core

Utility functions used within the project

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get_env_var

 get_env_var (var_name:str, default=None)

Returns the value of an environment variable if it exists, otherwise returns the default value.

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generate_uuid

 generate_uuid ()

Generates a uuid 4 string Returns: an ascii friendly uuid4 string.

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init_path

 init_path (path:Optional[pathlib.Path]=None)

Convert the string to a path object.