X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/69e4d608045afea775b77d1f41afddf0bdfcf5c6..49b58cc43218106f1633c389598894d59447a26b:/services/api/app/models/arvados_model.rb

diff --git a/services/api/app/models/arvados_model.rb b/services/api/app/models/arvados_model.rb
index 13ccd70335..a170fb9b54 100644
--- a/services/api/app/models/arvados_model.rb
+++ b/services/api/app/models/arvados_model.rb
@@ -445,6 +445,10 @@ class ArvadosModel < ActiveRecord::Base
     "_____-#{uuid_prefix}-_______________"
   end
 
+  def self.uuid_regex
+    %r/[a-z0-9]{5}-#{uuid_prefix}-[a-z0-9]{15}/
+  end
+
   def ensure_valid_uuids
     specials = [system_user_uuid]