Best way to generate random file names in Python

Question

In Python, what is a good, or the best way to generate some random text to prepend to a file(name) that I\'m saving to a server, just to make sure it does not overwrite. Tha

Answer 1

Adding my two cents here:

In [19]: tempfile.mkstemp('.png', 'bingo', '/tmp')[1]
Out[19]: '/tmp/bingoy6s3_k.png'

According to the python doc for tempfile.mkstemp, it creates a temporary file in the most secure manner possible. Please note that the file will exist after this call:

In [20]: os.path.exists(tempfile.mkstemp('.png', 'bingo', '/tmp')[1])
Out[20]: True