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Diffstat (limited to 'src/leap/mx/alias_resolver.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/leap/mx/alias_resolver.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/leap/mx/alias_resolver.py b/src/leap/mx/alias_resolver.py index 8ab84e5..d8d4646 100644 --- a/src/leap/mx/alias_resolver.py +++ b/src/leap/mx/alias_resolver.py @@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ from leap.mx.util import net, log, config, exceptions def createUUID(alias): - """ - Creates Universal Unique ID by taking the SHA-1 HASH of an email alias: + """Creates Universal Unique ID by taking the SHA1 HASH of an email alias: + + >>> uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_URL, "isis@leap.se") + UUID('7194878e-4aea-563f-85a4-4f58519f3c4f') - >>> uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_URL, "isis@leap.se") - UUID('7194878e-4aea-563f-85a4-4f58519f3c4f') + TODO: Is there a commonly accepted way to check that an email address + is valid? - @param alias: An email address alias. - @returns: A :class:`uuid.UUID` containing attributes specifying the UUID. + :param str alias: An email address alias. + :returns: A :class:`uuid.UUID` containing attributes specifying the UUID. """ return uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_URL, str(alias)) |