.prefix + hashed
      

class User(BaseModel):
    id = HashidPrimaryKeyField()
    first_name = TextField(null=False)
    last_name = TextField(null=False)
    email = TextField(null=False, index=True)
    password = TextField(null=False)
    
    class Meta:
        database = SOME_DATABASE
        
        
u = User.create(first_name="Foo", last_name="Bar", email="foo@bar.com", password="some salt/hashed password")
print(u.id) # Prints: '1'

u2 = User.get(User.id == u.id)
print(u.id) # Prints the nicely-formatted hashid: "user_4q2VolejRejNmGQB"

assert(u == u2) # Fails.