Encodes a UUID command-line parameter to Base32, using .NET Guid byte order

base32_encode.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
import uuid
import base64
import sys

def base32encode(guid):
	# NB - bytes_le order matches .NET Guid.ToByteArray() order
  # cf. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.guid.tobytearray?view=net-6.0#system-guid-tobytearray
	bytes = guid.bytes_le
	encoded_bytes = base64.b32encode(bytes)
	# Strip out padding and convert to lowercase string
	return encoded_bytes[0:26].decode().lower()

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
	print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} uuid")
	exit(1)
	
guid = uuid.UUID(hex=sys.argv[1])
result = base32encode(guid)
print(result)