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34 lines
917 B
Python
34 lines
917 B
Python
import time
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import rapidjson
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def gen_timestamp():
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"""The Unix time, rounded to the nearest second.
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
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Returns:
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str: the Unix time
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"""
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return str(round(time.time()))
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def serialize(data):
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"""Serialize a dict into a JSON formatted string.
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This function enforces rules like the separator and order of keys. This ensures that all dicts
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are serialized in the same way.
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This is specially important for hashing data. We need to make sure that everyone serializes their data
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in the same way so that we do not have hash mismatches for the same structure due to serialization
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differences.
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Args:
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data (dict): dict to serialize
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Returns:
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str: JSON formatted string
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"""
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return rapidjson.dumps(data, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=False, sort_keys=True)
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