PkGen

Introduction

PkGen is a pk generator implemented using Python, who's core algorithm derives from Mongo's generation of ObjectId.

Basic Concept of ObjectId

A BSON ObjectId is a 12-byte value consisting of a 4-byte timestamp (seconds since epoch), a 3-byte machine id, a 2-byte process id(PID) and a 3-byte counter. Note tha the timestamp and counter fields must be stored big endian unlike the rest of BSON.

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Install

2 ways to install PkGen:

1. clone the repo to your machine, run setup.py

$ cd ~ && git@github.com:streethacker/pkgen.git
$ python setup.py install

2. using pip

$ pip install -e git+https://github.com/streethacker/pkgen@0.1#egg=pkgen

Start

>>> from pkgen import PkGen
>>> pkg = PkGen()
>>> pk = pkg.pkgen()
>>> pk.pk
'5735ae95c14e2435aa000000'
>>>