Generate Chrome Application ID

genchromeappid.py

import hashlib

def getChromeApplicationId(pathname):
    if len(pathname) > 1 and pathname[0].islower() and pathname[1] == ":":
        pathname = pathname[0].upper() + pathname[1:]

    pathname = pathname.encode("utf-16le")

    offset = ord("a")
    applicationId = "".join([chr(int(digit, 16) + offset) for digit in hashlib.sha256(pathname).hexdigest()[:32]])

    return applicationId