unique-string

What is unique-string?

The unique-string npm package is designed to generate unique strings. It is commonly used for creating identifiers, tokens, or any other scenario where a unique string is required. The package generates these strings based on the current timestamp and Math.random(), ensuring a high probability of uniqueness.

What are unique-string's main functionalities?

Generating a unique string

This feature allows the generation of a unique string. The code sample demonstrates how to import the unique-string package and use it to generate and log a unique string to the console. This is the primary functionality of the package, useful for generating unique identifiers or tokens.

const uniqueString = require('unique-string');

console.log(uniqueString());

Other packages similar to unique-string

uuid

The uuid package generates RFC4122 UUIDs. It offers more options and versions (v1, v3, v4, v5) of UUIDs compared to unique-string, which generates a simple unique string based on the current timestamp and Math.random(). The uuid package is more suitable when UUID standards are required for the generated strings.

nanoid

Nanoid is a tiny, secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator. Similar to unique-string, it generates unique strings but with a focus on speed and security. Nanoid allows for custom size and alphabet, making it more flexible than unique-string for generating unique IDs that need to be short or have specific character requirements.

README

unique-string

Generate a unique random string

Install

$ npm install unique-string

Usage

import uniqueString from 'unique-string';

uniqueString();
//=> 'b4de2a49c8ffa3fbee04446f045483b2'

API

uniqueString()

Returns a 32 character unique string. Matches the length of MD5, which is unique enough for non-crypto purposes.