stuff is working again

plugins/plant/models.py

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class Plant(db.Model):
 
     plant_type        = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)
     notes             = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=True)
+    short_id = db.Column(db.String(8), unique=True, nullable=True, index=True)
 
     vendor_name       = db.Column(db.String(255), nullable=True)
     price             = db.Column(db.Numeric(10, 2), nullable=True)
@@ -151,3 +152,16 @@ class Plant(db.Model):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"<Plant {self.uuid} ({self.plant_type})>"
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def generate_short_id(cls, length: int = 6) -> str:
+        """
+        Produce a random [a–z0–9] string of the given length
+        and ensure it doesn’t collide with any existing plant.short_id.
+        """
+        alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits
+        while True:
+            candidate = ''.join(random.choices(alphabet, k=length))
+            # Check uniqueness
+            if not cls.query.filter_by(short_id=candidate).first():
+                return candidate