import uuid def base62uuid(crop=8): alp = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' id = uuid.uuid4().int ret = '' while id: ret = alp[id % 62] + ret id //= 62 return ret[:crop] if len(ret) else '0'