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Create an id such as the ones Meteor creates... in Python!
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meteor_id.py
import random
UNMISTAKABLE_CHARS = '23456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
def meteor_id(chars_count=17, prefix=""):
"""Create an id such as the ones Meteor creates
Reference implementation: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/3a2867fc15/packages/random/AbstractRandomGenerator.js
"""
chars = [random.choice(UNMISTAKABLE_CHARS) for _ in range(0, chars_count)]
return prefix + "".join(chars)
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