Explicitely set the id on every object

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/pyapd/objects.py b/pyapd/objects.py
index 6750b09..2fa2e03 100644
--- a/pyapd/objects.py
+++ b/pyapd/objects.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import json
 
 class Object():
     PROPERTIES = [
-        'id',
         'type',
         'attachment',
         'attributedTo',
@@ -41,13 +40,19 @@ class Object():
         for p in self.PROPERTIES:
             if p in kw:
                 setattr(self, "ap_"+p, kw[p])
+        if 'id' in kw:
+            self.ap_id = kw['id']
+        else:
+            self.ap_id = self._generate_id()
 
     @classmethod
     def from_jsons(cls, data: str):
         return cls(**json.loads(data))
 
     def to_jsonable(self):
-        data = {}
+        data = {
+            'id': self.ap_id,
+            }
         for p in self.PROPERTIES:
             v = getattr(self, "ap_"+p, None)
             if v is not None:
@@ -56,3 +61,6 @@ class Object():
 
     def to_jsons(self):
         return json.dumps(self.to_jsonable())
+
+    def _generate_id(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError