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    Pythonlangchain-coreutilsutilsensure_id
    Function●Since v1.0

    ensure_id

    Ensure the ID is a valid string, generating a new UUID if not provided.

    Auto-generated UUIDs are prefixed by 'lc_' to indicate they are LangChain-generated IDs.

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    ensure_id(
        id_val: str | None,
    ) -> str

    Parameters

    NameTypeDescription
    id_val*str | None

    Optional string ID value to validate.

    View source on GitHub