readable-id

readable-id

Generate (mostly) human readable, Heroku-style ids.

Usage

rid = require('readable-id')
rid()
// red-voice-ekDJ84G-We

Here is, literally, the entire source code:

shortid = require('shortid')
adjectives = require('./adjectives')
nouns = require('./nouns')

// adjectives and nouns from https://gist.github.com/afriggeri/1266756

module.exports = function() {
  id = shortid.generate()
  adjectiveIndex = Math.round(Math.random() * adjectives.length)
  nounIndex = Math.round(Math.random() * nouns.length)
  return adjectives[adjectiveIndex] + "-" + nouns[nounIndex] + "-" + id
}

The shortid package lends uniqueness and collision resistance, and the adjectives and nouns the human readability.