Generate sequential ID values. The generated value is a 18-byte hex string. The value consists of current timestamp, an incrementing counter and the instance id.
Install from npm
npm install seq-index
Create SeqIndex instance
var SeqIndex = require('seq-index');
var indexer = new SeqIndex();
Generate a sequential ID using get()
var id = indexer.get();
// 15654036c1709f68f2
Generate a sequential ID without instance suffix using short()
var shortId = indexer.short();
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Use to convert a timestamp into a short ID for comparison
var shortId = indexer.getByTime(1470300906242, 0);
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var id = shortId + indexer.suffix;
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MIT
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Generate sequential indexes
The npm package seq-index receives a total of 154 weekly downloads. As such, seq-index popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that seq-index 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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