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+# Very inspired by https://github.com/bgawalt/uuidBabyName
+import re, uuid, random, os
+
+consonants = "bcdfgjklmnpqrstvwxy"
+vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "ai", "eo", "ou", "io", "au", "ao", "ui", "oa"]
+
+combos = []
+for con in consonants:
+    for vow in vowels:
+        combos.append(con + vow)
+combos += ["puo", "loi", "boi", "roi", "toi", "foi", "poi", "tuo", "ruo"]
+
+
+def popHexPair(s):
+    if len(s) < 3:
+        num = int(s, 16)
+        rest = ""
+    else:
+        num = int(s[0:2], 16)
+        rest = s[2:]
+    return (num, rest)
+
+
+def uuidMachineName(machine="", type=1):
+    """Generates a universally unique name, including the machine name
+    When using a type 4 id, the machine name is not taken into account as the uuid is completely random
+
+    Args:
+        machine (str, optional): hex string that defines a machine serial number. Defaults to "".
+        type (int, optional): uuid type to use (1 is node dependant, 4 is completely random). Defaults to 1.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: universally unique name
+    """
+    if type == 4:
+        id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    else:
+        if machine == "":
+            id = str(uuid.uuid1())
+        else:
+            id = str(uuid.uuid1(int(str(machine)[-12:], 16)))
+    name = ""
+    x = id.rsplit("-", 1)
+    machine = x[1]
+    x = x[0]
+    x = x.replace("-", "")
+    count = 0
+    while len(x) > 0:
+        tup = popHexPair(x)
+        n = tup[0]
+        if count >= random.randint(2, 4):
+            name += " "
+            count = 0
+        name += combos[n]
+        count += 1
+        x = tup[1]
+
+    name += " "
+    count = 0
+
+    while len(machine) > 0:
+        tup = popHexPair(machine)
+        n = tup[0]
+        if count == 3:
+            name += " "
+            count = 0
+        name += combos[n]
+        count += 1
+        machine = tup[1]
+    return name.title()
+
+
+def uuidName():
+    """Generates a universally unique name, without the machine unique part
+    When used alone, this function can have collisions with other uuname generated on other machines.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: universally unique name, machine dependant
+    """
+    id = str(uuid.uuid1())
+    name = ""
+    x = id.rsplit("-", 1)
+    x = x[0]
+    x = x.replace("-", "")
+    count = 0
+    while len(x) > 0:
+        tup = popHexPair(x)
+        n = tup[0]
+        if count >= random.randint(2, 4):
+            name += " "
+            count = 0
+        name += combos[n]
+        count += 1
+        x = tup[1]
+
+    return name.title()
+
+
+def machineName(machine=""):
+    """Generates a machine name based on the same conversion mechanism as other functions in this module
+
+    Args:
+        machine (str, optional): hex string that defines a machine serial number. Defaults to "".
+
+    Returns:
+        str: machine name
+    """
+    if machine == "":
+        machine = str(uuid.getnode())
+    name = ""
+    count = 0
+    machine = machine[-12:]
+    while len(machine) > 0:
+        tup = popHexPair(machine)
+        n = tup[0]
+        if count == 3:
+            name += " "
+            count = 0
+        name += combos[n]
+        count += 1
+        machine = tup[1]
+    return name.title()
+
+
+def getSerial():
+    """Returns a serial number for the machine if run on a Raspberry Pi, otherwise a MAC address
+
+    Returns:
+        str: serial number or MAC address
+    """
+    if os.path.exists("/sys/firmware/devicetree/base/serial-number"):
+        with open("/sys/firmware/devicetree/base/serial-number", "r") as serial_file:
+            return serial_file.readline().strip("\x00")
+    else:
+        return str(uuid.getnode())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("Type 4:")
+    print(uuidMachineName(type=4))
+    print("Type 1:")
+    print(uuidName())
+    print(uuidMachineName())
+    print(machineName())
+    print(uuidMachineName(machine=getSerial()))
+    print(machineName(machine=getSerial()))
+    print(uuidMachineName(machine="10000000e108bd59"))
+    print(machineName(machine="10000000e108bd59"))