"""Utility functions for the objaverse_xl package."""

import uuid


def get_uid_from_str(string: str) -> str:
    """Generates a UUID from a string.

    Args:
        string (str): String to generate a UUID from.

    Returns:
        str: UUID generated from the string.
    """
    namespace = uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS
    return str(uuid.uuid5(namespace, string))