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generate_id
Generate a random unique string of arbitrary length
Can be used for anything, form unique URLs to user IDs, to cryptographic signatures
Install
$ npm install generate_id
Usage
var generateID = require('generate_id');
/* Defaults to length of 6 */
generateID();
// => "gIkoM1"
/* Can be passed any length to make the ID */
generateID(12);
// => "oHmwpz5n6hxm"
FAQs
Generate a random alphanumeric ID of arbitrary length
The npm package generate_id receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, generate_id popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that generate_id demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 13 Apr 2017
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