pymongo uuid.uuid support

pymongo_uuid.py

import uuid

import pymongo

if __name__ == '__main__':
    hasuuid = lambda : { 'my_uuid' : uuid.uuid4() }

    c = pymongo.Connection()

    db = c.test      # use test database
    uuids = db.uuids # use uuids collection

    uuids.insert([hasuuid(), hasuuid()])

    for uid in uuids.find():
        print uid, type(uid['my_uuid'])

    # Prints something like:
    # {u'_id': ObjectId('4dafa1699f83560689000000'), u'my_uuid': UUID('1c8f6560-13ae-4b29-82e5-e369416c8a57')} <class 'uuid.UUID'>
    # {u'_id': ObjectId('4dafa1699f83560689000001'), u'my_uuid': UUID('7a425176-dc00-4606-9e3e-914effd874c0')} <class 'uuid.UUID'>

    # > db.uuids.find();
    # { "_id" : ObjectId("4dafa2e09f835606be000000"), "my_uuid" : BinData(3,"SPpf+vAQQNesHEafDBY08Q==") }
    # { "_id" : ObjectId("4dafa2e09f835606be000001"), "my_uuid" : BinData(3,"XI81oyMQToS8ehtnjb12Dw==") }