Convert a string into a uuid-format

convert_str_to_uuid_format.py

# Example script for converting from 'e032ef8ab56d4ee18b388973a5cfc766' into 'e032ef8a-b56d-4ee1-8b38-8973a5cfc766'

import uuid


def convert_to_uuid(input):
  """Convert the input into uuid format."""
  return str(uuid.UUID(input))

input_str("e032ef8ab56d4ee18b388973a5cfc766")
output = convert_to_uuid(input_str)

print(output)

# example call
# >>> convert_to_uuid("e032ef8ab56d4ee18b388973a5cfc766")
# 'e032ef8a-b56d-4ee1-8b38-8973a5cfc766'