from __future__ import absolute_import import re from uuid import UUID from .utils import validator pattern = re.compile(r'^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-([0-9a-fA-F]{4}-){3}[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$') @validator def uuid(value): """ Return whether or not given value is a valid UUID. If the value is valid UUID this function returns ``True``, otherwise :class:`~validators.utils.ValidationFailure`. This validator is based on `WTForms UUID validator`_. .. _WTForms UUID validator: https://github.com/wtforms/wtforms/blob/master/wtforms/validators.py Examples:: >>> uuid('2bc1c94f-0deb-43e9-92a1-4775189ec9f8') True >>> uuid('2bc1c94f 0deb-43e9-92a1-4775189ec9f8') ValidationFailure(func=uuid, ...) .. versionadded:: 0.2 :param value: UUID value to validate """ if isinstance(value, UUID): return True try: return pattern.match(value) except TypeError: return False