How to make unique short URL with Python?

Question

How can I make unique URL in Python a la http://imgur.com/gM19g or http://tumblr.com/xzh3bi25y When using uuid from python I get a very large one. I want something shorter f

Answer 1

Hashids is an awesome tool for this.

Edit:

Here's how to use Hashids to generate a unique short URL with Python:

from hashids import Hashids

pk = 123 # Your object's id
domain = 'imgur.com' # Your domain

hashids = Hashids(salt='this is my salt', min_length=6)
link_id = hashids.encode(pk)
url = 'http://{domain}/{link_id}'.format(domain=domain, link_id=link_id)