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randombytes from node that works in the browser. In node you just get crypto.randomBytes, but in the browser it uses .crypto/msCrypto.getRandomValues
var randomBytes = require('randombytes');
randomBytes(16);//get 16 random bytes
randomBytes(16, function (err, resp) {
// resp is 16 random bytes
});
This package generates random strings of a specified length. Unlike randombytes, which provides raw byte data, crypto-random-string is tailored for generating random strings, making it more suitable for certain applications like generating random tokens or passwords.
The uuid package is used to generate unique identifiers according to the UUID standard. While randombytes can be used to generate random data that could serve as a UUID, the uuid package directly provides various versions of UUIDs (v1, v4, etc.), making it more convenient for applications requiring standardized unique identifiers.
Nanoid is a tiny, secure URL-friendly unique string ID generator. It offers a similar functionality to randombytes in terms of generating unique values but focuses on generating short, URL-friendly IDs. Compared to randombytes, Nanoid provides more control over the length and characters of the generated IDs, making it a better choice for certain web development scenarios.
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The npm package randombytes receives a total of 14,209,197 weekly downloads. As such, randombytes popularity was classified as popular.
We found that randombytes demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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