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uid-promise
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Creates a cryptographically secure UID with a 62 character range that can be safely used in URLs.
Install the package:
npm i uid-promise
Then import it:
import { uid } = from 'uid-promise';
Finally, call it:
await uid(20);
uid(Number len) => Promise
Promise
that resolves with a string of random characters
of length len
len
must always be provided, else the promise is rejectedcrypto.randomBytes
is usedABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
FAQs
generates a cryptographically strong random uid
We found that uid-promise demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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