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I was looking at the different answers and took time to read the documentation of secrets

The secrets module is used for generating cryptographically strong random numbers suitable for managing data such as passwords, account authentication, security tokens, and related secrets.

In particularly, secrets should be used in preference to the default pseudo-random number generator in the random module, which is designed for modelling and simulation, not security or cryptography.

Looking more into what it has to offer I found a very handy function if you want to mimic an ID like Google Drive IDs:

secrets.token_urlsafe([nbytes=None])
Return a random URL-safe text string, containing nbytes random bytes. The text is Base64 encoded, so on average each byte results in approximately 1.3 characters. If nbytes is None or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.

Use it the following way:

import secrets
import math
def id_generator():
 id = secrets.token_urlsafe(math.floor(32 / 1.3))
 return id
print(id_generator())

Output a 32 characters length id:

joXR8dYbBDAHpVs5ci6iD-oIgPhkeQFk

I know this is slightly different from the OP's question but I expect that it would still be helpful to many who were looking for the same use-case that I was looking for.

I was looking at the different answers and took time to read the documentation of secrets

The secrets module is used for generating cryptographically strong random numbers suitable for managing data such as passwords, account authentication, security tokens, and related secrets.

In particularly, secrets should be used in preference to the default pseudo-random number generator in the random module, which is designed for modelling and simulation, not security or cryptography.

Looking more into what it has to offer I found a very handy function if you want to mimic an ID like Google Drive IDs:

secrets.token_urlsafe([nbytes=None])
Return a random URL-safe text string, containing nbytes random bytes. The text is Base64 encoded, so on average each byte results in approximately 1.3 characters. If nbytes is None or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.

Use it the following way:

import secrets
import math
def id_generator():
 id = secrets.token_urlsafe(math.floor(32 / 1.3))
 return id
print(id_generator())

Output a 32 characters length id:

joXR8dYbBDAHpVs5ci6iD-oIgPhkeQFk

I know this is slightly different from the OP's question but I expect that it would still be helpful to many who were looking for the same use-case that I was looking for.

I was looking at the different answers and took time to read the documentation of secrets

The secrets module is used for generating cryptographically strong random numbers suitable for managing data such as passwords, account authentication, security tokens, and related secrets.

In particularly, secrets should be used in preference to the default pseudo-random number generator in the random module, which is designed for modelling and simulation, not security or cryptography.

Looking more into what it has to offer I found a very handy function if you want to mimic an ID like Google Drive IDs:

secrets.token_urlsafe([nbytes=None])
Return a random URL-safe text string, containing nbytes random bytes. The text is Base64 encoded, so on average each byte results in approximately 1.3 characters. If nbytes is None or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.

Use it the following way:

import secrets
def id_generator():
 id = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
 return id
print(id_generator())

Output a 32 length id:

6U9tS_nERqSEWzz0LHkEc1MXmtY1Npw9A4-uYEwnZQw

I know this is slightly different from the OP's question but I expect that it would still be helpful to many who were looking for the same use-case that I was looking for.

I was looking at the different answers and took time to read the documentation of secrets

The secrets module is used for generating cryptographically strong random numbers suitable for managing data such as passwords, account authentication, security tokens, and related secrets.

In particularly, secrets should be used in preference to the default pseudo-random number generator in the random module, which is designed for modelling and simulation, not security or cryptography.

Looking more into what it has to offer I found a very handy function if you want to mimic an ID like Google Drive IDs:

secrets.token_urlsafe([nbytes=None])
Return a random URL-safe text string, containing nbytes random bytes. The text is Base64 encoded, so on average each byte results in approximately 1.3 characters. If nbytes is None or not supplied, a reasonable default is used.

Use it the following way:

import secrets
import math
def id_generator():
 id = secrets.token_urlsafe(math.floor(32 / 1.3))
 return id
print(id_generator())

Output a 32 characters length id:

joXR8dYbBDAHpVs5ci6iD-oIgPhkeQFk

I know this is slightly different from the OP's question but I expect that it would still be helpful to many who were looking for the same use-case that I was looking for.