Create an id such as the ones Meteor creates... in Python!

meteor_id.py

import random

UNMISTAKABLE_CHARS = '23456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'


def meteor_id(chars_count=17, prefix=""):
    """Create an id such as the ones Meteor creates

    Reference implementation: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/3a2867fc15/packages/random/AbstractRandomGenerator.js
    """
    chars = [random.choice(UNMISTAKABLE_CHARS) for _ in range(0, chars_count)]
    return prefix + "".join(chars)