api/models/types.py

from sqlalchemy import CHAR, TypeDecorator
from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID


class StringUUID(TypeDecorator):
    impl = CHAR
    cache_ok = True

    def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
        if value is None:
            return value
        elif dialect.name == "postgresql":
            return str(value)
        else:
            return value.hex

    def load_dialect_impl(self, dialect):
        if dialect.name == "postgresql":
            return dialect.type_descriptor(UUID())
        else:
            return dialect.type_descriptor(CHAR(36))

    def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
        if value is None:
            return value
        return str(value)