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Created February 26, 2019 18:09
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Generate a unique random string in Django without the need for UUID or database locks
## this seems not good, but it's a shortcut
## you really shouldn't use this, k?
## uses the django make_random_password function
def unique_rand():
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from .models import Whatever
#while True:
for _ in range(10):
code = User.objects.make_random_password(length=50)
logger.debug ('secret generated code is %s' % code)
if not Whatever.objects.filter(secret_unique_storage_filename=code).exists():
return code
else:
logger.error ("unique_rand here, looks like this aint gonna work. Couldn't find one secret enough...")
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