import hashlib | |
import string | |
def generate_id(text: str) -> str: | |
"""Generate a 3-character alphanumeric hash from a URL that is unlikely to collide.""" | |
hash_object = hashlib.md5(text.encode()) | |
hash_hex = hash_object.hexdigest() | |
# Convert to integer | |
hash_int = int(hash_hex, 16) | |
# Convert to base62 using the same character set | |
characters = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits | |
base = len(characters) | |
result = "" | |
for _ in range(3): | |
result = characters[hash_int % base] + result | |
hash_int //= base | |
return result | |