UUID mixin for django models

uuid_mixin.py

from uuid import uuid4

from django.db import models
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _


class UUIDMixin(models.Model):
    """
    Mixin for models contain a unique UUID
    """
    class Meta:
        abstract = True

    uuid = models.UUIDField(
        verbose_name=_('UUID'),
        default=uuid4,
        db_index=True,
        help_text=_('Unique identifier'),
    )

    @property
    def short_uuid(self):
        """
        Return the last 12 hex-digits of the UUID to use as a short identifier

        :return: the last 12 digits of the UUID
        :rtype: str
        """
        return str(self.uuid).split('-')[-1]