https://github.com/cablehead/python-snowflake

A Python generator for the Twitter Snowflake scheme
https://github.com/cablehead/python-snowflake

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A Python generator for the Twitter Snowflake scheme

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cablehead/python-snowflake
• Owner: cablehead
• License: cc0-1.0
• Created: 2014-10-11T20:00:35.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-07-26T03:07:11.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-11T18:24:40.437Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 66
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 28
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
A Python generator for the [Twitter

Snowflake](https://github.com/twitter/snowflake) scheme in 61 lines of spacious

code.

```python

    >>> import snowflake

    >>> s = snowflake.generator(1, 1)

    >>> s.next()

    1132805160360349696

    >>> s.next()

    1132805164143611904

    >>> s.next()

    1132805168782512128

    # convenience to convert a snowflake to a unix timestamp

    >>> snowflake.snowflake_to_timestamp(1132805168782512128)

    1413056012

```