@stablelib/random

What is @stablelib/random?

@stablelib/random is a JavaScript library that provides cryptographically secure random number generation. It is part of the StableLib collection of cryptographic libraries and is designed to be fast, secure, and easy to use.

What are @stablelib/random's main functionalities?

Generating Random Bytes

This feature allows you to generate a specified number of random bytes. In this example, 16 random bytes are generated and logged to the console.

const { randomBytes } = require('@stablelib/random');
const bytes = randomBytes(16);
console.log(bytes);

Generating Random Values

This feature allows you to generate random 32-bit and 64-bit unsigned integers. The example demonstrates generating and logging both types of random values.

const { randomUint32, randomUint64 } = require('@stablelib/random');
const random32 = randomUint32();
const random64 = randomUint64();
console.log(random32, random64);

Generating Random Strings

This feature allows you to generate a random string of a specified length. In this example, a random string of 10 characters is generated and logged to the console.

const { randomString } = require('@stablelib/random');
const str = randomString(10);
console.log(str);

Other packages similar to @stablelib/random

crypto

The 'crypto' module in Node.js provides cryptographic functionality that includes a set of wrappers for OpenSSL's hash, HMAC, cipher, decipher, sign, and verify functions. It also includes methods for generating random bytes. Compared to @stablelib/random, 'crypto' is a built-in module and does not require additional installation.

uuid

The 'uuid' package is used to generate RFC4122 UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers). While it focuses on generating UUIDs rather than general random values, it provides a secure and reliable way to generate unique identifiers. It is more specialized compared to @stablelib/random.

randombytes

The 'randombytes' package is a simple library for generating random bytes. It is similar to the randomBytes function in @stablelib/random but is more focused and does not provide additional random value generation functions like randomUint32 or randomString.

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