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hexid
Generates a random hex string of n bytes in Node.js.
Usage
- Defaults to 16 bytes
- Asynchronous. Returns a Promise
const hexid = require('hexid');
const hex = await hexid(); // dc56f142fb58017ad74504b11df02416
const hex2 = await hexid(32);
FAQs
Generates random hex string
The npm package hexid receives a total of 1 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.
Package last updated on 25 Nov 2019
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