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Uuid5

Ability to generate UUID5 using native pyspark (no udf)

koheesio.spark.transformations.uuid5.HashUUID5 #

Generate a UUID with the UUID5 algorithm

Spark does not provide inbuilt API to generate version 5 UUID, hence we have to use a custom implementation to provide this capability.

Prerequisites: this function has no side effects. But be aware that in most cases, the expectation is that your data is clean (e.g. trimmed of leading and trailing spaces)

Concept

UUID5 is based on the SHA-1 hash of a namespace identifier (which is a UUID) and a name (which is a string). https://docs.python.org/3/library/uuid.html#uuid.uuid5

Based on https://github.com/MrPowers/quinn/pull/96 with the difference that since Spark 3.0.0 an OVERLAY function from ANSI SQL 2016 is available which saves coding space and string allocation(s) in place of CONCAT + SUBSTRING.

For more info on OVERLAY, see: https://docs.databricks.com/sql/language-manual/functions/overlay.html

Example

Input is a DataFrame with two columns:

id string
1 hello
2 world
3

Input parameters:

  • source_columns = ["id", "string"]
  • target_column = "uuid5"

Result:

id string uuid5
1 hello f3e99bbd-85ae-5dc3-bf6e-cd0022a0ebe6
2 world b48e880f-c289-5c94-b51f-b9d21f9616c0
3 2193a99d-222e-5a0c-a7d6-48fbe78d2708

In code:

HashUUID5(source_columns=["id", "string"], target_column="uuid5").transform(
    input_df
)

In this example, the id and string columns are concatenated and hashed using the UUID5 algorithm. The result is stored in the uuid5 column.

delimiter class-attribute instance-attribute #

delimiter: Optional[str] = Field(
    default="|",
    description="Separator for the string that will eventually be hashed",
)

description class-attribute instance-attribute #

description: str = (
    "Generate a UUID with the UUID5 algorithm"
)

extra_string class-attribute instance-attribute #

extra_string: Optional[str] = Field(
    default="",
    description="In case of collisions, one can pass an extra string to hash on.",
)

namespace class-attribute instance-attribute #

namespace: Optional[Union[str, UUID]] = Field(
    default="", description="Namespace DNS"
)

source_columns class-attribute instance-attribute #

source_columns: ListOfColumns = Field(
    default=...,
    description="List of columns that should be hashed. Should contain the name of at least 1 column. A list of columns or a single column can be specified. For example: `['column1', 'column2']` or `'column1'`",
)

target_column class-attribute instance-attribute #

target_column: str = Field(
    default=...,
    description="The generated UUID will be written to the column name specified here",
)

execute #

execute() -> None
Source code in src/koheesio/spark/transformations/uuid5.py
def execute(self) -> None:
    ns = f.lit(uuid5_namespace(self.namespace).bytes)
    self.log.info(f"UUID5 namespace '{ns}' derived from '{self.namespace}'")
    cols_to_hash = f.concat_ws(self.delimiter, *self.source_columns)
    cols_to_hash = f.concat(f.lit(self.extra_string), cols_to_hash)
    cols_to_hash = f.encode(cols_to_hash, "utf-8")
    cols_to_hash = f.concat(ns, cols_to_hash)
    source_columns_sha1 = f.sha1(cols_to_hash)
    variant_part = f.substring(source_columns_sha1, 17, 4)
    variant_part = f.conv(variant_part, 16, 2)
    variant_part = f.lpad(variant_part, 16, "0")
    variant_part = f.overlay(variant_part, f.lit("10"), 1, 2)  # RFC 4122 variant.
    variant_part = f.lower(f.conv(variant_part, 2, 16))
    target_col_uuid = f.concat_ws(
        "-",
        f.substring(source_columns_sha1, 1, 8),
        f.substring(source_columns_sha1, 9, 4),
        f.concat(f.lit("5"), f.substring(source_columns_sha1, 14, 3)),  # Set version.
        variant_part,
        f.substring(source_columns_sha1, 21, 12),
    )
    # Applying the transformation to the input df, storing the result in the column specified in `target_column`.
    self.output.df = self.df.withColumn(self.target_column, target_col_uuid)

koheesio.spark.transformations.uuid5.hash_uuid5 #

hash_uuid5(
    input_value: str,
    namespace: Optional[Union[str, UUID]] = "",
    extra_string: Optional[str] = "",
)

pure python implementation of HashUUID5

See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/uuid.html#uuid.uuid5

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input_value str

value that will be hashed

required
namespace Optional[str | UUID]

namespace DNS

''
extra_string Optional[str]

optional extra string that will be prepended to the input_value

''

Returns:

Type Description
str

uuid.UUID (uuid5) cast to string

Source code in src/koheesio/spark/transformations/uuid5.py
def hash_uuid5(
    input_value: str,
    namespace: Optional[Union[str, uuid.UUID]] = "",
    extra_string: Optional[str] = "",
):
    """pure python implementation of HashUUID5

    See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/uuid.html#uuid.uuid5

    Parameters
    ----------
    input_value : str
        value that will be hashed
    namespace : Optional[str | uuid.UUID]
        namespace DNS
    extra_string : Optional[str]
        optional extra string that will be prepended to the input_value

    Returns
    -------
    str
        uuid.UUID (uuid5) cast to string
    """
    if not isinstance(namespace, uuid.UUID):
        hashed_namespace = uuid5_namespace(namespace)
    else:
        hashed_namespace = namespace
    return str(uuid.uuid5(hashed_namespace, (extra_string + input_value)))

koheesio.spark.transformations.uuid5.uuid5_namespace #

uuid5_namespace(ns: Optional[Union[str, UUID]]) -> UUID

Helper function used to provide a UUID5 hashed namespace based on the passed str

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
ns Optional[Union[str, UUID]]

A str, an empty string (or None), or an existing UUID can be passed

required

Returns:

Type Description
UUID

UUID5 hashed namespace

Source code in src/koheesio/spark/transformations/uuid5.py
def uuid5_namespace(ns: Optional[Union[str, uuid.UUID]]) -> uuid.UUID:
    """Helper function used to provide a UUID5 hashed namespace based on the passed str

    Parameters
    ----------
    ns : Optional[Union[str, uuid.UUID]]
        A str, an empty string (or None), or an existing UUID can be passed

    Returns
    -------
    uuid.UUID
        UUID5 hashed namespace
    """
    # if we already have a UUID, we just return it
    if isinstance(ns, uuid.UUID):
        return ns

    # if ns is empty or none, we simply return the default NAMESPACE_DNS
    if not ns:
        ns = uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS
        return ns

    # else we hash the string against the NAMESPACE_DNS
    ns = uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, ns)
    return ns