How to generate a random UUID which is reproducible (with a seed) in Python

Question

The uuid4() function of Python\'s module uuid generates a random UUID, and seems to generate a different one every time:

In [1]: import uuid

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Answer 1

This is based on a solution used here:

import hashlib
import uuid

m = hashlib.md5()
m.update(seed.encode('utf-8'))
new_uuid = uuid.UUID(m.hexdigest())