import binascii
import os
import time

from optparse import OptionParser


def gen_random_object_id():
    timestamp = '{0:x}'.format(int(time.time()))
    rest = binascii.b2a_hex(os.urandom(8))
    return timestamp + rest

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.add_option('-l', '--longform',
                      action="store_true",
                      dest="long_form",
                      help="prints the ID surrounded by ObjectId(...)")

    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()

    object_id = gen_random_object_id()

    if options.long_form:
        print 'ObjectId({})'.format(object_id)
    else:
        print object_id

import binascii
import os
import time

from optparse import OptionParser


def gen_random_object_id():
    timestamp = '{0:x}'.format(int(time.time()))
    rest = binascii.b2a_hex(os.urandom(8))
    return timestamp + rest

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.add_option('-l', '--longform',
                      action="store_true",
                      dest="long_form",
                      help="prints the ID surrounded by ObjectId(...)")

    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()

    object_id = gen_random_object_id()

    if options.long_form:
        print 'ObjectId("{}")'.format(object_id)
    else:
        print object_id

Add quotes to long form output