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from uuid import UUID

import six


def validate_uuid4(uuid_string):
    """Validate that a UUID string is in fact a valid uuid4.

    Happily, the uuid module does the actual checking for us.
    It is vital that the 'version' kwarg be passed
    to the UUID() call, otherwise any 32-character
    hex string is considered valid.
    """

    if not isinstance(uuid_string, six.string_types):
        return False

    try:
        val = UUID(uuid_string.translate(None, '-'), version=4)
    except ValueError:
        # If it's a value error, then the string
        # is not a valid hex code for a UUID.
        return False

    # If the uuid_string is a valid hex code,
    # but an invalid uuid4, the UUID.__init__ will convert it to a
    # valid uuid4. This is bad for validation purposes.
    return val.hex == uuid_string