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Generates a random hex string of n bytes in Node.js.
const hexid = require('hexid');
const hex = await hexid(); // dc56f142fb58017ad74504b11df02416
const hex2 = await hexid(32); // 16ddbb8603db565534487b9b9ce083a8b04912525d9bee904fd944d600c271e0
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Generates random hex string
The npm package hexid receives a total of 14 weekly downloads. As such, hexid popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that hexid 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.
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