Generating names for cloud storage containers

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a program executable by at least one processing unit of a device, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

receiving, from a client device, a unique identifier associated with a user of the client device;

generating a hash value based on the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

using a character encoding scheme to encode the hash value into a first encoded value;

replacing instances of a first character in the encoded value with a defined second character to form a second encoded value; and

sending the second encoded value to a cloud storage service for the cloud storage service to create a storage container using the second encoded value as a name of the storage container.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the hash value is a first hash value, wherein the program further comprises set of instructions for:

receiving, from the client device, a request associated with the storage container and the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

generating a second hash value based on the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

using the character encoding scheme to encode the second hash value into a third encoded value; and

replacing instances of the first character in the third encoded value with the defined second character to form a fourth encoded value.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the request associated with the storage container is a request to add an object to the storage container.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein using the character encoding scheme to encode the hash value comprises iteratively identifying a defined number of bits in the hash value and encoding the defined number of bits into a character based on the character encoding scheme.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the character encoding scheme is configured to encode values into characters belonging to a defined set of characters, wherein the defined second character is not in the defined set of characters.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the character encoding scheme is configured to encode hash values into single case characters, wherein single case characters are lowercase or uppercase characters.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein replacing instances of the first character in the encoded value with the defined second character to form the second encoded value comprises retrieving a replacement rule that specifies the first character and the second character.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a unique identifier associated with a user of the client device;

generating a hash value based on the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

using a character encoding scheme to encode the hash value into a first encoded value;

replacing instances of a first character in the encoded value with a defined second character to form a second encoded value; and

sending the second encoded value to a cloud storage service for the cloud storage service to create a storage container using the second encoded value as a name of the storage container.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the hash value is a first hash value, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the client device, a request associated with the storage container and the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

generating a second hash value based on the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

using the character encoding scheme to encode the second hash value into a third encoded value; and

replacing instances of the first character in the third encoded value with the defined second character to form a fourth encoded value.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the request associated with the storage container is a request to add an object to the storage container.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein using the character encoding scheme to encode the hash value comprises iteratively identifying a defined number of bits in the hash value and encoding the defined number of bits into a character based on the character encoding scheme.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the character encoding scheme is configured to encode values into characters belonging to a defined set of characters, wherein the defined second character is not in the defined set of characters.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the character encoding scheme is configured to encode hash values into single case characters, wherein single case characters are lowercase or uppercase characters.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein replacing instances of the first character in the encoded value with the defined second character to form the second encoded value comprises retrieving a replacement rule that specifies the first character and the second character.

15. A system comprising:

a set of processing units; and

a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by at least one processing unit in the set of processing units cause the at least one processing unit to:

receive, from a client device, a unique identifier associated with a user of the client device;

generate a hash value based on the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

use a character encoding scheme to encode the hash value into a first encoded value;

replace instances of a first character in the encoded value with a defined second character to form a second encoded value; and

send the second encoded value to a cloud storage service for the cloud storage service to create a storage container using the second encoded value as a name of the storage container.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hash value is a first hash value, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processing unit to:

receive, from the client device, a request associated with the storage container and the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

generate a second hash value based on the unique identifier associated with the user of the client device;

use the character encoding scheme to encode the second hash value into a third encoded value; and

replace instances of the first character in the third encoded value with the defined second character to form a fourth encoded value.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the request associated with the storage container is a request to add an object to the storage container.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein using the character encoding scheme to encode the hash value comprises iteratively identifying a defined number of bits in the hash value and encoding the defined number of bits into a character based on the character encoding scheme.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the character encoding scheme is configured to encode values into characters belonging to a defined set of characters, wherein the defined second character is not in the defined set of characters.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the character encoding scheme is configured to encode hash values into single case characters, wherein single case characters are lowercase or uppercase characters.