Sublime Text plugin for inserting IDs and sequences

sublime_gen.py

import sublime_plugin
import uuid
import random
import datetime

class gen_uuid(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        for region in self.view.sel():
            self.view.replace(edit, region, str(uuid.uuid4()))

class gen_uuid_no_dashes(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        for region in self.view.sel():
            self.view.replace(edit, region, uuid.uuid4().hex)

# TODO: option to pad seq with zeros
class gen_seq(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit, start = 0):
        num = start
        for region in self.view.sel():
            self.view.replace(edit, region, str(num))
            num += 1

hex_chars = '0123456789abcdef'

class gen_hex(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        for region in self.view.sel():
            start = min(region.a, region.b)
            end = max(region.a, region.b)
            text = ''.join(random.choice(hex_chars) for _ in range(end - start))
            self.view.replace(edit, region, text)

class gen_datetime(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        text = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M%:%SZ')
        for region in self.view.sel():
            self.view.replace(edit, region, text)

sublime_gen.sublime-commands

[
  { "caption": "Gen: Insert UUID", "command": "gen_uuid" },
  { "caption": "Gen: Insert UUID (No Dashes)", "command": "gen_uuid_no_dashes" },
  { "caption": "Gen: Insert 0 to N", "command": "gen_seq", "args": {"start": 0} },
  { "caption": "Gen: Insert 1 to N", "command": "gen_seq", "args": {"start": 1} },
  { "caption": "Gen: Replace With Hex", "command": "gen_hex", },
  { "caption": "Gen: Replace With Datetime", "command": "gen_datetime", },
]