makeid

#!/usr/bin/python3

import datetime
import os.path
import random
import string
import subprocess
import sys

HOME = os.path.expanduser('~')
DEFAULT_LENGTH = 20


def makeid(len):
    if '-h' in sys.argv:
        return ''.join(
            random.choice('abcdef' + string.digits) for i in range(len)
        )
    return ''.join(random.choice(
        string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits) for i in range(len))


if __name__ == "__main__":

    length = DEFAULT_LENGTH
    for i in sys.argv:
        try:
            if type(int(i)) == int:
                length = int(i)
        except Exception:
            pass

    this_id = makeid(length)
    print(this_id)
    proc = subprocess.Popen(
        ["xclip", "-i", "-selection", "clipboard"], stdin=subprocess.PIPE
    )
    proc.communicate(this_id.encode("ascii"))

    with open(HOME + '/.makeid_history', 'a') as f:
        f.write('[{}] ({}) {}\n'.format(
            datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(), sys.argv[1], this_id))