def get_snowflake_uuid():
"""
Generate and return a universal unique identifier using the Snowflake
algorithm.
This is the expect production mode and depends upon the Twitter component,
``Snowflake``.
"""
client = Client(SNOWFLAKE_HOST, SNOWFLAKE_PORT)
return client.get_id(SNOWFLAKE_AGENT)
def main():
global host, port, agent, n
usage = "Usage: %prog [options]"
parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
parser.add_option("-s", "--host", default=host, help="The snowflake server host.")
parser.add_option("-p", "--port", default=port, type="int", help="The snowflake server port.")
parser.add_option("-a", "--agent", default=agent, help="The snowflake server agent.")
parser.add_option("-c", "--count", default=n, type="int", help="Number of snowflake ids to get from the server.")
parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose", default=False, help="Be noisy. MOAR!")
parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet", action="store_false", dest="verbose", help="Shhh.")
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
if options.host:
host = options.host
if options.port:
port = options.port
if options.agent:
agent = options.agent
if options.count:
n = options.count
if options.verbose:
print n
print '"' + agent + '"'
print host + ":" + str(port)
try:
client = Client(host, port)
if client:
try:
ids = client.n_ids(agent, n)
print ids
except Exception as e:
print "There was a problem with the snowflake's get_id.\n\n%s" % (e.message)
if options.verbose:
traceback.print_exc(e)
else:
print "Unable to create snowflake server client."
except Exception as e:
print "There was a problem with the snowflake client.\n\n%s" % (e.message)
if options.verbose:
traceback.print_exc(e)
