python: how to convert a valid uuid from String to UUID?

Question

I receive the data as

   {
        "name": "Unknown",
        "parent": "Uncategorized",
        "uuid": "06335e84-2872-4914-8c5d-3ed07d2a2f16"
    },

and I need to convert the uuid from String to uuid

I did not find a way on the python docs, or am I missing something basic here?

Answer 1

Just pass it to uuid.UUID:

import uuid

o = {
    "name": "Unknown",
    "parent": "Uncategorized",
    "uuid": "06335e84-2872-4914-8c5d-3ed07d2a2f16"
}

print uuid.UUID(o['uuid']).hex