flask-mongo-api-boilerplate/api/main/tools/__init__.py

import random
import time

def nowEpoch():
	return int(time.time()) * 1000

def JsonResp(data, status):
	from flask import Response
	import json
	return Response(json.dumps(data), mimetype="application/json", status=status)

def randID():
	randId = randString(3) + randString(3) + randString(3) + randString(3) + randString(3) + randString(3)
	return randId

def randString(length):
	randString = ""
	for _ in range(length):
		randString += random.choice("AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz1234567890")

	return randString

def randStringCaps(length):
	randString = ""
	for _ in range(length):
		randString += random.choice("ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789")

	return randString

def randStringNumbersOnly(length):
	randString = ""
	for _ in range(length):
		randString += random.choice("23456789")

	return randString

def validEmail(email):
	import re

	if re.match("^.+\\@(\\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\\-\\.]+\\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\\]?)$", email) != None:
		return True
	else:
		return False